We felt we had covered the towns south of Devonport quite well, so now we decided to head west along the coast. We had seen some of these towns briefly with John, but thought they could do with another more detailed visit. First stop was Penguin again, but there was another town called Ulverstone on the way. So we stopped there, had a quick look, and decided to continue onto Penguin via the scenic coast road. Well, it was certainly scenic, but quite narrow and w...

Today we decided to explore further other little towns in the area. We passed through Latrobe again, and onwards to Railton, the town of topiary. This is a tiny sleepy town of one street, but a wide open street scattered with various creatures carved out of trees. A few years ago the local Rotary club decided to promote topiary in the town, and it took off with a vengeance. On every street corner were trees twisted into interesting shapes. There were elephants, ...

We had discovered that the roads between Port Sorrel and Devonport, and other neighbouring towns, were actually quite good. So we decided to use this time to explore some of the small towns in the area. We set off for Latrobe, just south of Devonport. It is another one of those typical Tasmanian towns - quaint old cottages, cafés, and craft shops. We found out that they have a market every Sunday - missed it by that much. Also several of the shops close on Mond...

Since we had been on the go for two weeks, George decided he didn't want to drive any more, and we would spend this week just lazing on the beach and discovering the neighbouring area, on foot. So we set off in the morning walking to the beach. It was not far at all, and was a very pretty beach, but it had an extremely long tide and was really shallow for a very long distance. Lovely walking beach, but not a great swimming beach. So we walked - we headed north a...

Our last day together. We had a leisurely breakfast, then headed north to Devonport. John had already booked the caravan park there for the night, on a drive through site, so he wouldn't have to un-hitch and hitch again in the morning. Our paths lay together most of the way, but we would have to veer off to the right just short of Devonport to get to Port Sorrel. We decided to drive together and stop at the Chocolate Factory again for morning tea before we went ...