Waiting for a weather window in Wineglass Bay

Wineglass Bay
We're anchored at the further end of the bay

Wineglass Bay is a wonderful place to wait for the forecast winds to change for a Bass Strait crossing - anything but north and not too strong thanks.

Knowing we were here for  a few days we walked in to Coles Bay. Well, most of the way. The bush walk is very pretty but the road from the car park to Coles Bay is long and dull so we hitched, with great success. It's a life affirming moment to be told you don't look like a serial killer.

Would you give this man a lift?

We had pretty good weather overall, the wind in the bay picked up to a 50+kn on one occasion but the anchor held.

The entrance to Wineglass...

...and on another day

View of the beach on a sunny day...

...on a cloudy day the hills behind disappear...

...and a rosy sunset

Our days were pretty relaxed, reading: Ice Station, Michael Riley; The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Richard Flanagan; Merciless Gods, Christos Tsiolkas; The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, Hilary Mantel; Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates,  listening to music:  Bon Iver,  Bob Dylan, The Tallest Man, songs starting with W & B & D, watching movies: Some Like It Hot, Spirited Away, Magic Mike, Bringing Up Baby and we've got great internet access so there's lots of screen time.

Lunch

The cray boats.
They'd work all night setting and retrieving their traps,
then spend the day in the bay. 

Bogart. part of the RPAYC cruise to Tasmania.
Had a nice visit from Joe Ellam and Rob Starkey.
Southern Belle came in a few days later and dropped by for coffee.

A daily visitor to the bay

Lots of campers and walkers

Leaving Wineglass puts us on our final leg to Sydney, 627nm. 

Heading home for Christmas.

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