My 30th was fast approaching and I was trying to decide what to do for it. The question was to stay on the base or to go away for the weekend.
Another expeditioner had their 28th birthday the day before mine and her and her partner wanted to get off station for the weekend so we decided to for a group and go to Bandits Island. Along the way we picked up another three people who also wanted to come along. Six is about the maximum number of people you can fit comfortably at Bandits Hut, a little hut on the island.
The plan was to fly out on Friday 22nd and fly back the afternoon of the 24th, however bad wind forced us to spend an extra night out.
The trip was great fun. Bandits island takes about an hour to circum-navigate, and has lots of interesting rock formations that a geologist (or rockologist as we call them here) may be able to explain better.
The island still had ice around at, that while not safe to walk on, had lots of seals resting on it. We even had a visit from a whale along with great sunsets.
Kim the chef kindly gave us a leg of lamb and some vegies and we cooked up a roast for dinner on Saturday night.
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