It’s our daughter’s birthday today and she turned 25! We text with her as we woke up a little late so she’s at work already. Oh yeah, we should tell you as well that it’s my birthday too.
Marjo woke me with a nice breakfast and gifts!
I got some nice sweets (yeah I love them), a beautiful wooden bowl, made from a myrtle burr, and some black bamboo underpants. You wouldn’t say it’s bamboo as it feels like silk.
We move from the not so nice camping and make our way to the ferry to Bruny island. We know a short cut that would allow us to get there with 10 minutes to spare. Little did we realise that this road was across the hills and we arrived late at the ferry terminal. Lucky for us the ferry must have had struggles itself as it was even later than we were. So we still could get on and didn’t have to wait another 1.5 hour for the next ferry. When measuring the length of the bus we all held our breath which allowed us to go on for a less than 6 meters vehicle. We weren’t game to also try for the less than 3.5 ton option for the top deck as we were afraid that the bridge wouldn’t carry our 4.5 ton bus.
While waiting to drive onto the ferry I have my birthday cake.
And eat it too (I left a little for Niki but then decided to eat that too).
It is quite warm today but the hard wind makes the 35 degrees just nice during the 15 minute trip over.
We drive from the ferry down the only bitumen road on the island and stop to take some pictures.
We look for a place to kite, but the only place facing the wind is a national park with plenty of signs “No dogs allowed”. So we decide to continue on and drive slowly along the winding roads.
The only camp ground that takes dogs on Bruny island is on adventure bay. We don’t mind staying there and enjoy the nice weather, the beach and the cool water.
I take Dotti for a swim and although initially not so certain, later she enjoys being cooled down.
And after a little rolling in the sand she feels very comfortable.
Marjo celebrated our birthdays by enjoying a dozen fresh caught oysters (not by us but by a local fisherman). Dotti loved cleaning the shells.
At the camping we met a nice Dutch couple traveling 3 weeks through Australia. They recently arrived in Hobart and are planning to loop Tasmania in the reverse direction we are and do it twice as fast. To ensure they will make it in time they pre-selected and booked all the camping sites. The next will be Snug where they have been before coming to Bruny and they suggested it to us too.
During the day family calls and friends leave nice Facebook messages and sms’s, which makes it really feel like a social birthday. Thanks!
A great day.
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