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Yankee river

At last, a whole day of pleasant travel. A kiwi encounter early in the day, a French encounter an hour in then several lazy and non threatening sea lion encounters on Smoky beach. Smoky beachsignal-2026-10-21-09-32-08-535 Sealion on Smoky signal-2026-10-21-09-38-49-869

Yankee river hut is set in gorgeous surroundings just back from the beach. The sun was streaming down and a relaxed afternoon was called for.

Both the crews I had passed made comment on the slow travel between here and Bungaree. A weather check saw strong wind and rain for Thursday but lighter wind and clear skies for Friday.