Tasmanian boatbuilder Richard Davis built a replica of the 28-ft sloop 'Norfolk' used by colonial-era explorers George Bass and Matthew Flinders to circumnavigate Tasmania in 1798 (1997)

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Size: 2463px × 1610px
Location: Blackwood, Victoria, Australia
Photo credit: © Philip Game / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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