Around Oz 2023-24

May 2023 - May 2024

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- May 8, 2024, 11:01am
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 205 m
- Australia Tasmania Break O'Day Pyengana Pyengana Saddle -41.256001, 148.03189241°15’22” S 148°1’55” E
Day 358
Halls Falls
May 8 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Another great walk today. A little longer and rougher in places than St Columba Falls yesterday.

They mined for tin and harvest timber in the area. Old relics scattered around. A weir just up from the falls.

We would have liked to continue to drive up to the Blue Tiers. A local resident had pipes running across the track pumping water from the creek. Being the nice people we are we didn't run over them.

Also spotted some interesting fungi on our walk.Read more
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- May 7, 2024, 1:49pm
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 303 m
- Australia Tasmania Break O'Day Pyengana West Cottons Hill -41.321597, 147.92417841°19’18” S 147°55’27” E
Day 357
St Columba Falls
May 7 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
We had driven to these falls when we were here for our very short visit 4 years ago. The walk was closed due to covid.

It's a lovely walk. The falls have one of the longest drops in Tassie. Beautiful to be back walking in the maintains ago.Read more
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- May 7, 2024, 12:38pm
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 134 m
- Australia Tasmania Break O'Day Pyengana -41.294113, 148.00199641°17’39” S 148°0’7” E
Day 357–361
Pyenhana Recreational Reserve
May 7 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Another beautiful day. Another great free camp.

We have some walks and waterfalls to explore here. Plus the local dairy/cheese producer. Lots of dairy cows in the area.

The dairy was great. Picked up some excellent blue. Have afternoon tea by the log fire ... very nice.
They have a robotic milking system here. The cows come in to be milked when they want. It operates 24/7.Read more
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- May 1, 2024, 10:28am
- ☀️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 43 m
- Australia Tasmania Break O'Day Binalong Bay Swimcart Beach -41.229899, 148.28474641°13’48” S 148°17’5” E
Day 351–357
Swimcart Beach Campground
May 1 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
I was very hard to pull ourselves away from this beautiful spot on the Bay of Fires.

Must admit we didn't do a lot here just sat around and enjoyed the view.

We did go up to The Gardens up the other end of the Bay of Fires. Explored the Starfish Garden at Cosy Corner. Did a walk to a Waterfall out the back of St Helens.

The National Park was doing a slow burn on the other side if the highway from us. That keep us amused for a couple of days.Read more
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- Apr 28, 2024, 12:11pm
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 47 m
- Australia Tasmania Break O'Day Beaumaris Beaumaris Beach -41.406614, 148.2776541°24’24” S 148°16’40” E
Day 348–350
Diana's Basin campground
April 28 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Just north of Scamander, near Bay of Fires.

A great free camp. Pulled in here for a couple of days. The river isn't braking through to the ocean at the moment. Another beautiful beach. Just a bit wild at the momentRead more
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- Apr 27, 2024
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 68 m
- Australia Tasmania Douglas-Apsley Conservation Area -41.862731, 148.18650841°51’46” S 148°11’11” E
Day 347
Bicheno
April 27 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Had planned to do the walk to the gorge at Douglas Aspley National Park today. Got as far as the Aspley waterhole and there were no more signs or obvious track to continue on.

Headed into Bicheno instead. It's a very nice beach/bay. Especially on a lovely sunny day. Checked out the blowhole. Walked through town. Picked up some bargains at a store closing down. Nabbed a pair of Piping Hot Sandals for $1.99. Plus lots of other handy items really cheap.

Found a great picnic spot on the rocks overlooking the bay.Read more
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- Apr 24, 2024
- ☀️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- Australia Tasmania Break O'Day Lagoons -41.648154, 148.29813141°38’53” S 148°17’53” E
Day 344–348
Lagoon Beach Campground
April 24 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Another camp... another beach. Another free camp.

Just north of Bicheno. Slowly working our way up the easy coast.

It has been a bit cool and overcast. Graham has a go at fishing again. No luck. A very pleasant strolling beach.Read more
Traveler 🤩 another stunning camp spot. Amazing.
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Traveler Been finding a few good free camps lately.
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I am yet to see him with a fish in hand. He looks sad standing out there all alone in the wind and cold. Nice to see you having a good time. [Denise]
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Traveler He did catch a tiny one a few days ago.
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- Apr 22, 2024, 11:31am
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 75 m
- Australia Tasmania Cape Tourville -42.123139, 148.34137642°7’23” S 148°20’29” E
Day 342
Freycinet National Park
April 22 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
We were thinking of doing the Wineglass Bay lookout walk while we were here. But after doing the cruise and seeing it from the water we decided we didn't need to. It's much easier on the boat that a 4k walk up 400+ steps... then back down them. My knee thanked me.

There are lots of other beautiful short walks. The Cape Tourville Lighthouse is definitely the best.It was a very easy walk. With breathtaking veiws. You could get a peck of Wineglass. Plus, the seal rocks. We also explored Sleepy Bay, with some interesting rocks. A bit of a hike down and back. Not to bad. Honeymoon beach, just a short stroll from the car park. Finally, Friendly Beach. Like many beaches here, it has fine, white, squeaky sand.
We also seemed to be drawn to the ice cream/takeaway shop at Coles Bay. Were you could sit outside with views of the bay and mountains ringing it. 3 days of ice creams and one of fish & chips. Maybe we should have done the Wineglass Bay lookout walk after all.Read more
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- Apr 21, 2024, 9:18am
- ☀️ 14 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Australia Tasmania Glamorgan/Spring Bay Coles Bay Honeymoon Bay -42.128314, 148.28881942°7’42” S 148°17’20” E
Day 341
Wineglass Bay cruise
April 21 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
What a perfect day to do a cruise. The sun was out. The conditions perfect.

The sea cliff are spectacular from the water. As it was calm, we could get up nice and close.

Visited the seals, which was a treat. Mainly males and last years babies. Always fun to watch them play in the water. We also spotted dolphins on the way home. No matter how often we see these wonderful sea mammals, it is always a delight.

Stopped for lunch at Wineglass Bay. A very pretty spot. Much better coming around by boat than walking overland.

A great day out. The boat was excellent. Hardly anyone on it. The bonus of visiting in the off-season. The staff were very helpful and knowledgeable about the region.Read more
Traveler Looked like a great cruise. 👏🏼👏🏼
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- Apr 20, 2024
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 3 m
- Australia Tasmania Swanwick Bay -42.087386, 148.23261442°5’15” S 148°13’57” E
Day 340–344
River & Rocks Campground
April 20 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Another sweet free camp. On Moulting Lagoon. A few minutes from Freycinet NP and Coles Bay
Traveler What a magnificent spot to camp. 🤩🤩
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Traveler A great free camp to explore Freycinet from. The camp sites in the National Park are small. Would would have had trouble squeezing into the biggest ones.
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