Today we decided to move on up the east coast. We had all seen Port Arthur on our previous trip and had no desire to go there again. It is a sad and desolate place. We didn't know where we would stop for the night - John had been making calls to caravan parks in the various towns along the coast, but they were all full. This was the first time we had encountered this problem. We headed to the most southern town called Triabunna. This was a quaint little town wit...

We felt we had well and truly done the Huon Valley, and it was time to move on, to Richmond. Of course we had to drive through Hobart again to get there, and it confirmed my impression that I never want to see Hobart again. Richmond was another one of those historic towns full of old-world picturesque cottages, mostly being used as B&Bs, or small craft shops and galleries. It was similar to Ross, but much more famous, and hence much more crowded. Also, havin...

Today heading to Bruny Island - another 'Must-Do' when in Tassie. We set off with John to a town called Kettering to get on the ferry, and were soon chugging on our way. Bruny Island is famous for fresh produce, and has many spots to stop and sample, and of course, buy. The first one we came across was the whisky distillery, but decided unanimously to give that a miss. First stop was the oyster farm. This was basically just a café where you could watch people ...

We had decided to stay in Huonville a few days as we wanted to explore the Huon Valley, as well as Bruny Island. We decided to leave the island for the next day as we thought it would be very crowded on the weekend. So, being a Sunday we headed off to Cygnet which had a Sunday market. We were hoping for better things after the disappointments of Salamanca. Well the Cygnet market was certainly less crowded, much smaller, and not really very exciting. Cygnet was a...

We got up early and headed back up that steep winding road to Hobart to see the Salamanca market. This takes place every Saturday on the waterfront and looks very pretty. As we started early it was very pleasant looking through all the stalls, but it soon got quite busy, crowds swarming through the passage ways, all crammed together, hot and stifling. We found out there was a Taste festival also on the waterfront, so this was the busiest Hobart ever got. The mark...