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    Devonport south through the centre

    December 15, 2019 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 8 °C

    Left Devonport the day after I got off the ferry and headed south through the centre of Tasmania. Drove through some beautiful little old towns heading towards the hills ( mountains really) and started to climb. Beautiful country side and lovely high country bush. First night was at 900m , a bit cold but beautiful scenery. Next morning climb another 300m to a lookout over the Great Lakes. Spectacular!!! Then on to my next camp by another lake , much smaller, but a lovely high country lake all the same. From there I drove to another lake, Bradys lake , where I was told I could fish 🎣🎣. A great medium size lake where I could camp right on the waters edge with magic views. I ate trout that night which was delicious 😋. There is a bit of a story to the trout but I won’t bore you with the details. Spent 3 days kayaking around the lake before it was time to move on towards Hobart to meet up with Nicks and Andy. Traveled the back roads to Ouse and then on to my next camp at Ellendale. A very beautiful one horse town where I found a whole paddock of garlic growing so had to stop and smell the roses!!! so to speak. Stayed a couple of nights here , did a lovely walk through the little town and back out to the garlic patch just for shits and giggles. Then down to Hobart, pick up some supplies, and onto Kettering to catch the ferry over to Bruny island where I have Christmas with Nicks and Andy.Read more

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    Tasmania here we come

    December 14, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    Lined up for the boat at 6.30 am. Got on to the boat by 7.30 and then waited for late comers till 9. Lovely big ship with every conceivable thing on it ( most of which you don’t need ) but catering for your every need. Quite a smooth crossing to Davenport ,considering it’s the Bass strait , but still took 9 hours. Stayed in a camp just out of Davenport for the night.Read more

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    Wombat state forest

    December 6, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    Hayden’s camp

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    Driving from Adelaide to Melbourne

    November 24, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

    We said our goodbyes to Karl and family after a top week watching Benny play cricket and some great evening catchups. We then headed towards Melbourne as Bess flys back to Perth on the 30th to be with her grandees for Christmas. We stayed at a three free camps on our way, one just out of Ballarat where we did some shopping and looking around a very beautiful town/ city not sure which. Then on to Sunbury which is just north west of Melbourne airport till Bess flies After that I will hold out in the hills till the 14th when my boat leaves for Tasmania. I stayed in a couple of different places.
    Cobaw state forest and wombat state forest called Hayden’s track camp. Both camps were beautiful with great walks and lots of fire wood. The first day at Cobaw was wet and cold so I made a batch of pumpkin soup. Made it all from scratch including my own broth.    Read more

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    Adelaide

    November 17, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    We are in Adelaide to watch Benny play cricket for the WA under 12s state team ( not a bad effort by him just getting selected ). The rest of Karl’s family are here so a great catchup time as I haven’t seen them for over eighteen months. The WA team didn’t fare to well ,Benny played well for most of it ,it was a great learning curve for the whole team. What an experience for boys of that age. I throughly enjoyed all the games and the weather was kind to us as well.
    We leave here to drive to Melbourne airport as Bess flys home on the 30th to spend Christmas with her grandees!! I will go to Tasmania on the 14th to meet Nicks and Andy for Christmas and Bess will join us there on the 30th December. We will have a couple of weeks with Nicks and Andy and then Bess and I will set out on our Tasmanian trek , for how long we will have to wait and see. Mean while I be up in the high country enjoying the beautiful bush and serenity.    Read more

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    Interesting sign on our way to Cummins
    Electric fan. Fxxked!!!Streaky bay wharf1Smoky bay wharf half way out

    Cummins and up to Streaky bay

    November 12, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    We spent longer than we had intended in Cummins as we found another problem so had to wait for more parts to fix it. We did agree though it is a beautiful little country town and the people were just lovely country folk , so helpful and friendly even though its their busiest time of the year with all the harvesting going on.
    From there we headed to Streaky bay and hopefully some more squid. Streaky was lovely, but no squid, so pushed on to Smoky bay. Here was another very long wharf but a little too windy for kayaking. We had a couple of days fishing from the wharf, no fish but lots of squid 🦑.
    It was great but times up and we must be in Adelaide by the 17th to watch Benny play cricket 🏏. So that’s it for the Eyre peninsula for now!!    Read more

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    Venus bay

    November 1, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    We drove back down to Venus bay in the arvo after Bess had finished swimming with the seals and dolphins. We had seen the bay the day before and both said, we have got to come back to this. We had four more days waiting for parts to arrive in Cummins so we could have the air con fixed. So lets go fishing!!!
    It’s has a beautifully protected bay, great for kayaking, and a lovely long wharf to fish off as well. We spent most of our time fishing the rest eating our bounty. We ate king George whiting, salmon, herring and lots of squid 🦑. I did a lot of fishing from the kayak catching fish as well as squid ( getting inked in the process nasty parsties ) But I have to admit on one occasion I proudly came back with my catch only to be upstaged by Bess who had caught a much bigger squid than mine off the wharf ( hate it when that happens ). We had a great time here and it’s one of those places we must come back too.    Read more

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    Baird Bay sea lions and dolphins swim

    October 31, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    After finding out that we had to wait a number of days for a new condenser for our air conditioner to arrive at the Cummins Garage we went back out to the coast so I could do the Baird Bay Eco Experience. Dave wasn’t keen because these southern waters are freezing, so he stayed back and did the housework. 😉
    It was a hot day but extremely windy, and overcast, even the skipper joked that we might have a “Gilligans Island” stranding.
    A small group of 10 people, we were supplied with full length wet suits, snorkel and mask. A 15 minute boat ride had us at the sea lion hangout and they were soon in the water and playing all around us. They are super cute to watch with their big brown eyes and graceful ballet like movements. It was a magic experience.
    After a couple of hours we moved across the bay to where the dolphins were swimming. This spot was much more exposed to the crappy weather and and we only had a very brief time swimming in and around them. These animals are so fast, there one second, gone the next. A brilliant morning, even with the 60kph wind tossing us around.    Read more

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    A nice safe rock pool for swimming in. Bess these girls there

    Greenly Beach

    October 23, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    Left Coffin bay and drifted north up the western coast dropping in and out of all the bays as we went until we got to Greenly beach. Here we stayed a couple of days as it looked like good fishing, rock fishing. Spent some time on the rocks catching mainly cod, which either shot under a rock and snapped my line or the few l did get to shore were too small. The second day the swell was up and after being chased by some rather large waves I gave it away so I could fish another day. Compare the two videos. Very windy but great fun, although Bess wasn’t to happy with me. She thought I was taking too many chances. You know all those news stories of fishermen being washed off rocks. 🙄. Meanwhile Bess found a nice safe rock pool to paddle in.Read more

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