Our Australia trip

Today is the last day in Tasmania. Because we booked in a car service, we leave Turners Beach reasonably early and make our way to Devonport. There I drop Marjo and the dogs at the Devonport foreshore and put the car into service. Then we join up and alternatively watch the dogs while the other […]

Our last stay on the island of Tasmania better be good. We have seen an increased wind on Wednesday and want to make sure we are on the coast to see if I can kite. Port Sorell is the place of choice with a nice sandy inlet for shallow water and less waves. We have […]

After the busy Steamfest stay, we want to see the beach again. I’ve also spotted that after the long period of hardly any wind this Wednesday there’s a sudden increase predicted. It is still a long weekend though and beachside campings are likely full. So we decide to visit the last of Marjo’s listed locations […]

We uhm’d and ahhh’d a little whether we should stay here another day but the generators and some knucklehead who decided that on the empty field it was best to camp his caravan right between us and the lake convinced us that it was time to pack up. It’s labour day long weekend and we […]

The first time that I made a panorama photo shot, not bad hey? Axel showed me how to do it. Cradle mountain looks like a cradle, wieg for the dutchies, around the back it is very visible too, but that was a long long walk. You can do lots of walking there, from ten minutes […]

We have skirted a few times around Cradle Mountain because we get conflicting messages about how close we can get with the dogs into the combination of National Park and World Heritage. We decide to try anyway this time. The road up the hill is winding and steep with nice vantage points. Then the road […]

Although a nice camping, it gets quite busy and I might have mentioned once or twice that we prefer bush campings. Before we hit the road though, Marjo takes a few pictures of some peculiar stump. And funny enough finds her left thong (or flip flop for the English readers or jandal if you’re from […]

We wake up to another gorgeous day. After the few rainy days we had on the East coast we had nothing but gorgeous weather, nice and warm with a light breeze; just what the doctor ordered. Although a nice location and convenient with a pub and food next door, we don’t like the car park […]

Today we’re looking at towns, Launceston and Deloraine and see where we end up. First we want to look at Cataract Gorge which is in Launceston. We stop at the tourist information office and, after following the signs and arriving at the blue “i”, find out the information office has moved. When we finally get […]

This morning we get up early and leave for some sight seeing. We see the early beach runners and then we’re off. Our first stop is for fresh fruit and veggies. The first sign along the road is clear and from there it becomes a bit of a guess. After 2km dirt road though we […]