From Hobart we want to go as south as possible along the east cost as we can on bitumen road. Marjo has listed things we want to see and the Tahune Airwalk is one of those things. We arrive at the information centre and find out that its not easy to do with the dog as it involves metal grates that are not compatible with dog paws. Instead we decide to go there and do part of the walk and just enjoy the scenery. The friendly assistant even helped us with advising a camp site along a river that we could kayak.
The road is nice but relatively busy; the Tahune Airwalk has no lack of visitors. We also find that the east coast is considerably more popular with tourists and we see many caravans, but also bus loads of tourists from Hobart.
We stop at every possible location along the road and enjoy small walks and views.
The camp site along the river is not really nice, it is just along a gravel road to a gravel pit. Also the river is too shallow to kayak; the dry summer in Tasmania has definitely had its impact on the water in all the rivers.
After we check out the end of the Tahune Airwalk, we decide to drive back to the coast and more south.
There we take a nice dirt road towards the Esperance river and hope for a good camp spot. And we find it along the river.
We all seem to like it.
Apart from a grumpy couple that treated the large camp site along the river as it was their exclusive location. When we arrived they were away and we set up more than 25 meters away, hidden behind a bush. When they returned they muttered about privacy, and how we could park here and they promptly packed up and left. Must have thought that camping at nice spots is something you don’t share. Odd.
The space they left behind (left of Nossi), if you look closely you can see on the right of Nossi our bus behind the bushes.
Well, Dotti was not impressed by all this.
If they don’t like it, well tough luck.
She wasn’t too sad when they left.
That evening we shared a drink with the locals.
We decided to stay for a couple of days and filled our time playing guitar
enjoying the view
basking in the sun like the ferns
drinking coffee with Peter the Park Ranger and getting firewood in return
baking bread and eating it for lunch
using the river as Eco friendly washer
and acrobatics.
Of course Marjo and Nossi went exploring on walks along the river.
And in the evening we made good use of the firewood.
A magical spot.
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