Gidday all,

Left Meetus Falls and headed south along the coast on a small dirt road coming out at Dunally , at the head of the Tasman Peninsula. Stopped at the jetty near Pirates Bay, a fishing charter came in and showed their catch of tuna. We went back up the road and had fish and chips for tea, I had fish and Din had the chips, then pulled up at Pirates Bay and camped for the night. Will explore the Peninsula some more in the next few days.                     

                                                one very spiky bridge built in convict times

                                                      one of the roads we took along the coast

                                          there's a sailboat in the middle if you can see it

                                    tesselated rocks near eaglehawk neck on the Tasman Peninsula

                                                    some of the coastline on the Peninsula

                                                            showing off the catch

 filleting up the tuna

                                                        what is left of the big fish

                                                         what they call the Tasman arch

The Devils Kitchen

Gidday all,

South from Campbelltown ducked off to explore Meetus Falls, nice little shelter with fireplace and heaps of firewood, seemed like a good place to spend a few days over Easter. So we moved in.

It’s an out of the way place so only saw a couple of people the whole time. So peaceful and relaxing, no phone service though, which was okay.

Took advantage of the fireplace and wood as temps ranged from 0 overnight to a balmy 13 during the days. Let all the Easter crowds travel home and headed off on Tuesday.

                         

                                                           huge log from past logging days

                                          Din wants this house mainly because of it's fireplaces

                                                             relaxing in front of the fire

                                                                   our easter camp

                                                  did some washing and turned on the dryer

                                                            found our favourite bread

                                                           trying out our new heater

                                                                        Meetus Falls

                                                        trying out the battery chainsaw

                                                                        the journey so far

                                                                the fire was nice

Moved in for a few days

Gidday all,

Well still in Campbelltown, had to wait one day for the butcher to restock his coldroom with venison, not a problem. We used the time to do some washing and get it dry. Got the goods now, just have to decide where to go and hide from the easter campers next weekend.

Good view of the moon eclipse last night. Camped next to a nice little stream with wild blackberries along one bank, desert tonight.

                         

Gidday all,

From Ben Lomond we snaked our way down to RINGAROOMA, yes it is a town, came across some trees carved into memorials for their sons lost in the war, amazing. Then on to the pub in the paddock, nice old pub with a warm fire in the bar, complete with a beer swilling pig out back called Pinkie. Next stop Campbelltown to stock up on some venison sausages, steaks and roast from the local butcher.

                                               tree carving outside RINGAROOMA

                                                 St. Columbia Falls near pub in the paddock

                                                            the pub in the paddock

                                              winding down forestry track near St Helens

                                                        more carvings in Campbelltown

Historical buildings in Campbelltown

Gidday all,

Headed down the Tamar river and passed through Launceston, interesting old buildings, liked what we saw. Heading east we turned off the Hwy and climbed the hills to Ben Lomond, 1527m high. Got to the top, in the clouds on a cold drizzly Tasty day, but was still worth the drive. It reminded us of the alps of Switzerland, great road to the ski village too. Went down the mountain a bit and camped for the night.

 

                         

                                                  Rodney cooked up a pav at Loongana

                                                                    into the pizzas

                                                       the Tamar river near Launceston

                                              views from the camp grounds at Ben Lomond

                                                         up the mountain a bit further

                                                      ski lodge at the top of Ben Lomond

                                                   it's a long and winding road to the top

                                                        summer view of Loongana

Winter view of Loongana

Gidday all,

From Loongana to Devonport to pick up a new starter battery for the truck, one was getting a bit tired, prefer to get one now rather than out in the middle of nowhere.

Going to head east to Pyengana, another cheese factory and the pub in the paddock. Then who knows where. Intend to head for the Tasman Peninsula and Port Arthur.

                                                           The Loongana fire shed

                              mail boxes down at the fire shed, guess which one belongs to the shed.

                                                                 this ones our favourite

Just checking on her sisters

Gidday all,

Long time no blog.

Another great stay at Loongana, called in for a couple of days and left over a week later. Gladly took the time to help out with a few odd jobs around the property. Woke up the other morning to 3 degrees temp, stayed in bed a little longer.

Gidday all,

Headed inland front Freycinet, change of scenery from the coast, into Campbell Town and up to Perth. Called into a local cheese factory and sampled some awesome cheeses, ended up buying some and a local wine.

Winding through the hills again we decided to detour to our friends at Loongana as we were close. Pulled up in Forth, a tiny town not far from them, it started raining and did so all day, so we camped up and headed over to the local pub and stood around a huge wood heater out back and met some locals, was a good arvo. Next day the weather cleared up and we headed up to the mountains. Will visit for a few days and continue on.

Well it’s now 3/April, and still up at Loongana, well down at Ulverstone doing some shopping. Will stay a couple more days then head off again.

 

 

                         

 gone fishing at Freycinet Peninsula

 shells on the shoreline

 cows at the cheese factory

 got the pizza oven fired up

 pizzas cooked in three minutes

 wallabies having a snack

Gumby on his evening visit