A more important question would be:
How would our intrepid adventurer(s) know that it would be a ‘providential’ time to cross Bass Strait, and therefore know to make the attempt (particularly as their vessels were “unsuitable for sea-travel”)?
A more important question would be:
How would our intrepid adventurer(s) know that it would be a ‘providential’ time to cross Bass Strait, and therefore know to make the attempt (particularly as their vessels were “unsuitable for sea-travel”)?