A post from the Landcrew

Hi all,

Thought I'd tide you over with a brief report of the boys plans so you don't think they are lost somewhere in the Bass.

They set off early this morning for the final 2 legs of their paddle. Today's goal is getting to Preservation Island today and then wait until the right conditions to cross Banks Strait-  the very fast moving strait between Preservation and mainland Tassie. This will hopefully happen either tomorrow or even Saturday.

Yesterday was a rest day and unfortunately pretty dreary weather here on Flinders. A local Flinders resident, Noel (whom the boys has met on Hogan Island earlier in the trip) somehow hunted us down at our camping site on the south of the island and brought us the famous WALLABY PIE!  What a guy!! The weather didn't let up, so Noel took us on an island tour which included the local museum, Max's cafe in Lady Baron and back to his house where we met his orphaned baby wallaby he and his wife are minding. Wally was sound asleep hanging in a green Coles bag on the coat rack! Dav and Reece played with some baby wombats too (photos to come).

The day ended with "Parmi night"- monstrous chicken parmigiana at the local pub.

Special thanks to Noel for a great day on Flinders!

Thanks for all the comments/emails/facebook love. The guys love hearing about all the support from home.

Here's a few pics of the guys setting off this morning. Bit gritty sorry (iphone/early morning light).

Landcrew is back on the plane now to Launceston to get the Champagne on ice.