This video shows the journey of the Te Rapunga from a suburban back yard in Auckand, New Zealand to the Denman Marine restoration yard in Hobart, Tasmania.
If you live on an island you may as well enjoy the journey, because getting here is just a fact of life, as it has been for generations of people who have called Bruny Island home
Yes, it really was a night to remember!
BBC Travel visits Bruny Island to view the Southern Lights.
The Tasmanian Azure Kingfisher is endangered and endemic to Tasmania, and very rarely seen on Bruny Island.