Separating mainland Australia from the island of Tasmania, the Bass Strait was discovered by British explorers George Bass and Matthew Flinders in 1799. This discovery allowed merchants and explorers to cut 700 miles off their journeys from Europe or India. The largest archipelago in the waterway’s eastern reaches, the Furneaux Islands, once formed a land bridge between Tasmania and Australia. In the strait’s western region, King Island hosts several settlements and is on the migration route of several bird species.
- Day 1 Auckland, New Zealand
- Day 2 Auckland, New Zealand
- Day 3 Rotorua (Tauranga), New Zealand
- Day 4 Napier, New Zealand
- Day 5 Wellington, New Zealand
- Day 6 Christchurch (Lyttleton), New Zealand
- Day 7 Dunedin (Port Chalmers), New Zealand
- Day 8 Scenic Sailing: Foveaux Strait
- Day 9 Sail the Tasman Sea
- Day 10 Tasmania (Hobart), Australia
- Day 11 Scenic Sailing: Bass Strait
- Day 12 Melbourne, Australia
- Day 13 Sail the Gippsland Coast
- Day 14 Sydney, Australia
- Day 15 Sydney, Australia
- Day 16 Newcastle, Australia
- Day 17 Sail the Australian Coast
- Day 18 Brisbane, Australia
- Day 19 Sail the Australian Coast
- Day 20 Whitsunday Islands, Australia
- Day 21 Townsville, Australia
- Day 22 Cairns, Australia
- Day 23 Sail the Coral Sea
- Day 24 Thursday Island, Australia
- Day 25 Sail the Arafura Sea
- Day 26 Darwin, Australia
- Day 27 Darwin, Australia
- Day 28 Sail the Timor Sea
- Day 29 Komodo National Park (Slawi Bay), Indonesia
- Day 30 Lombok, Indonesia
- Day 31 Bali (Benoa), Indonesia
