Left Scamander and headed across thru St Marys, a pretty looking town, and then towards Ross where we stopped for coffee. What a delightful town, old but beautiful and the most amazing bakery, wish we could have bought wood fired bread but are on Motel accommodation from now. We did partake of a famous vanilla slice which gave our Gladysdale (Yarra Valley) bakery favourite a run for its money. We had to stop for some road works at one point and I took the sho...

Rain, rain and more rain overnight and then woke to this morning. Hmmm not able to go up on the forest trails in the mountains, oh dear how sad, thank goodness they looked hairy. But we decided to head south towards Bicheno (W had ice cream on the brain again). We initially stopped at the Blow Hole at Bicheno which on a blue day could be spectacular with its red rocks and lovely clear water but the blow hole would not be blowing very well as it was today. The...

Monday - we awoke to a cloudy miserable day but we were just doing driving so wasn't too bad. Unfortunately we had to leave our lovely accommodation at Ridgeway but time is marching on and we need to head north. Left Hobart, for a 230km drive, by 9 and headed up towards Triabunna again and then further on where our host Andrew had advised ice cream at Coles Bay and then great fish'n'chips at Bicheno and you know when you say ice cream to Wally he will find it ...

Another two days of glorious sunshine and warmth for mid March. Yesterday we spent time getting to Salamanca markets because someone thought he could park close to the markets...hah as if...so eventually we parked in city car park for $6 for the day and walked. We did not buy anything except food, my goodness where was my brain, oh yes I remember I had my dearest one with me so we all know how that is. Anyway we had a wallaby burrito, very nice and then tempur...

Again we awoke to a stunning morning and hoped it would hold out for our day on Maria Island. We had to be at the dock by 9 and we are 90kms away and on the other side of Hobart and it was a Friday morning so being in the usual Saunders mode we left at 7 on the dot. Hmmm we were thru the middle of Hobart and on crossing the river by 7:15, so much for peak hour in this state. Arrived at Tribunna by 8:15 and we eventually by 9:25 were asked to board our vessel. ...