It’s become almost a pilgrimage for visitors to make the journey to Beaconsfield, the site of a truly heroic mine rescue. The Beaconsfield Gold Mine was unknown to anyone on mainland Australia, unless you lived in Beaconsfield. However that all changed on the 25th April 2006, when a small earthquake of approximately 2.3 on theContinue reading “Beaconsfield”
Category Archives: Tasmania
Jacobs Ladder
Word of mouth found us in Scottsdale, Chinese whispers about a free camp WITH facilities including hot showers. And lo, it was so. Northeast Park, not a large free camp, but the turnover was daily. We knew the drill -go hard, go early and we secured a pigeon pair of sites, set up by lunchtime.Continue reading “Jacobs Ladder”
Ransons Beach
We trundled along rural roads for the best part of an hour before arriving at the turnoff to Ransons Beach. The loop was almost complete. We were heading to the north coast of Tasmania, our last look at Bass Strait before our return to the mainland in seven days. After a 15klm dirt road in,Continue reading “Ransons Beach”
Stormy Weather
We left just after lunch to make another of Ken’s ‘chosen one’ locations, Policeman’s Point. But first an overnighter at Hillcrest Tourist Park just outside St Helens, for a recharge and water replenish. However we were being chased by a change in the weather. Strong winds being pushed by a large storm front were headingContinue reading “Stormy Weather”
The Tasmania North East Coast
We were now seriously into, what I call, island hopping. With plenty of time up our sleeves, we had the luxury of 60-80klm destinations, which is fortunate, since this part of Tassie is far and away the most popular destination. With a plethora of spots to choose from, I left it to Ken to putContinue reading “The Tasmania North East Coast”
The East Coast Vibe
After five weeks of back to back adventure, it was time to sit down and look at what I had left on the bucket list, and importantly, how much time did we have left. Remember, Tasmania is small. I figured out we had about 600klms to do in 15 days, which would give us aContinue reading “The East Coast Vibe”
The Tasman Peninsula
Another squeeze through Hobart’s CBD and we were on our way to perhaps the last of the big tourist destinations on our list – Port Arthur, the most famous and infamous penal settlement in Australia. Famous for so much preservation of an early period of Australian history, infamous for the 1996 massacre of 35 visitorsContinue reading “The Tasman Peninsula”
Bruny Island
In our grand plan was the idea of taking our vans across to Bruny Island and spend one or two nights there exploring. The ‘spend’ part of getting our rigs across on the ferry ($250 all up) really encouraged us to come with another idea. Could we do Bruny Island in a day? It’s onlyContinue reading “Bruny Island”
MONA
Museum of Old & New Art They say a picture’s worth a thousand words. So, I’ll keep this brief. MONA was stunning. ‘Eclectic’ doesn’t do the museum justice. It ranges from impressionable to improbable, stark to complex. The collection has been curated from across the world. No corner of good taste has been left unchallenged.Continue reading “MONA”
Hobart
Hobart was baked into the intinerary well in advance due to a service on Ken’s ute. It was our back-to-civilization interlude for a few days. We headed to The Lea Campground only a few k’s outside the city. Unbeknowns was the steep and unrelenting climb to the top of a mountain to get there. DraggingContinue reading “Hobart”