Hugh Robertson Sailing · video

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No navigation or technical sailing content appears in this video. Hugh Robertson and his partner Christina spend a week in Tasmania in March as guests of friends Phil and Lee, who rent a house at Greens Beach on the North Shore overlooking Bass Strait.Watch Road trips cover Narohan Tapu National Park's long beach and kangaroo habitat, St. Columba Falls near Pyangana, Cradle Mountain National Park's Dove Lake boardwalk, Mole Creek Karst National Park caves, and Alum Cliff State Reserve.0:12 Wildlife sightings include echidnas, wombats, quolls, Tasmanian devils, and a pink robin.1:17 A side trip crosses the Tamar River to Georgetown for the Bass and Flinders Maritime Museum and Low Head Lighthouse.2:31 The southeastern leg takes in Eagle Hawk Neck, a caravan park at Port Arthur, Tasman National Park, and Hobart's Museum of Old and New Art (MONA).2:50 Robertson notes the trip precedes three weeks in New Zealand before he sails back to South Africa.3:59

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