• Ron Porter
  • Ron Porter

Tasmania

A 147-day adventure by Ron Read more
  • Lake Kara

    March 28 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    Free. Cold and windy. Left Waratah's cold, foggy and misting morning. Filled water and emptied cassette. Drove to Lake Kara. Setup at an awesome site.

  • Ridgley

    March 29 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    $10/n. Left Lake Kara and setup just out of Burnie at Ridgley. Load of washing the into Burnie Bunnings for a gas swap. To Liquor land and Woolies at Wynyard.

  • Ridgley

    March 30 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    $10/n. Fine day. After 3 loads of washing drove back to Guest falls. Then into Burnie, Lots of trouble getting a suitable park. Then a fair walk to Coles. Did shopping the headed back to Ridgely, stopped off at Woolies. Back at camp, had lunch, Leanne spotted a Platapus in the dam, the first I've every seen in the wild .Read more

  • Forest

    March 31 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    $50/7n. Fine day. Moved on from xxxxx, left camping fee on gate as no caretaker. Setup at Forest Sports centre ( Blackberry Inn). Drove to Stanley and had a drive around. Did "The Nut" walk, 450m steep up, 2km was then 450m step down. Legs very tired.Read more

  • Forest

    April 1 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Blackberry Inn. $50/7n.
    Wet most of day. Coff at Foster corner shop. Drove to Smithton and had a pie from Bakery. Back to camp for a few hours, then into Stanley to see the penguins.

  • Forest

    April 2 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    $50/7n. Mixed day, fine then rain. To Stanley, to PO to collect a couple of packages. Fish and chips by the water. Walked the main street then foreshore.

  • Forest

    April 4 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

    Into Stanley to empty cassette and fill bladder. Walked around cemetery. Lunch at park. Up to Highfield mansion.

  • Forest

    April 5 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Overcast day. Did the Tarkine Drive. Started at Smithton then Kanunnah bridge, Sumac lookout, Dempsey Plains lookout, Tayatea bridge finishing at Trowutta Arch.

  • Forest

    April 6 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 16 °C

    Leannes Birthday. Mixed weather day. Three loads of washing. To Smithton to Mt cassette and fill bladder. Birthday lunch at The Bridge Hotel. To Woolies shopping then to United self serve fuel.

  • Arthur river

    April 7 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 15 °C

    Setup at Manuka campground $15/n. Cold windy wet day. Drove into Arthur river and to " The edge of the world". Drove down to Nelson Bay almost hitting a wombat. Then up to Marrawah.

  • Arthur river

    April 8 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    Manuka campground. $15/n. Did the Arthur river boat cruise on the Majestic. Great trip 14km up the Arthur river. BBQ lunch on returning trip. Watch sea eagles swooping for fish.

  • Cooee

    April 9 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    Free camp. Left Arthur river via Tarkine drive. To Smithton to empty cassette and fill water. Seen driving down main street by Mary-Ellen, back to Hugo's for a coffee. Called in at Coastal RV Hub for them to quote sailtrack repair. Then to Cooee free camp for two nights, camp about 5m from surf. Into Burnie Supercheap to but a jerry can for rubbish. Then drive to Wynyard to check RV camp for next stop.Read more

  • Cooee

    April 10 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 12 °C

    Free camp. Very cold day. Drive over through Penguin, stopped at Ulverstone after eventually find a carpark. Had a beautiful lunch at the River Arms hotel.

  • Wynyard

    April 12 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 13 °C

    Showground RV Park $10/n. Very cold and windy day. Did 4 loads of washing before leaving Cooee. Dumped water and refilled at airport dump point. Setup at RV Park then to laundromat to dry clothes. Later a drive to Table Cape lighthouse and lookout.Read more

  • Wynyard

    April 13 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 7 °C

    $10/n. Drove up to Boat Harbour and back along coast. To Table Cape lookout again for a look in better weather.

  • Cooee

    April 14 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 15 °C

    Free camp. Did a couple of loads of washing at Wynyard. Got a call that Coastal RV Hub could look at the caravan after lunch. Packed up and dropped van off. To the Seabrook hotel at Somerset for lunch. Then back to Wynyard laundromat to dry clothes. Woolies for groceries. Picked up van at 4:00 pm. Awning fixed and entry door now working but now a crease in door skin . Back to Cooee RV camp for the night.
    MT gas cylinder.
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  • Miena General Store

    April 15 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C

    $10/n. Very cold miserable wet day. Traveled from Cooee to Miena. Touble setting up finding a level spor we could remain hooked up. Stayed in van all after noon.

  • Bradys Lake

    April 16 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 10 °C

    Free. Bradys Lake Woodlands Canal. Left Miena around 9:00am. A fair bit of gravel road but some of it good. Lots of mud on front of van. Set uo at Bradys lake canal, rained on and off. This is a site for white water rafting.Read more

  • Ouse RV park

    April 17 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

    Free. Left Bradys Lake. Setup in the large RV Park. Gate very tight to enter, about 2.6m wide. Two loads of washing. To IGA and to fuel up.

  • OUSE

    April 18 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C

    Free camp. A few loads of washing. HWS not staying lit. Cleaned unit and removed and cleaned igniter and thermocouple. To Richmond for a drive and empty toilet Checked out another
    camp. Bach to Ouse and walked around old Anglican church and cemetery.Read more

  • Ladys Walk campground -Waddamada

    April 19 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Free camp. Cold but very nice day. Left Ouse Rec. Ground and traveled a hilly winding unsealed road to Waddamana. Coffee at the local shop then to the Waddamana Hyro power station.

  • Cressy

    April 20 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    Free camp at Rec. Ground. Setup camp, washed van. Had pies for lunch from Cressy bakery. Dive around area ending at Longford .