Gidday all,

Down to Bicheno and came across a wildlife park, went in to have a look. Up close and personal with a devil and wombat, snakes and birds, was good. Then on to the Freycinet Peninsula, more beautiful blues and spectacular beaches.

Booked our Bass Straight passage tickets, first available, on 20/May. Not a problem, just have to be home by July to get ready to fly to Switzerland in August. Such is life.

 

 

                         

                                                         mother with a pouch full of legs

                                                         giving you that devil look

                                                                devil of a smile

                                                                such a cute wambat

                                                   Din admiring the wombats cute little feet

                                                                Tasmanian tiger snake

                                                                   time for a snooze

                                                       more beautiful colours in the sea

                                                     on the coast at Coles Bay, Freycinet

                                             Coles Bay, The Hazards in the background

Beautiful clear water

Gidday all,

Stocked up at St. Helens, an old tin mining town, around the bay of fires with it’s fascinating red tinged rocks. Down along the coast we camped at Dianas basin. The ocean along the shoreline is a wonderful aqua blue colour, and the water is so clear.

Summer is now over, average temps are dropping, as if they weren’t low enough already. Now looking into booking our return ferry tickets, but still have a bit to see yet

 

 

                         

                             rest area around the bay of fires with shelter complete with fireplace

                                                                just outside St. Helens

                                                         red tinged rocks all along the coast

                                                            the tin dragon at St. Helens

Beautiful blues in the ocean, the photo doesn't do it justice

Gidday all,

Great spot Mussleroe PT. tracked wombat footprints up the beach and found evidence of crays but didn’t catch any. No one to be seen for miles. Called into the Wind farm, it has only been operating for ten months.

Then on to Eddystone Pt. and eventually Policemans Pt. where we set up camp again. Will work our way down to St. Helens, the nearest big town, where we have to resupply for our next leg.

 Musselroe  pt. Camp spot can see washing in the distance.

 Cray shell found on the beach

 wind farm tower

 Eddystone pt. Boat ramp

 Eddystone Pt. Lighthouse

 Wombat droppings, they come out as cubes!!!

 Being strictly vegetarian, some say the droppings are very good for you......

 Our Policemans pt. Camp

Wombat footprints on the beach

Eddystone pt. Very special colours on the rocks

 Outside our camp at Policeman pt.

Contemplating the end of another day.

Gidday all,

Tracking round the top end coast of Tassie we called into Bridport just as a cattle barge came into port from Macquarie Island. Then headed for South Croppie Pt. and camped up on the cliffs. Watched some guys spearfishing off the rocks. Huge winds that night, nearly got blown off the cliffs, but safe and sound in the back of our trusty Winnafarrgo.

Round through Tomahawk and Gladstone and out to Cape Portland, saw an anteater and wombat, both alive this time. Big day on the road today, did 13km, got to Little Muscleroe bay, was so nice we decided to stay. Woke up about 3:00 am to growling and screaming outside the window was a group of devils having a fight.

 

 

                         

Gidday all,

Around the banks of the Tamar river we called into Beauty point and the Seahorse display, the giant Deep sea crabs they have there are massive. Then up the road had lunch, I had the curried scallop pie, yummy, most of the produce used here is Tasmanian and all very good.

Camped up at the moment at Lulworth on the coast will head up to Cape Portland on the very north eastern tip. Weather has been a bit warmer lately, in the 20s.

 

                         

Gidday all,

From Sheffield to Latrobe where we visited the axemen’s hall of fame with a big platypus out the front, go figure, then on to the north coast. Camped at Bakers beach, then crawled around the coast on tracks to Clarence point where we found a little breakwater jutting out into the bay, so camped up for the night. It’s at the mouth of the Tamar river which leads down to Launceston.