by myrtlegirl » Sun 18 Jan, 2015 5:03 pm
Well, it took a while to find someone but we finally got there. No charter businesses could help at the time we wanted (and only one could help later in Jan and it wasn't cheap), there was a rumour about a hovercraft about to operate out of Swansea but they haven't started yet, and the guy from the caravan park no longer worked there. Finally a worker at a tourism business in Swansea offered to ask at Swansea pub, someone from Swansea pub spoke to someone at Coles Bay pub, and a Coles Bay local offered to, and duly did, take us over and back. We had 5 days of sunshine, and luckily timed our departure with the arrival of bad weather. We had it mostly to ourselves, just magic! We went up Bear Hill (2-3 hrs), and Mt Storey (5-6 hrs) (PM if you want Mt Storey track inside info), beachcombed for hours and found a heap of whale bones.
The last night a large bunch of guys camped near us, and as our group was 5 women so we wondered if we'd get bothered, but they gave us a heap of fresh flathead, all good.
So if you want to get to Schouten, have your own boat or kayak, or get the Tassie grapevine to work!