I had my doubts to go at all today, but that short 30 km crossing was kind of sheltered, despite the strong 15-20 kn south east headwind, and my boat is still empty. It was some plugging, but still on flat water. But I didn’t feel like going around Cape Bauer today or even Point Westall, as the wind was forecasted to even freshening up the afternoon.
And our reconnoiter drive ahead around both headlands proved I was right. It was freshening up to 25-30 kn, with all reefs heavily breaking. But this is a most beautiful rough spectacular piece of coastline! Plenty of cliffs, reefs, granite rockpools and beautiful beaches. I’m looking foreward to paddle it tomorrow in hopefully calmer conditions.
The swell is more visible around the Cape with the breakers over different reefs, but actually still quite low compared to what could be. At some spot, about ten famous (water) blowholes, around 1 m in diameter, weren’t even in action!
But the wind was blowing…blowing…blowing all afternoon…out of the “Whisteling Rocks” holes, too! I’d love to have a anemometer to hold over the hole when a big swell wave comes in. But my plastic bag had to do it!
32.42 134.05 Cape Bauer 30 km 6.30 to 12.30
6 comments on “Day 303, Monday, 16.11.2009”
Your a true inspiration Freya!I have been following from the start and can’t wait to see you complete this awe inspiring journey.
Like many others out there I have been following along,Yet havent commented up till now.keep up the good work and know were all watching and supporting you in well wishes from afar!
Chuck, thanks for the information about who to contact (Chris Cunningham) about helping Freya’s family get to Australia. If Freya arrived in the first third (?) of December, that means she has only a month to go! So glad she got past the cliffs, but the warnings from Aussies about the number of sharks in the area is a bit terrifying, for me, probably not for Freya!
Pam, at the right of this page, up near the top, there is an orange button to donate.
I hope your winds are softer today Freya…they are most certainly milder here (the Goolwa/Victor Harbor area), so I think you may see some relief from those headwinds as you travel further east. I hope we can turn on some good weather and flat seas for you as you pass through these parts, you’ve certainly earned them! The weather in the eastern part of South Australia can be beautiful, with splendid gentle seas, just right for paddling…so ;et’s all hope for that. Soon you should see easier paddling.
Well done Freya, powering on, and on, and on…
Sorry Freya,
i correct myself: You are the living evidence, who can catch the wind. There is absolutely no one out of you who can say this.
Greetings to a stormy bride
Von “Howard Chippendale”:
Du fängst den Wind niemals ein
Schubidamdam…
Wo du herkommst, das weiß ich nicht,
du bist eine, die nicht viel spricht.
Eines Tages warst du da, und es ist schön.
Du bedeutest mir alles heut´,
meine Uhr läuft nach deiner Zeit.
Doch das Lied, das in mir von Liebe singt,
hilft nur sehr bedingt.
Du fängst den Wind niemals ein,
der Wind will nicht gebunden sein,
rastlos weht er über Stadt und Land
und hält nicht an.
So wie der Wind bist auch du,
es zieht dich weiter immerzu,
und ich frage mich, wie lange ich dich
noch halten kann.
Schubidamdam…
Du hast einem zu sehr vertraut,
hast ihn erst viel zu spät durchschaut,
und nun glaubst du ein jeder ist wie er.
Wenn man zu dir von Liebe spricht,
spielt ein Schatten um dein Gesicht,
und du sagst ich bin so, wie ich eben bin”,
und ich nehm´ es hin.
Du fängst den Wind…
Schubidamdam…
noch halten kann…
schubidamdam….
wie lang ich dich noch halten kann…
schubidamdam…
Mit schnulzigen Grüßen
Jörg
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