The Esperanza comes to town
On a gloomy Sunday night the Greenpeace vessel Esperanza sailed up the Derwent fresh from having been protesting Japan’s whaling in the Southern Ocean
Off Wrest Point Casino. To give an idea of size Wrest Point has 17 floors
Docking at Princes Wharf number 2
A Small crowd had turned out to welcome the ship to Hobart
Normally for security reasons the public is kept out of the Port Area but in this case the crowd was allowed in to welcome the ship and crew more closely
Whale Emblem on the funnel
Happy crew enjoying the crowd
We were taking pictures of them, they were taking pictures of us!
And the bear was having pictures with everyone
Some of the crew was content to sit back and watch it all
And the video version:
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