Today is our final day at sea. Overnight we made good progress on a flat calm sea, towards Sydney. All morning were 10 miles off the southeast coast of Australia. Linear developments of small towns along the narrow coastal strip, backed by low mountains, were visible from our cabin.
Later, we passed large cliff-like deposits of glacial sands similar to the Ice Age sands of part of the coastline of the Netherlands and the ‘hills’ near the city of Utrecht. In the distance was Mount Kosciusko, the centre of the Murray-Darling water management and HEP scheme. At noon the Captain informed of our arrival in Sydney. We have to go into the harbour at low tide in order to go under the Sydney Harbour Bridge. This is likely to be around 1:00 a.m. We look forward to recording that.