Arrived at Casey in Antarctica

Here at Casey in Antarctica since New Year’s Eve, time has got away from me and this blog has suffered.

This shows my last view of Australia that I will see for a year or so. This is the south of Tasmania as we sailed in the evening from Hobart.

The trip down here was great, no sign of feeling ill due to rough seas thank goodness, it would not be good to spend over three weeks on a ship in the southern ocean otherwise. The waves can certainly get pretty big. One of the best part of the journey south on the Aurora Australis is the bird life that pass the ship. I’ve included pictures of a couple that we saw.
















It was not all wildlife that we saw on the way, we came across a ship in the evening before we reached Casey station. This ship could have been an illegal fishing vessel although this was the thought on the ship; I’ve not had it confirmed.







We used squirrel helicopters for freight & people transfer at the Chinese base of Zhong Shan & another Australian base called Davis on the way to Casey.






This is the gret day that we had on New Year's Eve when we got to see Casey. For most of u it was the first time. And what a sight it is.