Before leaving St Helens we went out the Lease 65, an oyster farm heading out to the Bay of Fires and purchased a dozen oysters. Then we went off to Skippers Fish Shop to buy a fresh crayfish. The only one cray they had on display we both thought was too small, so asked it they had anymore, which the lady serving us went out the back and bought out another tray of four more crays. They had recently been cooked and she stated they were still warm inside; you could...

This blog will be our shortest blog, our Tasmanian Triolgy, as we are only here to enjoy this stunning state for three weeks before heading back home, setting up camp on the Rye Foreshore and property settlement for Koonya Beach Cottage.We woke to showers and decided it was a day to do DABUS jobs and to get the blog up and running. Then off to Pontville Hotel for lunch, scallops and beef schnitzels, then off to get the washing done and back to Hawksmere for the n...

Week 1Thursday 7th - Thursday 14th January 2021 After saying goodbye to 2020 and two lockdowns, what a year it was. We were certainly looking forward to escaping Victoria and we decided January was going to be a great month to explore our southern most state - Tasmania. We had both explored Tassie previously but this is our first time exploring the Apple Isle together. We started our day at 5.45am and arrived at Station Pier at 6.50am, a good run in at that tim...