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    Bombah Point

    29 novembre 2023, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    We made our way over the Blue Mountains, through Katoomba (a place we have visited twice in the past) ,and then skirted Sydney on the west side. We stopped for breakfast at a rest stop where a large number of campers were airing off soaked equipment in the sunshine.
    We travelled further north to Buladhelah, where we just made it into the Tourist Information Bureau before its closing.
    The two gentlemen there were very keen to inform us of what was available in the area, and we came away with maps and leaflets of things to see and walks to be done.
    We then drove eastward to Bombah Point, where we booked ourselves in for a 4 night stay. The campsite was within the Myall Lakes National park, once again very beautiful. The final half hour of our journey there was through rainforest and partly gravel track. We chose a pitch with great views of the lake. The site was quite empty, but was due to fill up on Friday for the weekend. As the light faded the resident kangaroos started appearing, some of them quite huge. We never tire of seeing these creatures bouncing around in their natural habitat.    En savoir plus

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    Wallerawang

    28 novembre 2023, Australie ⋅ 🌧 20 °C

    Moving further north east to hopefully avoid the worst of the predicted rain we headed for a free camping site at Lake Wallace, on the western side of the Blue Mountains.
    We arrived in good time to get our tent up in the dry and enjoyed a calm evening by the lake. There were lots of other campers but so much space that we hardly saw anyone else. A beautiful location looking out onto the fairly large lake. All very peaceful.
    The heavens opened in the night, but we stayed dry, and we were able to pack up the following morning under a cloudy but dry sky. We opted not to make use of the free showers - not up to the usual standard on campsites we have been visiting. Decided we would shower upon arrival at our next site.    En savoir plus

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    Wagga Wagga

    27 novembre 2023, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    Another travelling day. We altered our travel plans on the overnight ferry. We were going to meet Frank and Bronwyn for an evening at Genoa, south of Sydney, and then spend some time on the beaches in the south east. The weather forecasts were not promising, with two days of severe rain warnings for the areas we were hoping to see.
    We arrived at 6:30 at a very wet and cold Geelong port. About 45 mins north of Melbourne the clouds parted to clear sunshine.
    We branched off the Hume freeway to reach Wagga Wagga at lunchtime, where we made our further plan for the next few days. Temperature on the campsite we settled on for our overnight stay was 29 degrees. Very nice. We quickly changed clothes, discarding our long trousers we had worn in Tasmania and donning shorts/dress.
    The forecast being for sunshine and thunder showers for the next few days north of Sydney.    En savoir plus

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    Devonport

    26 novembre 2023, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    A travelling day, not much else to do but drive once more through the island forests, passing through Hampshire amd Highclere on our way to the north coast.
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    Strahan

    25 novembre 2023, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    Another lazy day to finish our stay on the island. We woke up to rainfall which persisted for much of the morning. That was a shame, as we had been proposing to go back to the beach with our fishing rods. Instead we got ourselves organised for dismantling the camper in the dry spell forecast for the afternoon.
    In the evening we walked back through the village, past the theatre, from where the sound of laughter was ringing, and on to the restaurant View 42.
    There we ith the evening buffet menu - seafood galore, oysters,king prawns, tassie trout, smoked salmon, cold meats, hot dishes and wonderful salads, all to start with, followed by sweets of icecream,pavlova,raspberry tarts, lemon sorbet, blood orange sorbet (to die for,) amongst others,all finished off with coffee cheese amd biscuits.
    All you can eat too A young lad next to us had 4 plates of fishy stuff, before going on to the salads and hot dishes, he then had two or three desserts, before returning to the oysters and prawns. Thats the way to do it.
    Fabulous food and we did it justice.    En savoir plus

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    Strahan

    24 novembre 2023, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    A lazy day today. The weather was, once again, fine, sunny and blue skies, so we took ourselves off to the beach.
    We drove to Macquarie Heads at the mouth of the harbour along a gravel road. Foxgloves aplenty by the roadsides. It was a bumpy gravel road once again, and at the end, a campsite where you could truly get away from it all.
    We plonked ourselves down on Ocean Beach and got out our books to read. This was clearly a popular spot for fishing, and we watched anglers up and down the beach cast their lines in hope, the most successful being a lady angler who pulled out numerous Tasmanian salmon in quite a short space of time. Sadly we had left our rods back in the trailer - otherwise we would have joined them all. Most were successful, and we were quite envious of them all cooking their fish this evening.
    Returning to Strahan we had a wander through the village and then back to site to make plans for our trip northward in the coming week.    En savoir plus

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    Strahan

    23 novembre 2023, Australie

    One of the must dos in Strahan is the Gordon River Cruise and tour of the Macquarie Harbour. We were advised by many people that the red boat is the one to go on, so that is what we did.
    Leaving Strahan at 9 am we spent 6 hours on the visit, both onboard and on shore. All the crew were delightful and the captain was eager to let visitors into the cabin to view the controls and to sit in the engineers seat. We had chosen our day well as the winds allowed for a trip through Hell's Gates - the narrow entrance to the massive Macquarie Harbour. It gets its name from the convicts who were forced to row through the narrows pulling the larger ship behind them. They were on their way to Sarah Island, the most brutal and remote secondary offenders detention centre in Tasmania. It predated Port Arthur which, upon its closure, was where the convicts were transferred. It was to become known as "hell on earth."
    A large lighthouse stands on the ocean side of the channel which we were able to view. Two further smaller light houses, within the harbour, help to define the navigable section of waterway.
    The harbour is host to a number of fish farms which grow on north atlantic salmon amongst others in large and deep pens.
    We stopped off at Sarah Island where Lyle showed us around the ruins of the old settlement. Lyle was a very enthusiastic guide and a member of the Round Earth Theatre Company. His descriptions of life on the island were very vivid. The island is now being claimed back by nature, it having been stripped of all greenery when in use as a prison. The prisoners were put to work making boats of various sizes, the huon pine slips still being in evidence.
    We enjoyed a very pleasant lunch on board, prior to venturing up into the Gordon River. We heard tales of the Piners who spent 8 months of their year up here cutting and collecting the huon pine, a remarkable slow growing soft wood, unique to Tasmania. The piners and early conservation activists saved this area from ruination by hydro electric schemes and it now forms part of the World Heritage Wildlife National Park which covers most of the south west of the island. The Huon pine is now a protected tree, the only timber that can now be collected is that which is washed down into the harbour by winter rainfall.
    The Gordon River is beautiful, with trees lining all hillsides surrounding it right down to the water line. The boat stopped off at a boardwalk to let people walk amongst the forest.
    Returning to Strahan we were given a demonstration at one of the two remaining saw mills in the area which is licensed to deal with Huon Pine. After that, we had booked ourselves into the local open-air theatre to see "The ship that never was," Australia's longest running play (30 years). It tells the story of an escape from the Island by ten convicts in a ship of their own making. There was a cast of two, Lyle being one of them, augmented by many drawn from the audience. The play was hilarious, great fun - and closed an absolutely brilliant day.    En savoir plus

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    Strahan

    22 novembre 2023, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    Today we drove north through Zeehan and onward to Rosebery. This is still mining country with large mining operations either side of Rosebery.
    We branched off just before the town to drive 6km to the carpark serving a bush walk to the Montezuma Waterfalls. This one also claims to be the highest waterfall in Tasmania.
    The road to the carpark was twisty and after a while gravel. There were a number of vehicles already in the car park when we arrived. This is billed as an easy 3 hour walk, which it proved to be as it followed the path of a disused mining tramway. Silver, gold, tin and copper were mined here, apparently, and there were some old adit mine shafts along the way. The
    waterfall at the end of the path was quite impressive with water tumbling down over 100metres. A suspension bridge crossed the gorge beneath the falls but did not give a better view than the more stable staging a few metres further along the track.
    On returning to our vehicle we travelled further north through the rainforest to the Stitt falls which were not photogenic, and marred by adjacent mining works, and then on to Tullah to have a wander along the foreshore of Lake Rosebery which was very pretty.
    A beer and a cider were welcome at the Tullah Lodge Hotel.    En savoir plus

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    Strahan

    21 novembre 2023, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    Our first full day here. It is very much a town now geared around tourism. Its original roots are in mining -iron ore and copper around Queenstown - and logging, the ancient Huon Pine being the primary wood source.
    We walked the old railway track around the bay to Regatta Point and then took a detour on the way back to The Hogarth Falls. We walked through more beautiful rainforest on our way to the falls, an easy walk for us with no steps - wow!!! Recent walks we have done have generally involved copious amounts of steps or uphill climbs!
    We looked around the museum in the town, which was very interesting. Lots of information about the history of the area and the battle to conserve the natural beauty found here. Increasingly we feel great sympathy with the aborigines who originally lived here.
    After lunch we drove a few kms to do the Ocean Beach trail followed by a walk across the Henty Dunes. Not quite on a par with the Dune de Pyla (in France), but impressive nonetheless. The dunes were extensive and back onto Ocean Beach, the longest beach in Tasmania at 40k. We walked for 40 minutes carefully noting changes in direction so we did not get lost on our return. We were alone as we walked, and it was all very peaceful.
    Another day of walking - 18kms in total.    En savoir plus

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    Strahan

    20 novembre 2023, Australie ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    This was a travelling day across the south of the island, into the "wild west".
    The sat nav took us to the A10 highway through beautiful countryside, green farmland with livestock and vineyards interspersed. We joined the highway at Hamilton, the route taking us through Broadwater and Elderslie. We therefore missed going to Hayes and Gretna.
    The main road to the west climbs through the Tasmanian World Heritage wilderness and is pretty spectacular from start to finish.
    We stopped off for breakfast 2 and a half hours into our journey at Derwent Bridge.
    We spent an hour looking in amazement at the incredible craftmanship of The Wall in the Wilderness. A timber wall 3 x 100m sculpted by Greg Duncan over 20 years out of Huon Pine. We were told it was a must see, and we were not disappointed. The wall itself is brilliant and some of the stand alone sculptures exceptional. No photograpy allowed - it has to be seen up close to see the detail.
    We reached Strahan (pronounced Straun) early afternoon, and after setting ourselves up, we wandered into the town to book the Gordon River cruise for later in the week.
    We were told that the restaurant View 42 provides a good fish buffet every night, so we walked along to book that too for our last night in Tasmania. View 42 has a great view so we enjoyed the moment with a glass of wine.    En savoir plus

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