Soldier Memorial Park

Our staging point! After our original plan to drive through NSW & Vic to get to Tasmania was scuttled by "you know what" we had decided to take the long way around. We had looked forward to the Tassie trip for so long. So after 7800kms we got here to Bordertown. Checking every 5 minutes that the rules haven't changed and we can still drive through Victoria to board the Spirit of Tasmania without quarantine penalties in Tasmania. We heard of a couple of cases of truckies in SA who had tested positive. Every news bulletin was nerve wracking. And it wasn't just us. The camp was mainly populated with Taswegians wanting to get home. The camp itself was a nice parkland type area around a lake that had been dug when they needed fill for the nearby rail overpass. They've done a really good job of prettying up a hole in the ground. The walk around the lake has some local steel artwork as well.Read more