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PORT PEGASUS PROVIDES

On the last day of March, we steamed south on the Aurora Australis. Our party this year consisted of Ty, Monty, Adam and I. Adam and I had not been to Port Pegasus before and were looking forward to exploring some new ground. We were not to be disappointed.

The weather was great, so after getting our gear squared away in the hut, we fuelled the boat and headed out to get our bearings and catch a feed. Adam jumped in his wetsuit and quickly pronounced it the best diving he had experienced. It didn’t take long to catch a feed of trumpeter, blue cod and moki.

The mission for the next day was to get some camp meat. The bush was still damp underfoot as I stalked

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