After looking at the marine weather forecast and determining that the climate in the coastal area was relatively calm in mid-April, Li Du was ready to leave King Island and change to another area.
He had harvested almost all the black gold abalone on King Island. There were indeed many black gold abalone resources around, but after many years of harvesting, there was not much left.
Most of the remaining abalone were in deeper waters, and Li Du dared not go there when he was free diving.
Money was precious, but life was more valuable!
King Island was located in the Bass Strait. To the north of the strait were Melbourne and Victoria, and to the south was Tasmania. King Island was sandwiched between the two.
The Bass Strait was very long, and there were many islands around King Island. These islands were often very small, and some were sandbars and reefs, which were uninhabitable and therefore quite desolate.
Li Du guessed that there were definitely black gold abalone in these waters.
In fact, this was not his guess, but the fact that many harvesters had harvested black gold abalone around these small islands.
However, it was more difficult to harvest black gold abalone in these places. First, the abalone density was small, and second, there were more creatures in the water, which was more dangerous.
For Li Du, this was not a problem. He was not afraid of the abalone density because he was not like ordinary harvesters, who relied on diving to find black gold abalone with their eyes.
The little bug could locate him, and he just had to follow it.
In the middle of the month, Sea Star 60 dragged a speedboat out to sea...
This time they set off at noon, and as usual, there was a tail following them.
Most of the boats that followed them were speedboats or small boats that could not go too deep into the ocean, or the fierce waves would destroy their boat.
Sea Star 60 was a yacht nearly 20 meters long, with a relatively large displacement, and could withstand the strength of the waves and go farther into the ocean.
As their yacht went deeper into the ocean, the tail behind them could not keep up.
The black gold abalone harvesters were very unfriendly, and when they saw Li Du sailing deep into the ocean to get rid of them, they began to curse.
"You want to get rid of us? Stop dreaming. I don't believe you won't come back. I'll wait for you here! "
"Go on, go on. You want to cross the Pacific Ocean with a small boat? Be careful not to be overturned and die in there! "
"Next time I'll come with a big boat, I tell you, don't try to eat alone!"
Li Du and Hans could not take it anymore and raised their middle fingers at the boat behind them.
Lu Guan was equally angry. He said indignantly, "I really wish I had the ability to control the ocean. Then, I would set off a huge wave and send them into the sea. I would let them know the consequences of their mouths!"
"I hope so too," Hans said. "But superpowers only exist in movies and television. How could they exist in reality?"
"Doesn't Boss have a special ability?" Big Quinn suddenly said.
Li Du was shocked and looked at him in surprise. "What do you mean?"
Big Quinn grinned, revealing a row of white teeth. "Your observation skills are better than the average person's. Isn't that a special ability? There's also Lu Guan. His hearing is better than that of ordinary people. This is also a special ability. "
Lu Guan said dejectedly, "What kind of superpower is this? It's tormenting me, and there's no chance for me to become rich."
Li Du heaved a sigh of relief. He laughed dryly and said, "You're the one who didn't make use of it. Otherwise, it could have helped you a lot."
Lu Guan said, "I still hope to be like you, to have a more acute observation and vision."
"I want that too," Big Quinn said. "But if you can give me hearing skills that are better than the average person's, it would be fine. Boss is right, this is also a treasure. You didn't make use of it."
"How should I make use of it to make money?" Lu Guan asked eagerly.
A group of people began to discuss this topic.
Li Du did not participate in their discussion. He took a map of the distribution of undercurrents in the Bass Strait and the Tasman Sea and compared it with the big map to find the possible distribution of black gold abalone.
According to his experience, the places he was looking for had to meet these conditions: small islands or reefs, the edges of undercurrents passing by, seaweed and aquatic plants around, and in submarine volcanic zones.
Small islands or reefs around represented shallow waters, and they could only work in shallow waters.
Seaweed and aquatic plants around represented the presence of food for the black gold abalone. If there were undercurrents passing by, the food could be sent there. Submarine volcanic zones were often the favorite habitat of black gold abalone.
Soon, he determined a few locations and told Brother Wolf to sail there.
In order to avoid being followed, they took a big detour and sailed for half a day before they reached their first target area.
This area of the sea was located between King Island and the southeast corner, with several small islands standing here.
Li Du released the little bug to search, but the results were not very optimistic. There were indeed black gold abalone living there, but the number was too small to be significant.
SeaStar 60 continued east and gradually entered the Tasman Sea.
As he approached Cape Barren Island, he reached another destination.
There was no way to go into the sea. Cape Barren Island was home to a large number of sea lions and seals, some of which swam upstream in search of food.
Seals and sea lions were the natural enemies of abalone harvesters. Although these fellows were cute and adorable on land and moved slowly, they were well-deserved ferocious beasts in the water. They were definitely worthy of the names' leopard 'and' lion 'in their names.
These beasts were always hungry, and humans could be treated as big fish by them in the water. Therefore, it was dangerous here, and Li Du could not stay.
They stayed on Cape Barren Island for the night. He did not feel depressed. Their original purpose was to travel, and the money they made was just cutting grass to kill rabbits.
From its name, one could tell that Cape Barren Island was located in a corner and should be very small.
In fact, this was not the case. Australia was quite vast, and Cape Barren Island was only a 'corner' relative to the Australian mainland, but for an 'island,' it was quite large.
The island was 42.3 kilometers long and 22.7 kilometers wide, covering an area of 464 square kilometers, which was very large for an island.
Li Du and the others went ashore on the east coast, where the island's first scenic spot, called the lagoon, was an important wetland in Australia and the world.
The lagoon coastal dunes and beaches covered an area of 4,370 hectares and were inhabited by many waterbirds.
It was evening when they went ashore, and the autumn evening was still warm. Many seabirds had not left the southern hemisphere, or were preparing to go to the equator for the winter.
When they entered the coastal dunes, they saw a spectacular scene:
Countless seabirds, large and small, rose and fell in the wetland, including pelicans, pipits, cormorants, black swans, many kinds of wild ducks, white-necked lapwings, purple grouse, dusky grouse, coots, black-throated pitbull, Australian white ibis, Australian silver gull, and so on. Li Du and the others were stunned!
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