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Getting there by boat also involves a challenging sail across the Southern Ocean, from bases like Hobart, Australia, and isolated Punta Arenas, Chile.
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Bullimore said he expects to start the record attempt towards the end of September or the beginning of October from Hobart in Australia.
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"I wasn't expecting it, " said Prior, who is set to go straight into the side for the second of seven one-day games against Australia in Hobart on Friday.
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Australia resume play on day two in Hobart on 60-0, with openers Matthew Hayden and Michael Hussey having started patiently.
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Watson will remain in Ipswich for two days before rejoining the Australia team before Friday's second match in Hobart.
BBC: Shane Watson
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The academic is a permanent resident of Australia and until June taught at the University of Tasmania, in Hobart.
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Back in 1998, when he sailed his yacht, the Sayonara, in the Sydney to Hobart race, he and his crew endured 630 miles through rough seas and hurricane-force winds off Australia.
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