Today started at 7.15am being picked up for final briefings by the voyage leader and doctor. Put my pack and survival gear on the ship, and after doing some media the time came to walk up the gang plank and wave good bye with the rest of the voyagers.
The Aurora Australis is an impressive ship, which this trip is taking three helicopters down to Macquarie. Spent a hour or so on the helideck watching Hobart gradually disappear.
Then down to the deck to make new friends and get more briefings on how the ship works. People from all walks of life: helicopter pilots, boat drivers, scientists, park rangers all getting prepared for the
re-supply effort before the onset of winter.
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