It's my birthday today so a very happy 44th birthday to me. We had a lie in and Jay made me a lovely birthday breakfast. We decided that today was going to be a chill day and as the site at Arthur River was quirky and quiet and rustic we agreed to stay here. This was as long as there was room tonight! I went off to reception to tell the owner of our intention. I rang the number and announced that we'd like to stay another night. The line went momentarily silent a...

After brekky we set off to drive to Arthur River in the north west of Tasmania. From here we will work our way back to Devonport where we will get the ferry back to the mainland and civilisation in a few days. The drive took about two and a half hours with a stop at a very hill billy place, Smithton, on the way for some groceries. The journey was good except for the usual load of arrogant, aggressive and impatient drivers up our **** all the time who look like mu...