The nice thing about having a base, is it’s so much easier to explore. The long weekend warriors dribbled out of the campground on Monday and ‘normal transmission’ was resumed. We had two days left and after a brief conflab over breakfast, decided to explore Hastings Caves and ‘take the waters’ at the adjacent hotContinue reading “The Huon Valley Part 2”
Category Archives: Tasmania
The Huon Valley Part 1
Today was one of our few big runs in Tasmania, Brady’s Lake to Huonville. While 174klm is not exactly daunting, we still had to climb down from the mountains and then navigate Hobart for the first time. Now that also wouldn’t appear to be a particularly onerous task, but for the fact that there isContinue reading “The Huon Valley Part 1”
Down the Guts
We both had a bit of housekeeping to do after our stint ‘off-grid’. I needed to get some stitches out and we both needed to empty our bulging laundry baskets. Deloraine ticked both boxes, so we swung a right at Kimberley and headed south. Wasn’t hard to kill a couple of hours here – aContinue reading “Down the Guts”
Cradle Mountain
Well, I didn’t have to go the wrong way for 150klms to have my own ‘Oh-oh’ moment, but despite assurances from my Free guide to Campsites 2024 edition, here I was. Tasmanian Hydro had installed some locked boom gates across the road that led to Lake Gairdner. That would have been OK except there wasContinue reading “Cradle Mountain”
Tassie’s South-West Corner
As captivating as this scene is, there was much more to see in this corner of Tasmania. We had toyed with the idea of doing the run from Queenstown to Derwent Bridge, but Ken assured me that “there be dragons”, if we attempted to tow along this stretch of road. So, we thought a dayContinue reading “Tassie’s South-West Corner”
Down to the Sea
Tasmania might be small, but what it lacks in distance, it makes up in height. Apart from skirting the coast, it’s mountains and valleys wherever you want to go. Hairpins and switchbacks enough to keep the gears in a constant shuffle. The three big industries in Tassie are mining, forestry and dams (although the lastContinue reading “Down to the Sea”
Lake Macintosh & The Great Misadventure
The plan seemed so simple. We were leaving Stanley and heading into the mountains to Lake Macintosh Campground, a nice layover on our way to Strahan and Macquarie Harbour. At 172klms climbing most of the way, it seemed not that onerous. Two right hand turns and a left for the entire journey. What could possiblyContinue reading “Lake Macintosh & The Great Misadventure”
The Edge of the World
“I cast my pebble onto the shore of eternity To be washed by the ocean of time It has shape, form and substance.It is me…One day I will be no more But my pebble will remain hereOn the shore of eternity Mute witness for the aeons That today I came and stood At the EdgeContinue reading “The Edge of the World”
Stanley
As this was Ken’s first trip, I gave him the thrill of planning our seven week Tassie sojourn. Unfortunately our first night free camp was full by the time we arrived and we were forced to backtrack to Devonport. It was a foreign land, the day fast running out, as were our options. But inContinue reading “Stanley”
Tasmania-A New Adventure
It’s 5am at a free camp at Inverleigh just outside Geelong. Your erstwhile Don Quixote is about to set off across the Bass Strait for a seven week sojourn in the Apple Isle -Tasmania. Passage was booked in the dying embers of 2024 and I have a boat to catch. My ‘Pancho Sanchez’ is mateContinue reading “Tasmania-A New Adventure”