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A 147-day adventure by Ron Read more
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    🇦🇺 Tullah, Australia

    Lake Gairder

    March 13 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C

    Free. Camp filled up overnight. Drove to Cradle mountain. Caught shuttle up to Dove lake, walk to the boat shed then back to shelter. I did walk to Glacial rock then back to shelter and onto bus back to ranger station. Did the short Enchanted walk to Peppers resort. Coffee at the tavern then bus back to visitors centre. Toped up fuel at $2.52/Lt. Back to Lake Gairnder camp.Read more

  • Lake Gainder

    March 12 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

    Free. Left Railton and stopped at Shiefield IGA. On some very winding narrow roads to get here. Found a good spor on the lake. A bit of rain throughout the day with some strong wind gusts, pulled awning in.Read more

  • Railton

    March 9 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    CMCA $7/n To Tazmaziathen then to Devils Gate dam and had lunch. Onto Devonport for Anaconda, Bunnings, Coles and to fill up.

  • Railton

    March 8 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    CMCA $7/n
    Drive to Shefield and around Mt Roland area. Got tickets to Mole Creek King Solomans Cave tour. Then to Lake Barrington and had lunch.

  • Railton

    March 6 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 16 °C

    CMCA $7/n. Left Yorktown and setup at Railton. To Devonport BCF for gas refill, picked up Screen protector for Leannes phone. Big shop at Coles.

  • Watermill cottage camp - Yorktown

    March 5 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 20 °C

    $10/n. Did a couple of loads of washing. Very windy, MTied toilet into Jerry can and split it. Taped up and took to DP in Beaconsfield. Fish and chips at Beauty Point then on to Seahorse world.

  • Watermill cottage camp.

    March 4 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    $10/n. To Beaconsfield mine museum, $18 each entry. Very good display of old and newer mining equipment and the infrastructure around. One area dedicated to the 2006 mine rescue. Lunch at park then filled up water.Read more

  • Watermill Cottage Yorktown

    March 3 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    $10/n. Raining when we left Launceston. Many it through the maze or roads to get out. Traveled through Exerter and Beaconsfield. Setup at Watermill farm stay. Went for a drive around.

  • Launceston

    March 2 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    Old Mac's farm. $20/n.
    Raining so decided to stay another night. Quite morning just stayed at camp. After lunch drove into the city trying to find the least hilly way out. Launceston is a very hilly city with lots of narrow streets acting as main arteries. Then on to the Queen Victoria museum. Stayed about 1 1/2 - 2 hrs. Lots to see. To Coles on the way back.Read more

  • Launceston

    March 1 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    Old Mac's farm. $20/n.
    Drive up and down the Tamar river. Called in at the Grindelwald Swiss resort for a coffee. A 400m walk to the Supply river mill ruins. Stopped at Beaconsfield for an IGA p I e for lunch. Checked out Batman bridge, then a drive through Bell bay and onto the mount George lookout. Tree carvings and lighthouse at George Town. Returned to Launceston via eastern road getting some fuel in Launceston.Read more

  • Launceston

    February 28 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    Mac's farm $20/n. Left Westbury after filling water. Lots of hills and narrow suburban streets before we found Mac's Place. Setup and went for a drive, to Bunnings to get a flexible pale. Then to Tamar river cruises for a 50 minute cruise around river ending in a trip up Cataract Gorge. On returning to car drove to the top Gorge Carpark and did a walk down. Walked along the Kings bridge walkway. Then drive to old Duck Reach hydro power station. Long way down then back up.Read more

  • Westbury

    February 27 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Free camp. Emptied toilet. To Pearns Steam world to check out all the farm equipment. Drive to Deloraine to checkout a few shops. Lunch at the rail park. Then out to Chudleigh, bought a facocia bread from a local stall.Read more

  • Westbury

    February 26 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    Free camp. Drove to Launceston via a country road. Checked out an old Anglican church and cemetery at Hagley, then onto Carrick to look at some old buildings. Lunch at a park on the river at Hadspen. Traveled back to Westbury via Perth (Tas).Read more

  • Westbury

    February 25 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 11 °C

    Free camp. Drive around mountains, headed to Liffery falls along a very narrow road. On arrival looked at track and decided thongs weren't the best footwear. Left and drove through Meander to Huntsman lake. Back to Deloraine for lunch in the park, then back th Westbury.Read more

  • Westbury

    February 24 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    Westbury free camp. Moved on from Railton. Setup at free camp, Had lunch with Karen, her mum Joy and Calum. Back to the van for a couple of hours the to Joys house for a light dinner, left around 9:00pm.Read more

  • Railton

    February 23 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    CMCA $7/n. Drove into Devonport and picked up phone Sim, case and screen. Drove around foreshore and river. Coffee at an aboriginal shop near the Hat lighthouse. To Coles and did groceries. Back to Latrobe and had lunch in the park. Then on to an Everything shop in Latrobe.Read more

  • Railton

    February 22 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    CMCA $7/n Drove back through Shiefield and around Rode mountain, very overcast so low visibility. Stopped at Molw Creek for fish and chips.

  • Railton

    February 21 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    CMCA $7/n. Drove to Shefield. Lots of murals around town. Lunch in the park. Leanne met Pedro the Alpaca.

  • SOT - Railton

    February 20 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 15 °C

    $7 / n. Disembarked SOT and headed to Railton. A bit early to check into the CMCA park, so pulledup at football ground for coffee and toast. Around 8:30, we checked in at CMCA camp. Drove back into Devonport to Coles, Liquorland, and PO. Back to camp for a sleep.Read more

  • Geelong - SOT

    February 19 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

    SOT. Left Meridth about 10am, traveled to Geelong, found a quiet spot to park at Osbourne house. Walked along foreshore to the redeveloped Federation Wool Mills complex. Had a coffee at The Bakery. Checked out an amazing op shop. Walked back to van via derelict power hose building. Lined up for SOT boarding, arrived about 3 1/2 hours before departure and waited almost 2 1/2 hours to board. We were the last group to board. Found our cabin then had a look around ferry. To the smorgasbord for dinner. Then upto level seven and listened to some live music for an hour or so. As we left Port Philip bay, seas became rough and stayed that way till around 4:00 am. Showered and went to bed.Read more

  • Meredith

    February 18 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 12 °C

    Free camp. A couple of loads of washing. To Ballarat for the day. Went to the Eureka museum, Aldi, chemist and topped up fuel.

  • Meredith

    February 17 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 29 °C

    Free camp. Left Trentham and traveled to Ballan, called in at The Zest Cafe to see Ros. There for about 3 hrs, had lunch wit Rosie before moving on to Meredith. Setup and went for a drive, very small town, bought milk at servo.Read more