The middle of nowhere

Wayatinah, our current site, is dead centre of Tassie. Apart from a big hydro power plant, there’s not a lot else around here.
Having said that, we’d been told about The Wall:
https://thewalltasmania.com.au/
about an hour’s drive away at Derwent Bridge. Off we went, not sure what to expect, but it was a series of large wooden (huon pine) panels, with the most incredible carvings, and an amazing level of detail. Some depicting Aussie struggles & history, other panels open to interpretation. We weren’t allowed to take photos inside but I’ve attached a pic from their web page and some pics of the outdoor artwork.

When there, Col bought me the cutest carved echidna (sassafras wood)!

We realised we were close to Lake St Clair, so took a short detour there, before heading back. Lake St Claire is Australia’s deepest fresh water lake. We only saw a small part of it, as a full scale hike wasn’t on the plan for today!

We’ve encountered quite a lot of ‘one horse towns’ on this trip, and Ouse (‘Ooze’) is one of them. We had to go there as Ouse has the only IGA (modest supermarket) for miles, and that’s pretty much all it had! Amongst other things, I was after some rice crackers, but they don’t know what they are in these parts 🤷‍♀️

Now back at the camp, feet up and chilling a bit, which we haven’t done that much of, as we want to see and do as much as we can!Read more