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L'Austral Cruise PhotosFrom: L'Austral cruise review Day 5: Mouth of Kotor and Mljet, Croatia (4)
L'Austral reached the harbor of Pomena, a resort village at the western end of Mljet (pronounced "myet"), shortly after 3 p.m.
In this port, there was no need to lower the ship's anchor. Instead, two officers climbed into one of L'Austral's Zodiac inflatable boats, sped around the bow, and tied a line to a mooring buoy in the harbor.
Another officer directed nooring operations from the Bridge.
Within minutes, L'Austral's crew lowered a tender and dispatched sailors to the Pomena waterfront, where the sailors set up the usual tent, chairs, and cooler with bottled water. (In the foreground, you can see a water-polo court. Water polo is a popular sport in Croatia, and the Croatia men's team won a gold metal in the sport at the 2012 Olympic Summer Games in London.)
A sign on the pier warned that the maximum mooring time was 15 minutes. (This wasn't a problem for L'Austral's tenders, which remained at the pier for only a few minutes between shuttle runs to or from the ship.)
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