A slow start to the day. I had nothing planned; it is just a transit day. It took quite a while to get motivated and pack everything up; awning, mats, tent, etc. I wasn't in a rush, as I knew my next camp is Leven Canyon which is less than hour away. I dropped into the local shop at Forth to pay a donation to the Lions Club who I assume maintain the camping area. The drive to Leven Canyon is hilly and windy, and is mainly farming and logging area. I arrived a...

Today was a decision day. I wasn't really sure what to do. I had 2 options. Move on and change to another location or head down to Cradle Mountain. Since the weather seemed quite sunny, I thought it'd be best to see Cradle Mountain. The road was hilly and windy, and only took a bit over an hour. I arrived at the Cradle Mountain Information Centre, not really knowing what to expect. I could see the mountain was still a fair distance away. So after a quick chat...

It rained through the night and most of the morning, so a bit of a slow start for the day. I took a drive to Penguin. It's a quaint little town named after the Fairy Penguin in 1861 by botanist Ronald Gunn. There's quite a few statues of penguins throughout the town, even some of the rubbish bins have penguins on them. There's one large 3m high penguin. Significantly this week, all the penguins are dressed in pink for the McGrath Foundation which raises funds...

I woke around 5am and didn't bother trying to get back to sleep. There was a definite change in vibrations and engine noise, and I didn't realise, but one row ahead of me were windows! I could see we were in the shipping lane as marker buoys were visible. I got up about 5:30am and started making my way back up to Deck 10 to maybe get some photos. We had already docked at Devonport and it was very foggy. Over the PA came the disembarking procedures. Deck 5 (an...