Author Archives: David Dice

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 →

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 →

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 →