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Jessica Watson welcomed home

by Crosbie Lorimer on 15 May 2010
Jessica nears South Head - Jessica Watson Homecoming Dale Lorimer
Amongst the extraordinary scenes of hundreds of boats and crowds on harbour headlands welcoming sixteen year old Jessica Watson home after completing her solo circumnavigation this afternoon, it seems strange to think that barely 40 boats accompanied her to the Heads on a grey and windless afternoon in October last year as she set out on her big adventure.

Crosbie Lorimer watched her go and Dale Lorimer watched her return, recording the start and finish of her remarkable seven month journey.

Jessica starts her circumnavigation - Jessica Watson Homecoming © Dale Lorimer
Jessica starts her circumnavigation - Jessica Watson Homecoming © Dale Lorimer


Jessica nears South Head - Jessica Watson Homecoming © Dale Lorimer
Jessica nears South Head - Jessica Watson Homecoming © Dale Lorimer


Pink Lady moves up the harbour - Jessica Watson Homecoming © Dale Lorimer
Pink Lady moves up the harbour - Jessica Watson Homecoming © Dale Lorimer


Pink Lady passes through the Heads - Jessica Watson Homecoming © Dale Lorimer
Pink Lady passes through the Heads - Jessica Watson Homecoming © Dale Lorimer


Jessica gets a big welcome home - Jessica Watson Homecoming © Dale Lorimer
Jessica gets a big welcome home - Jessica Watson Homecoming © Dale Lorimer

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