So the cold mornings in Tasmania have really started to give our car some strife. The reliable 'keep on going' Prado has started to rattle, and thump, and blow a bit of smoke. A quick search on Dr Google gave me the diagnosis that our car was about to blow up and we would be stranded on the Apple Isle forever..... A sleepless night resulted in a morning of phone calls to Toyota to get it checked out. A few to and fro's from Richmond to Kingston resulted in nee...

The mandatory chore day seems to follow each stint of free camping. We had washing to do, supplies to buy, and organising to be done, but we managed to book end the day with a massive play for Theo with a family we have run into a few time along the way, a run into town over the oldest bridge in Australia (still in use), and finished off with meeting up with Willow and Matt. The kids enjoyed feeding the ducks down by the banks of the Coal River. Being in the hea...

Just a 5 hour drive she said, it's just 500kms she said.... After taking advantage of the local cafe at Strahan for a few days, we packed up and were off again to see the southern most tip of Australia. Apparently, standing in Cockle Creek, you are closer to Antartica then you are to Cairns... The driving day was yet another long driving day. Kids were pretty good, but the 5pm witching hour was getting close and we were nowhere near our destination. We made a ...

So we last left off at 'the Nut' in Stanley. Pack up from the luxury Stanley caravan park to head into the wilderness via the Tarkine Drive towards Arthur's River to spend a few nights exploring the Arthur-Pieman Conservation Area. On route, we hiked to the Trawatta arch, an amazing natural arch formed between two sink holes, in dense rain forest, and a few look-outs prior to popping out onto rolling coastal heath, and the beautiful shacks of Couta Rocks. Found...

One week into it and it feels like today was our first day truly 'on our own', staying at the foot of The Nut on the northwest Tasmanian coast. We will test it again in a few days time when we head to remote Arthur's River and go off the grid to really test out the Swan. Our trip started with a few days of magical water skiing conditions at Wyangula Dam, topped off with the awesome company of Martin, Jac, Ben, Nic, Cherie and Trent, plus a fleet of 3 year olds ...