Monthly Archives: February 2011

Our last day in Tasmania

We did get to see the little penguins last night.  We drove to Burnie to the viewing platform just a bit after eight pm.  The penguins showed up just as it got dark.  We saw about four of them.  They … Continue reading

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Stanley

First this morning we drove in on the Bluff Point road.  We came to a spot where the road forked, to the left to a lighthouse, and to the right a road that was marked on my GPS maps as going … Continue reading

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Cruising the Arthur River

It started raining sometime about eleven pm last night, and continued for much of the night, just a light drizzling rain that had mostly stopped by the time we ate breakfast.  With the clouds breaking we decided that we would … Continue reading

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Arthur River

It was for the most part another dull and cloudy day as we drove across the north west part of Tasmania to the very small resort town of Arthur River.  Much of the road today was better than anything else … Continue reading

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Montezuma Falls

Though it wasn’t raining this morning, it wasn’t really bright and sunny either as we left Strahan.  After doing some business in town (getting fuel, refilling the LPG cylinder that was empty, and posting a letter to Enid’s mother) we … Continue reading

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Hike to Shadow Lake

Yesterday, February 21, wasn’t much of a day to do anything.  It was very cold the night before, and when we went over to the visitor information centre (just for something to occupy our time)  they had recorded the temperature overnight of … Continue reading

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Cold and wet at Lake St. Clair

It is very cold and wet today.  We arrived here at Lake St. Clair, at 200 m the deepest lake in Australia, just shortly after noon.  It was raining heavily all the way here on the drive from New Norfolk.  … Continue reading

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Hobart in the rain

It began to rain just as we started packing up this morning, and it continued for most of the day.  At times it was a heavy downpour, at other times just a very light sprinkle.  We did limit our activities … Continue reading

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Port Arthur

Today we toured the ruins at Port Arthur, one of the original convict prisons for transported prisoners in (then) Van Diemen’s Land.  It was interesting, though somewhat depressing, to see how badly treated the prisoners were, though the authorities thought … Continue reading

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Fortescue Campground, Tasman National Park

The last two days have been quite cloudy, raining, and cool.  Yesterday (Wednesday, Feb 16) we didn’t leave Coles Bay, nor our motorhome much either.  In the morning we did laundry.  In the afternoon we both read.  We walked down … Continue reading

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