Monthly Archives: February 2011

This part of Tasmania was first explored by the French seaman Nicolas Baudan and many of the names here are of French origin.  Towns like Bicheno, parks like Freycinet, are just some of the sites we saw today.  Bicheno is … Continue reading →

We intended to drive to Bicheno and stay in a caravan park tonight.  However after we’d filled up with water, dumped our waste, bought some buns, oranges and milk, and as we drove by more beautiful ocean and Tasmanian farmland, we changed … Continue reading →

This morning I walked back to the same point as we went to yesterday, except this time I carried the video camera with me.  Enid only walked partway, found herself a nice spot in the rocks, and read. I’d thought … Continue reading →

We left this morning and drove the very winding and hilly road to St. Helens, which we reached just about 11.  There was about 20 km of gravel road before we got to Gladstone (which is a very small town, … Continue reading →

It rained a bit in the night, not much, but enough that the sand was damp and because of that stuck to our shoes everytime we went out. It made a mess in our motorhome which we had to sweep … Continue reading →

We are camped tonight almost on the beach.  The ocean is about 30 metres away, and we are looking out over it towards the north east.  We are almost on the point of land and looking out into the large … Continue reading →

We hiked to Archers Knob, a hill of about 120 metres height just back from the beach.  We did so by going around the southern side of a small lake (a “lagoon”) where we saw a number of birds including … Continue reading →

The sun is just setting at 8:20 tonight in this national park not far from Devonport where we landed on the ferry last night.  We didn’t do a lot today.  We bought groceries this morning, quite a lot of them … Continue reading →

We are in Devonport, Tasmania tonight.  We were up early this morning to make the trip to the ferry dock.  We got away with a large group of motorhomes and caravans all leaving the park at 6 am.  I unfortunately … Continue reading →

Melbourne has a very good public transit system.  At least what we experienced of it today was excellent.  We took a bus from here to the central buisness district and wharf area which only cost $6.90 each for an all … Continue reading →