Waiting in the queue on Station Pier, Melb.ourne.
Spirit of Tasmania 1 with the city in the background.
Maxi loaded and ready to go.
Port Melbourne, Beacon Light, and the 1946 Heritage Listed Crane on West Finger Pier.
Port Melbourne Beach with the city beyond.
Welcome is actually good by! This is the last time we will depart Victoria on the Spirit Of Tasmania from Melbourne. They move to Geelong before the end of October.
leaving Station Pier.
The old stumps of Princes Pier stretch a long way into the Bay
Departing Station Pier & Melbourne
Tasmanian SeaRoad RO-RO vessel LEIKUT heading across Port Philip Bay
Point Nepean Quarantine Station, on the Port Philip Bay. side of the Mornington Peninsula
About to turn to Port to go through The RIP, The narrow exit from Port Philip Bay
Queenscliff with it's two lighthouses White (centre) & Black (right)
Point Lonsdale Lighthouse & Jetty
The swell grows as we enter Bass Strait.
Leaving Victoria after passing through the RIP
Noon, and we pass the SPIRIT OF TASMANIA II in the middle of Bass Strait, heading to Melbourne.
We Victoria a long way behind us, Bass Strait was remarkably smooth.
The sun was falling over Mersey Bluff and its Lighthouse as we approach Devonport, Tasmania
Arriving at Devonport, Tasmania just after 6pm.
