John Ward Gleadow and Diana Harriet Kearton left Gravesend on the River Thames in Kent on 28th April 1825 on the sailing ship Andromeda, bound for Hobart Town in Van Diemen’s Land. After 133 days at sea, exactly 19 weeks, they made their first landfall at Birches Bay, 40 km south of Hobart, on 8th September. They had to anchor there for three days because they could not make headway against a strong wind blowing down the Derwent estuary. They finally made it to Hobart Town on 11th September 1825, after 136 days.

On this page you can see their progress week by week as they approached this new land which would be their home for the next 55 years.

8th September, exactly 19 weeks out, John and Diana make their first landfall in Van Diemen’s Land at Birch’s Bay, south of Hobart

Do come back regularly and follow along on the voyage of John and Diana in the Andromeda to Hobart Town in 1825, as it happened week by week. Updated every Monday