Change of Scenery

After 4 days in the centre of Tasmania, we moved to the East Coast, camping at the Bay of Fires and Lake Leake.

The Bay took our camping to the next level since our beach side campsite had no electricity, no camping kitchen, and no fresh water. It did at least have a loo of sorts.

It was a really beautiful spot, and the lovely turquoise water looked really tempting, but it was very cold. Almost all swimmers wore wet suits.

After the Bay, we headed down to the Freycinet peninsula. Flo managed a 1 hour 20 hike on her cruches, 👏. Then it got interesting and a bit stressful. This was our 23rd day camping in either a campervan or tent. Up till the last day, we had no problem finding sites, but that all changed today.

To cut a long story short after several unsuccessful calls, we finally found a site, a mere 70km away at Lake Leake. That turned out to be quite a find, as we had a classic Aussie outback pub that had good beer and even better hot showers and loads of wildlife. The only downside, if you can call it that, was to be woken up by a wombat at 4 am, woken up at 5am by a kukaburra, and then again half an hour later by bush chickens.Read more