…blessed to live and travel in Australia
Traveling further south along the eastern coast our next stop was Triabunna. Triabunna is the port from which visits to Maria Island is either typically taken by ferry or a cruise. We took the latter. The conditions were very good for a full day of cruising. It is difficult to describe the spectacular variety of coastal island scenes. The cruise circumnavigated the Island (65km).
One of the great benefits of travelling throughout Tasmania is that nothing is a great distance from the next destination. It was only a short morning drive to Freycinet Golf Club, where we had our base, close to Wineglass Bay and more.
What a perfect day and experience. The weather, the scenery, the swim… but the walk was pretty tough… sooo many stairs
Arrived at Four Mile Creek which is on the NE coast to a beautiful but extremely windy day. An easy set up as we stayed hooked up. The free camp site had quite a slope hence the use of ramps on the cars rear wheels. Also our 1st swim in the ocean. Temperature was OK at around 18 degrees.
Our 1st swim in Tassie was exhilatating ( read cold)
Could this be the town that sells the best vanilla slice? Also more interesting history to take in. Had to buy beanies and gloves with the temperatures lower than we had expected.
So much to see and do in just under 3 days. The weather was perfect with “one” exception. After setting up we booked a James Boag’s brewery tour which included beer tasting! As the tour was conducted in an operating factory we were not able to take photos. The tour was informative (historical & brewing facts) & interesting.
Day 2 we decided to walk to the Ben Lomond summit (from the summit village) after driving the most scenic drive from our camp site. Unfortunately, conditions were MUCH windier than forecast making the temperature around 2-3 degrees (wind chill effect) and reduced visibility due to being in the “clouds”. It was exhilarating and challenging!
Before we celebrated our wedding anniversary we walked the Cataract Gorge in the morning
Definitely a big moment… celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary at Josef Chromy Restaurant!
Beautiful, peaceful, spacious off grid camp site. This was our 1st base in Tasmania. Visited many interesting locations including Tamar river, Marion winery, York Town historical site, Notley Fern gorge, Beaconsfield gold mine, Sculptured gallery …
Disembarking on schedule at 5.30am, our 1st task was to purchase fresh fruit and vegetables at Coles (supermarket that opened 1st). Next was to make a coffee and then take time to plan our day. As the weather was cool and wet we decided to head to our camp site at York Town (NW side of the Tamar river)
Very excited to board the Spirit of Tasmania. The overnight 11hr journey was reasonably smooth, although Jennifer did need to take some sea sickness pills. The boarding procedure was well organized. The greatest challenge was to drive through a very narrow lane to park at the front of the ship
Continuing our journey south, the township of Benalla VIC was a very pleasant 2 night visit. Morning walks around the lake, viewing street art, lunch and a walk at the Wetlands and driving through a couple of close proximity locations to look at some amazing silo art.
Decided not to travel much further after weighing the car & caravan (1.5hrs) so pulled up in Tarcutta at the Beaden Sportsground & Camping. It’s quite hot and humid with heavy cloud cover. Love being able to operate the air conditioning even when we are off-grid.
