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Tasmania

A 147-day adventure by Ron Read more
  • Zeehan

    March 23 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 17 °C

    $15/n. Left Strahan and drove to the Zeehan RV Park. Rained on and off all day. Ran genni for a couple of hours. Into town to pay fees at museum then to pub for lunch.

  • Strahan

    March 22 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    Big 4 CP $29/n. Did the diesel Wilderness rail trip. Then IGA to do groceries. Two loads of washing, put through parks drier $6.

  • Strahan

    March 22 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    Big 4 CP, $29/N. Cruise on the Gordon river on the upper deck on the Red boat. Very well run activity visiting Hells gate, Sarah Island and Heritage rainforest. Great trip up the Gordon river.

  • Strahan

    March 21 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    Big 4 CP $29/n no P or W. Left Queensto we n around 11:00am. Very winding road here. Drive around and stopped at jetty. Watched Red boat come in and the saw mill demo.

  • Queenstown

    March 19 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    $5/n. Drive up through the mountains towards Derwent bridge. To Lake Burbury, Iron Blow lookout and Horsetail falls. Back into town for Spion lookout. Topped up bladder.

  • Queenstown

    March 18 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    $5/n Left Lake Mackintosh camp. Emptied cassette and rubbish at Tullah. Drove through most amazing mountains stopping the Lake Plimsoll lookout for a cuppa and to do a load of washing. Setup camp at Queenstowns RV Park at the footy ground with it'sgravel playing surface.. Walk around town ant to IGA.Read more

  • Lake Mackintosh

    March 16 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    Free. Light rain most of day. Stoped to look at Mackintosh dam, then into Tullah, went for a walk along jetty.
    Drove to Murchison Gorge then dam. Then to Rosebury and had pie for lunch. Checked out Schitts waterfall at Rosebury for a full topup then back to camp.Read more

  • Lake Macintosh

    March 15 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Free. Left Lake Gairder and setup here. Emptied cassette and rubbish but couldn't find any water. Went to see Wee Georgie steam train. $10 each, for a 15 min ride. Asked if we could get some water, told yes ok for a $5 donation. Got about 150 Lts. Back and did 4 loads of washing.Read more

  • 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