We stayed at Dunalley for a few more days as after our quick visit to the Port Arthur convict settlement we drove around to where the Pennicott Wilderness Journey boats left from and decided that we would do another boat trip, this time from Port Arthur. As the next day was expected to be quite windy the boat trip would be mainly in the calmer waters protected by the two outcrops. We would only go out into the open waters for a few minutes as we went around Tasmi...

While we were staying at the White Sands Ironhouse Brewery we spent a day exploring the area, driving out to Falmouth, swapping books at the street library and then watching the blowhole while chatting with a local. He reminded us of the blowhole at Bicheno, about 40 minutes down the coast. If the Falmouth blowhole was going off,(and it was!) then the Bicheno one would be a sight to see. We then left Falmouth to drive down the coast to see the Bicheno blowhole in...

After leaving Ulverstone, we headed to Railton and made our base at the free camp in town for a few days. Railton is known for it’s large Cement Works, giving employment to the town and also the many topiary shrubs scattered around the place. It was a great little spot and with reasonable weather, we explored the area. We drove to Latrobe, wandered around the town checking out the shops, Op shops and the old emporium which was chockablock full of all sorts of e...

Here we are in Tasmania with Christmas and the New Year celebrations well and truly over. It’s now time to recap our journey since my last blog. We left Emma’s and headed down towards Victoria, staying 2 nights in Gundagai where we have been before. We explored the town and admired the beautiful unique miniature cathedral made from marble at the visitor centre. This masterpiece was made by Frank Rusconi who also sculpted the “Dog on the Tucker Box that Gun...

We left Rocky Cape surrounded by thick smoke only to find just a few kms down the road, beautiful clear sunshine. Although not as bad as this place, we have since come across a few smoky areas. We've had many concerned calls from people on the mainland, checking on us as the bush fires seem to be making big news over there. We have been lucky though, not being effected by the fires or floods as some people we have met. We continued on from Nth West Tasmania down...