tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51399402728774061982024-03-14T21:22:47.474+10:00Avan Touring in AustraliaA picture and word journal of our travels around this great country of Australia in our Avan Cruiseliner. This is a tale of the people we meet and the places we visit. Trust you find it entertainingNoel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-19198770835988372012011-12-07T19:47:00.001+10:002012-01-20T22:45:27.303+10:00Selling the Avan CruiselinerThe little caravan that has served us so well for the past two (plus) years is now up for sale. The Cruiseliner can be viewed online at Caravan and Camping Sales <a href="http://www.caravancampingsales.com.au/">http://www.caravancampingsales.com.au</a> search the site using reference code 428634.<br />
<br />
This advertisement has now been removed from the web. We have placed the van "For Sale On Consignment" with Hervey Bay Caravans, Main Street, Pialba. You can view all their caravan stock at <a href="http://www.herveybaycaravans.com.au/">http://www.herveybaycaravans.com.au</a><br />
<br />
Judy and I have enjoyed all our travels over the eastern states of Australia but now we have the desire to travel further afield. There is still half of this vast continent that we have not set foot on and because we will be away from home for far longer periods we have come to the conclusion that we will need a larger mobile home. Therefore we are looking to buy an 18'6" full caravan that contains a little more comfort and 50% more space.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxw2UKm8r5fPUFrFvegIGP8n8yail7tgl8nMyfoonVmSnxuON42X2HQm-SzxHsRf7JgfDW4cbFFfiydI-yt-EvEDYQi5FoJmgrgQGmMf3vFLdejYuAdKKGPCZBRjaTOPTDDCoxRyqEb48/s1600/C-linerAdvt++08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxw2UKm8r5fPUFrFvegIGP8n8yail7tgl8nMyfoonVmSnxuON42X2HQm-SzxHsRf7JgfDW4cbFFfiydI-yt-EvEDYQi5FoJmgrgQGmMf3vFLdejYuAdKKGPCZBRjaTOPTDDCoxRyqEb48/s400/C-linerAdvt++08.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
It will be sad saying goodbye to our little friend but when we get on the road again in another caravan we will be happy once more.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This is the final posting to this blog, as we are selling the Avan Cruiseliner, we will not need the blog title "Avan Touring in Australia". Of course when we begin travelling, around March 2012 we will begin blogging again. I have a new blog title and that is "Can Go Around Australia". So, look out for us then. It has been great having you on board, we have had something like 14000 page views over the past couple of years and that number will only grow. So cheers for now, see you next year.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com1Hervey Bay QLD 4655, Australia-25.2896192 152.8309158-25.4044747 152.67298730000002 -25.1747637 152.9888443tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-57065341325857763062011-12-07T17:58:00.001+10:002011-12-07T19:39:44.259+10:00Kingaroy - 25th NovemberNearly home now, well into Queensland and we can feel it in our bones. Set up camp in the Kingaroy Showgrounds, $20 pn with power, great amenities and there is going to be a Speedway Meeting tomorrow night to which we have a special visitors pass. It is an easy walk into town from the Showgrounds, we strolled in and did a circuit around town and we met some of the drivers who will be competing at the Speedway Meet.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78-D56UBfPwoc7LoPC1nkWBWFyO0W29Q8HhAvez8SedDW7BstfVzsdBNyY-ToPmw5-LuZEnQ5Efa1ZMer3-pvKguFYyTrAnGWkxup8Q_Wl0lgtQ5U3VsHHkpjQiOKYwRJnC3d7ffKDM0/s1600/KIngaroy++01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78-D56UBfPwoc7LoPC1nkWBWFyO0W29Q8HhAvez8SedDW7BstfVzsdBNyY-ToPmw5-LuZEnQ5Efa1ZMer3-pvKguFYyTrAnGWkxup8Q_Wl0lgtQ5U3VsHHkpjQiOKYwRJnC3d7ffKDM0/s400/KIngaroy++01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
One of the main crops of the area is Peanuts, these are growing on the Booie Range.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXrAD0ZiRU0JF8ovzztVNg2nUPxjuz_kVvJdFggrawwm4UakyGeNcbjPIvzvFfBRO-lbh5YW84Bm7i_9UIpQqBzn2qDddK0IWSEF-ha0dGbAoD8bA0GXClT15MxhD2IBTpi37HgUorps/s1600/KIngaroy++02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpXrAD0ZiRU0JF8ovzztVNg2nUPxjuz_kVvJdFggrawwm4UakyGeNcbjPIvzvFfBRO-lbh5YW84Bm7i_9UIpQqBzn2qDddK0IWSEF-ha0dGbAoD8bA0GXClT15MxhD2IBTpi37HgUorps/s400/KIngaroy++02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The Carrolee Hotel, grand old building from the towns early days.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMH0Ms_7moA6GrEHaVoZkgPIWLKiXJsQoyRoB5Ua8cNBqWQwIT_Lm2FR9GG0U2Wb7bMp6Pc_dVA43CWjHtcFlWuWeQ9XPDMmWi5CPmHiSei0A4UU1Jb3IE6yhc5xcdni8f-Fm4MqCQtYw/s1600/KIngaroy++03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMH0Ms_7moA6GrEHaVoZkgPIWLKiXJsQoyRoB5Ua8cNBqWQwIT_Lm2FR9GG0U2Wb7bMp6Pc_dVA43CWjHtcFlWuWeQ9XPDMmWi5CPmHiSei0A4UU1Jb3IE6yhc5xcdni8f-Fm4MqCQtYw/s400/KIngaroy++03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The old Council Chambers on the left is now the Library while the building on the right is The Tourist Information Centre.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMsYkfCW2_NS6vhvBCJpDYQOylTJ9t6Izi7xjq_Z5HyzvT9d-dyWuT3Pf5lWGzcIzPLJ0_JIPRDc8wz9qgoiT0zXSoplUXqvVC7b1lEjSBNoFxzzTBy8fjEHvzKx6H_m_7Dn2PbFLi8c/s1600/KIngaroy++04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMsYkfCW2_NS6vhvBCJpDYQOylTJ9t6Izi7xjq_Z5HyzvT9d-dyWuT3Pf5lWGzcIzPLJ0_JIPRDc8wz9qgoiT0zXSoplUXqvVC7b1lEjSBNoFxzzTBy8fjEHvzKx6H_m_7Dn2PbFLi8c/s400/KIngaroy++04.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This building that once housed the Kingaroy Electric Company is now a Museum.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3bDzG8BFihIrqytlpTH_03wooyMD6qP8hvsZsTLQLquOUSBU4As-rPZdBCm_pWFsPwtTVAjFeMuCeqwS4whcSHilKMB8aW8HM00tR4aWlwJSvn7Vh6hiXEgEmNA9yA3RNMzREL4p9pDA/s1600/KIngaroy++05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3bDzG8BFihIrqytlpTH_03wooyMD6qP8hvsZsTLQLquOUSBU4As-rPZdBCm_pWFsPwtTVAjFeMuCeqwS4whcSHilKMB8aW8HM00tR4aWlwJSvn7Vh6hiXEgEmNA9yA3RNMzREL4p9pDA/s400/KIngaroy++05.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
These silos in the centre of town are used to store the peanuts harvested from around the town.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHG4vieyO-yjKQxtGwLjQkNlc3rULUThIHA98CDcK-5aMTUVZXvDBYLm2RONIn6s2411rX0INLoE2JTwzjNyFxWam-Wm6Dr87TtPpnvcfnTSy2nc84WV3KKssTTn6GiyavUIpDoEy_NE/s1600/KIngaroy++06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidHG4vieyO-yjKQxtGwLjQkNlc3rULUThIHA98CDcK-5aMTUVZXvDBYLm2RONIn6s2411rX0INLoE2JTwzjNyFxWam-Wm6Dr87TtPpnvcfnTSy2nc84WV3KKssTTn6GiyavUIpDoEy_NE/s400/KIngaroy++06.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Picnic Shelter and BBQ facilities at the Mount Wooroolin Lookout.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJxf462p4NncJARenLiuLmOChP8eGiKTBQAVvEGrDILjpq7CWi2LZMZhEfxNZsSCcTp90BRcAv0hMeCJzkQXycneS7ek1EFXrkQkij9BoNuAccxV9CUfdA-IQXYTBzQAQ-BUTrthwdlY/s1600/KIngaroy++07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTJxf462p4NncJARenLiuLmOChP8eGiKTBQAVvEGrDILjpq7CWi2LZMZhEfxNZsSCcTp90BRcAv0hMeCJzkQXycneS7ek1EFXrkQkij9BoNuAccxV9CUfdA-IQXYTBzQAQ-BUTrthwdlY/s400/KIngaroy++07.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The view looking over Kingaroy from Mount Wooroolin.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0Kingaroy QLD 4610, Australia-26.5408702 151.8393195-26.597691700000002 151.76035549999997 -26.4840487 151.9182835tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-87312662096482484212011-12-07T15:37:00.001+10:002011-12-07T16:29:58.676+10:00Gulargambone - 24th NovemberSince leaving Wagga Wagga we have been gradually driving into heavier rain the further north we travel. We stopped in a Caravan Park on the north end of Peak Hill because the weather was too inclement to stop on the side of the road. We would recommend this CP to travellers and we will stop there again. The weather was too bad to take photographs as well. (Call me soft, if you like.) As the rain was prevailing, we decided that we may as well keep driving. It is no fun sitting in a caravan on the side of a highway. Next stop was at a large Rest Area near Walgett. The rain had temporarily eased off and we had a comfortable night here with several other over-nighters, including two trucks. We made a small detour off the highway to go into Lightning Ridge, stopped for a tea break then continued on our way. We approached Gulargambone and our stomachs were telling us that it was lunch time. We found a great little park with toilets and made our lunch stop there. We continued driving until we reached Moonie. Here we booked into "The Crossroads" Roadhouse/Pub/Motel/Caravan Park. It rained all night here too. Exciting time to travel, I must say!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnkrN14xU6ompvZ81-WC2PhHo0dGPNBKacrFPy4FLtIv1xRab31POs2Y7SnIZM5zcXXaEF1pmo-Dcq-sA8LXqGCRJIKok2XGQFStZnx6DkjwpZv7lEHcJlir6KKRKBQTgI9LCz1PB9Ac/s1600/Gulargambone++01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnkrN14xU6ompvZ81-WC2PhHo0dGPNBKacrFPy4FLtIv1xRab31POs2Y7SnIZM5zcXXaEF1pmo-Dcq-sA8LXqGCRJIKok2XGQFStZnx6DkjwpZv7lEHcJlir6KKRKBQTgI9LCz1PB9Ac/s400/Gulargambone++01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
A feature of Gulargambone is the galvanised, corrugated steel galahs, like the one erected in this park. There are many of these 'galahs' erected throughout the town and surrounding area.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvK8tWr6vPOZeWPWsVub_TD84kxVrOR2tCEWvNRl5KG0Qvjfd6hGRkKWgJravYn7fVMSFXuy8dISCcJMk2JzTHapdrqvrmcmBDmx7OwwPU2V1c6zLny2Y3GmOVKmecUojPGGzPb2RfweI/s1600/gullargambone++01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvK8tWr6vPOZeWPWsVub_TD84kxVrOR2tCEWvNRl5KG0Qvjfd6hGRkKWgJravYn7fVMSFXuy8dISCcJMk2JzTHapdrqvrmcmBDmx7OwwPU2V1c6zLny2Y3GmOVKmecUojPGGzPb2RfweI/s400/gullargambone++01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
A bridge over the Castlereagh River at Gulargambone. We have been driving through rain for days on end but this river is bone dry!</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0Gulargambone NSW 2828, Australia-31.3303558 148.473761-31.5473713 148.157904 -31.1133403 148.789618tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-47294617875753652252011-12-05T20:52:00.001+10:002011-12-07T14:42:37.545+10:00Wagga Wagga - 20th NovemberAfter a month in Geelong visiting family and introducing ourselves to our new grand daughter, we are now travelling northwards and homeward bound. Wagga Wagga is one of our regular stopping places on our many treks to and from Victoria. This is the first time we have stopped over for more than an overnight stay.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMS39vzpaj83xURXBLklLmCy7PbhzVldN2eov2Kaj3xZ4ky9DzIV_9mrBjdPejMAT2gUPnsYXS90K7WuJt_jGktndxjShLdytwZSE9c-PI8MuWGtegaOXAlDJFbrM_Eaw0z-MaYJlLOv4/s1600/Wagga+Wagga++01+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMS39vzpaj83xURXBLklLmCy7PbhzVldN2eov2Kaj3xZ4ky9DzIV_9mrBjdPejMAT2gUPnsYXS90K7WuJt_jGktndxjShLdytwZSE9c-PI8MuWGtegaOXAlDJFbrM_Eaw0z-MaYJlLOv4/s400/Wagga+Wagga++01+%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Wilks Park, a free camp area alongside the Murrumbidgee River and adjacent to the central city area. As this is a flood plain one must be prepared for q quick evacuation if the river rises rapidly.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiPWapgiplB0j1zh9bXCt_tflVLvMqvrPwto-jvjBAz0uZ94XQxDg6DmfTgSRCqfnJ7K0tqs2RB0ygCTQVWT2vd61LaxiSPHD8FPgmJ7Bq5fBfexGAmZ9PCwgZqAc0pBHh_OCeNKoubH8/s1600/Wagga+Wagga++03+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiPWapgiplB0j1zh9bXCt_tflVLvMqvrPwto-jvjBAz0uZ94XQxDg6DmfTgSRCqfnJ7K0tqs2RB0ygCTQVWT2vd61LaxiSPHD8FPgmJ7Bq5fBfexGAmZ9PCwgZqAc0pBHh_OCeNKoubH8/s400/Wagga+Wagga++03+%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The Murrumbidgee River in the Wagga Wagga CBD, with a sandy beach. The river flows strong and fast past this point so it is not a place for weak swimmers.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju26jlKL1F2ba1X3Tq_ZCUmR6s4ot9icTh5Ti-SVdLgXXmonvlcoKCEiCTlW8kurb_am9QRrV3qckVEHR8SDMn_kLfcCmVJ3tmCy4mU90fxQZdjGftsZPCVUF9zsqr5SpAf-6MR3bO-sg/s1600/Wagga+Wagga++04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju26jlKL1F2ba1X3Tq_ZCUmR6s4ot9icTh5Ti-SVdLgXXmonvlcoKCEiCTlW8kurb_am9QRrV3qckVEHR8SDMn_kLfcCmVJ3tmCy4mU90fxQZdjGftsZPCVUF9zsqr5SpAf-6MR3bO-sg/s400/Wagga+Wagga++04.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The Wagga Wagga Railway Station is still in use with rail connections to Melbourne and Sydney</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9MMYTFGe58vUqb87Z9ya6pNEJJtuVGSC3uogHfiW0k8CUYx7YzkxF-CCjdslWzFpqCyapFUSYF1KbkOhZbleMAK8Os_GYYwqvdfU4F0OXr_U42jv4mRhtBzdxw_w4uDroVz1mn46qHE/s1600/Wagga+Wagga++05+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW9MMYTFGe58vUqb87Z9ya6pNEJJtuVGSC3uogHfiW0k8CUYx7YzkxF-CCjdslWzFpqCyapFUSYF1KbkOhZbleMAK8Os_GYYwqvdfU4F0OXr_U42jv4mRhtBzdxw_w4uDroVz1mn46qHE/s400/Wagga+Wagga++05+%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The station platform is beautiful old style architecture and very clean and well maintained. A train is due in very few minutes.</div>
<br /></div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0Wagga Wagga NSW 2650, Australia-35.1155492 147.3694772-35.134563199999995 147.3470167 -35.0965352 147.3919377tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-59732950118402814142011-12-05T20:46:00.000+10:002011-12-05T20:46:10.153+10:00Wellington - 17th OctoberThere were no free rest areas with toilets in this locality, we were forced into a caravan park at Wellington. Wellington was a neat town with numerous well kept gardens and parks.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigm7U3PmPk3jPdeYcwpkwcJzvU92LA_p8CAiuOomAOmgs_BnvwU4Jj-9Oy2jrCE-EI2X0v4VEGHwBJuVGA1IUPQ6-6prDiHfaLWyDXvk-UbrN3oxk24YdTfdoC_9O3V5SRO7WWcy24ApA/s1600/Wellington++01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigm7U3PmPk3jPdeYcwpkwcJzvU92LA_p8CAiuOomAOmgs_BnvwU4Jj-9Oy2jrCE-EI2X0v4VEGHwBJuVGA1IUPQ6-6prDiHfaLWyDXvk-UbrN3oxk24YdTfdoC_9O3V5SRO7WWcy24ApA/s400/Wellington++01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the way to Wellington we stopped at this place for morning tea. I can't remember the name of the town but I took this photo because they have installed these 'mile posts' as a reminder of times past long ago.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSOsXKNH8rUxrJvD3E9-VQNlXDl-1Z2d5aJ76nHWbEpwkXn49rzrCw6NyCqNE2RDaG8vW6WBcpBr3KfglHLIjyT4F_009YAZqHjNsAU7nZNOf0Z2KUFpCRFItQRRwjIguFnPHrNIUBZdw/s1600/Wellington++02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSOsXKNH8rUxrJvD3E9-VQNlXDl-1Z2d5aJ76nHWbEpwkXn49rzrCw6NyCqNE2RDaG8vW6WBcpBr3KfglHLIjyT4F_009YAZqHjNsAU7nZNOf0Z2KUFpCRFItQRRwjIguFnPHrNIUBZdw/s400/Wellington++02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Part of central Wellington with large silos in the background.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-eutlmqy3DzdJduUtZJP0YwMpunWoz-ThWZoNs7J0ZQcpX22N7wapHKhKPRqjBLOE27EoJNTDVJuRJxhQgTmIvTXcTxDXcQA55ZfSeYw-3ejlx-A9elVSPahymUbJpTjIaqFMCtL1f4/s1600/Wellington++03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-eutlmqy3DzdJduUtZJP0YwMpunWoz-ThWZoNs7J0ZQcpX22N7wapHKhKPRqjBLOE27EoJNTDVJuRJxhQgTmIvTXcTxDXcQA55ZfSeYw-3ejlx-A9elVSPahymUbJpTjIaqFMCtL1f4/s400/Wellington++03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the large and well maintained parks in the town.</div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0Wellington NSW 2820, Australia-32.5556186 148.94277539999996-32.5687511 148.91793889999997 -32.542486100000005 148.96761189999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-61221846921565741502011-12-05T15:02:00.001+10:002011-12-05T20:47:07.459+10:00Barraba - 16th OctoberWe have just left the farm at Texas behind us and this is our first rest area stopover on the way to Geelong. We are only a couple of kilometres out of Barraba, a small town on the Bingara - Tamworth Road otherwise known as The Fossikers' Way. This is a neat and tidy rest area and we parked our van alongside an earlier arrival. After setting up camp we began chatting to our new neighbours and discovered that they were from the same city that we live in, when we are home of course.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXcdDc7pk2fgnsHmUP1Iaz5MNMeTvdWx_CNVHSXn9uI7DXeuY6lzARP7tsoF6cnkz4DVI6Q3ITZLo2OGDAYU4oeCW9qu5593dMhCVZMZ3CVBVkprnzrjfKz9AwBfcuzQekmwIGglJYjLI/s1600/Barraba++01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXcdDc7pk2fgnsHmUP1Iaz5MNMeTvdWx_CNVHSXn9uI7DXeuY6lzARP7tsoF6cnkz4DVI6Q3ITZLo2OGDAYU4oeCW9qu5593dMhCVZMZ3CVBVkprnzrjfKz9AwBfcuzQekmwIGglJYjLI/s400/Barraba++01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a well tended Rest Area.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hpi_aR__r_7PFL3me9i-58L7vwAKf3OvqU-YMe4kdzyIOqrAlT2WbelhZ-HJ8ZHYT0UnrCsqDIFSL2vq98wTaJqJ5dTM52CKNh-FAQsp-dYnKfkYmDqt_RKtIsbyH_JbCcqYInTZvzg/s1600/Barraba++02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hpi_aR__r_7PFL3me9i-58L7vwAKf3OvqU-YMe4kdzyIOqrAlT2WbelhZ-HJ8ZHYT0UnrCsqDIFSL2vq98wTaJqJ5dTM52CKNh-FAQsp-dYnKfkYmDqt_RKtIsbyH_JbCcqYInTZvzg/s400/Barraba++02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two vans nestled in a quiet, cosy rest area for the night.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUqCMD-ffp5f-LZpAtxvkbjbK_NA-Wh5zqpQxjFSmfrB6oqGYCLwZzuUQHKG_XuvPB_ySYAYMJsyWx0J618lB95wj2XKEpYU4Jg-RMktwv0ndXnMSSFosT1LQXoH5lvPsoQvlzac194K8/s1600/Barraba++03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUqCMD-ffp5f-LZpAtxvkbjbK_NA-Wh5zqpQxjFSmfrB6oqGYCLwZzuUQHKG_XuvPB_ySYAYMJsyWx0J618lB95wj2XKEpYU4Jg-RMktwv0ndXnMSSFosT1LQXoH5lvPsoQvlzac194K8/s400/Barraba++03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Checking the map books for tomorrows route.</div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0Barraba NSW 2347, Australia-30.3785906 150.61051939999993-30.5346956 150.42352939999992 -30.2224856 150.79750939999994tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-73749829620578119832011-12-05T10:01:00.000+10:002011-12-05T10:01:14.752+10:00Texas - 29th SeptemberSince the time we left home on this tour we have had Texas as one of our prime destinations. We are 'farm sitting' for Sue and Frank while they visit family in Victoria.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7ZIcTv_xQmhs_G9KMHh7TPENKAPDZwlDaFWiY157HBuY_1ARYGgUWgF7wtsL3OUI3LQhjoeBSLvgrXa6GtHkfTXR-ptruniVTmh_bFaPDsbkNmIKIFnXZh0JnDPUeCIpNEJT9ZWid8I/s1600/Bonshaw++01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7ZIcTv_xQmhs_G9KMHh7TPENKAPDZwlDaFWiY157HBuY_1ARYGgUWgF7wtsL3OUI3LQhjoeBSLvgrXa6GtHkfTXR-ptruniVTmh_bFaPDsbkNmIKIFnXZh0JnDPUeCIpNEJT9ZWid8I/s400/Bonshaw++01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our van parked in the house block on the farm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_tHcL_5hOsZm2Hf24hgG4LkH9qSG0TtZKKWeO9XFQDIOTlkx5yrdNx0onR52xlB0zD57swzm5JtB4_ghoxLMdxSk4sHolw-UWuuJPgsIYrDLjCkWpNn4DVTg8MiRdAL8eYY3WyrtK4g/s1600/Bonshaw++02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_tHcL_5hOsZm2Hf24hgG4LkH9qSG0TtZKKWeO9XFQDIOTlkx5yrdNx0onR52xlB0zD57swzm5JtB4_ghoxLMdxSk4sHolw-UWuuJPgsIYrDLjCkWpNn4DVTg8MiRdAL8eYY3WyrtK4g/s400/Bonshaw++02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grand view across the valley from the front verandah of the farm house.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFwRJ2Jwu9grXXLDxYUC5dV7onyXkCjPgn3jGHQxTHvxwMFa1wbY_5rxwD8beal8yve_Abi-HasbI47ndq8znlXuQ9BUXqgC5tSrnTKlLE7_gVV2Ed2HVsCEg56bVliXPdSJkblPtxQYY/s1600/Texas++01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFwRJ2Jwu9grXXLDxYUC5dV7onyXkCjPgn3jGHQxTHvxwMFa1wbY_5rxwD8beal8yve_Abi-HasbI47ndq8znlXuQ9BUXqgC5tSrnTKlLE7_gVV2Ed2HVsCEg56bVliXPdSJkblPtxQYY/s400/Texas++01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Section of the main street in Texas.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKeopBmUcMdvqiWKnK2iLk4J_Cyr-WTxMX0csR6Nh5ZifYAzPeWEd8oDrAX8M9AdQgslS-WqVeO9Wb99SJYMOdIJtcM_UBT7WnVmjgrrEeL8SebVTHKajGuPdRmikm2CTi4MV7hJVfeRo/s1600/Texas++02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKeopBmUcMdvqiWKnK2iLk4J_Cyr-WTxMX0csR6Nh5ZifYAzPeWEd8oDrAX8M9AdQgslS-WqVeO9Wb99SJYMOdIJtcM_UBT7WnVmjgrrEeL8SebVTHKajGuPdRmikm2CTi4MV7hJVfeRo/s400/Texas++02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More of the main street in Texas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj227le62ECcE5pKu8Dw1PZ7tTXJbgetiRZkafV1vPcc0jNcJ9FR7lpeZxjRvN2C3mVKO1nEhB0vHV_zEKGmv4I7UdB_IbtMEr5RYdjjrq1ly72A92E7ngeLXuAsd5A7S3sWWUcwNzJJ-I/s1600/Texas++03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj227le62ECcE5pKu8Dw1PZ7tTXJbgetiRZkafV1vPcc0jNcJ9FR7lpeZxjRvN2C3mVKO1nEhB0vHV_zEKGmv4I7UdB_IbtMEr5RYdjjrq1ly72A92E7ngeLXuAsd5A7S3sWWUcwNzJJ-I/s400/Texas++03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yet another view of the main street in Texas.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJ_6thdTuL1P-37solsJiP4a2LZLR1s8yTt7UOqcTSp_YdUuCOC7RkoCpAJh3CBvGiZgHRM89lXQAfRg6H559jbxebXNts7MbGbDugR2ku65K1EeP8DKlTJQoBEj_wgvUd5sgy08Pdic/s1600/Texas++04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJ_6thdTuL1P-37solsJiP4a2LZLR1s8yTt7UOqcTSp_YdUuCOC7RkoCpAJh3CBvGiZgHRM89lXQAfRg6H559jbxebXNts7MbGbDugR2ku65K1EeP8DKlTJQoBEj_wgvUd5sgy08Pdic/s400/Texas++04.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Texas has a very large free camping area alongside the Dumaresq River. However, be warned, this is a flood plain and the river can rise quite quickly. Top quality toilets and hot showers are available just off the main street in the centre of town.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggv2hKPGqZAwxx6-frimHpLkANEp4QlBN9qPdcCoD9TZ78HYTSKQRLBoozNhDJ7lYXMSwlMf6LaWNjkhu8lOgOPm38RTEyrVvUaIhlOsKooTKkIdW4GEUE0iG5qka1hO9eMkjYuUCfsqk/s1600/Texas++05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggv2hKPGqZAwxx6-frimHpLkANEp4QlBN9qPdcCoD9TZ78HYTSKQRLBoozNhDJ7lYXMSwlMf6LaWNjkhu8lOgOPm38RTEyrVvUaIhlOsKooTKkIdW4GEUE0iG5qka1hO9eMkjYuUCfsqk/s400/Texas++05.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Feeding time for two orphaned damara lambs. They really love their formula, twice a day at this stage, they will be weaned fairly soon. The black one is 'Desi' and the white one is 'Lucy'.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0Texas QLD 4385, Australia-28.8544947 151.1658956-28.9090622 151.0960766 -28.7999272 151.2357146tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-26074820324747361562011-12-05T06:37:00.000+10:002011-12-05T06:37:47.448+10:00Inverell and Copeton Dam - 27th SeptemberWe needed to call into Inverell and purchase a few supplies for our stay at Copeton Dam. The dam is only a short distance from the Inverell City Centre.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVvccpNS1tK5dWocjGUxx7O4TMSKK5BywkWv5ICpq9eTZkiXcyzV9zMQxkSY49mj_zY2WFeK1_TT_y7UU-5fJ8Tg_k2uK4lZzzEDKUwhKDyZ3NsRXrvuvcf0313UEgOWTroV7r4OePlE/s1600/Copeton+Dam++02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVvccpNS1tK5dWocjGUxx7O4TMSKK5BywkWv5ICpq9eTZkiXcyzV9zMQxkSY49mj_zY2WFeK1_TT_y7UU-5fJ8Tg_k2uK4lZzzEDKUwhKDyZ3NsRXrvuvcf0313UEgOWTroV7r4OePlE/s400/Copeton+Dam++02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This area of the Copeton camp ground was unavailable to us as the area was reserved for a large group competing in a rally. We did have a great site though, perched on the top of a rise over looking the lake.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQq0pkGdQmOGD2N7-0KuOmxc98BjHy4yZismS5CJp371Gp_osV4Wi5M0At0W9cV0YGxbGu-6cYQ59tpLTJZvc8ZBgRhMd-np8mjDKdZRK40emU_M6MlqAWxu90BtinBfvjm9WQlHEePI/s1600/Copeton+Dam++03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQq0pkGdQmOGD2N7-0KuOmxc98BjHy4yZismS5CJp371Gp_osV4Wi5M0At0W9cV0YGxbGu-6cYQ59tpLTJZvc8ZBgRhMd-np8mjDKdZRK40emU_M6MlqAWxu90BtinBfvjm9WQlHEePI/s400/Copeton+Dam++03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Notice the the 'tea' colour of the tannin in the water.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPR5Fi7b9O5YdsBLjATHWTLgaMlAf1bvHN5akvPgZF25oJMr0npASwDAqD0kPmMYeM_CRnpZx3gd0TxeBOKbLDRgj4twQuUxpm5UJ_QVg8AXk7i91VkpcH-2QSBGvssG0a68C8yMgTq4o/s1600/Copeton+Dam++04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPR5Fi7b9O5YdsBLjATHWTLgaMlAf1bvHN5akvPgZF25oJMr0npASwDAqD0kPmMYeM_CRnpZx3gd0TxeBOKbLDRgj4twQuUxpm5UJ_QVg8AXk7i91VkpcH-2QSBGvssG0a68C8yMgTq4o/s400/Copeton+Dam++04.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Walking along one of the access roads towards another group of campers.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXyScpKUZqaRYBmnW67txt4i1EmFdHUy0NuHMSPgVKJEuSQ5ajLxqzP8jGJObknMmsG8vtkMAoxzNQxmOqmuqleTPWucNddNxeL3nsNNQ0YhhLiy_SdOnXtR4mrjva-_FLMx-49soLwM/s1600/Copeton+Dam++05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXyScpKUZqaRYBmnW67txt4i1EmFdHUy0NuHMSPgVKJEuSQ5ajLxqzP8jGJObknMmsG8vtkMAoxzNQxmOqmuqleTPWucNddNxeL3nsNNQ0YhhLiy_SdOnXtR4mrjva-_FLMx-49soLwM/s400/Copeton+Dam++05.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This family group couldn't get any closer to the waters' edge. If the dam was at full capacity this spit of land would be submerged.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsypUrF91Qy3eww9RqMhsxZY7y8VMkelYqAn4tYyiTe2BQo_UA5xFy3GR0eKckGNv5mQ_m7T1YS64zNUhHM8xz6QQk8BkSj5bJHupheMWLI0g4IP9_VFBpDnaRsYNOp1kSlj3AuFZlMU/s1600/Copeton+Dam++06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsypUrF91Qy3eww9RqMhsxZY7y8VMkelYqAn4tYyiTe2BQo_UA5xFy3GR0eKckGNv5mQ_m7T1YS64zNUhHM8xz6QQk8BkSj5bJHupheMWLI0g4IP9_VFBpDnaRsYNOp1kSlj3AuFZlMU/s400/Copeton+Dam++06.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is a vague white speck up in the trees towards the top-right of the picture, this is our car and van.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1ei2otdGHWcREem4RiE7rA24y1cgZYp-noz2laRTHEiR_MSlVMG4synJ_D_x5tzShMijyvEsCqhBye477vIdfO89zi-UNbsvvjNdeRTNMvJc0fL_-QmgLEYBm4CVarRpY2Eow4FIuys/s1600/Copeton+Dam++07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1ei2otdGHWcREem4RiE7rA24y1cgZYp-noz2laRTHEiR_MSlVMG4synJ_D_x5tzShMijyvEsCqhBye477vIdfO89zi-UNbsvvjNdeRTNMvJc0fL_-QmgLEYBm4CVarRpY2Eow4FIuys/s400/Copeton+Dam++07.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sunset over the lake from our camp site.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWUVlonmrc3TtKLFiZ-U2ozXhWV5SlQzMzK1icx-7gcB7uiEp3uPQbYdcCBnBjbmW06k4qZ4xdLnitTJ0xddPw2tb9Rz8Xe6qdSGTmBs-j4ODvxPtIMyh4yNGB2vwFn6BEH3yjkoYi4o/s1600/Inverell++01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWUVlonmrc3TtKLFiZ-U2ozXhWV5SlQzMzK1icx-7gcB7uiEp3uPQbYdcCBnBjbmW06k4qZ4xdLnitTJ0xddPw2tb9Rz8Xe6qdSGTmBs-j4ODvxPtIMyh4yNGB2vwFn6BEH3yjkoYi4o/s400/Inverell++01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Park land along the MacIntyre River in Inverell. This park area is adjacent to the central shopping area of the city.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdWfTeLQQ3fkyXcsOhf8-agCmT8IQAjevDcZQmdya-hfrC1akPss8eSvm1K4_0bkN9qy9J3-Ym2uofRO-CZ_8hosDxOn4DgXktCRrv_0iFgyVly5Ub-71KcZ-7Kb3ssRucGeGp_6L2zmU/s1600/Inverell++02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdWfTeLQQ3fkyXcsOhf8-agCmT8IQAjevDcZQmdya-hfrC1akPss8eSvm1K4_0bkN9qy9J3-Ym2uofRO-CZ_8hosDxOn4DgXktCRrv_0iFgyVly5Ub-71KcZ-7Kb3ssRucGeGp_6L2zmU/s400/Inverell++02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">From the park looking across the round-a-bout towards the main street of Inverell.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0Inverell NSW 2360, Australia-29.7762792 151.11343569999997-29.8623087 151.02130069999995 -29.690249700000003 151.20557069999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-73932060751629912352011-12-04T19:42:00.000+10:002011-12-04T19:42:01.039+10:00Guyra, Mother Duck Lagoon - 26th SeptemberWe made a one night stop at the small town of Guyra. Here travellers are provided with a large free rest area one block from the centre of town. The Rest Area is known as "Mother Duck Lagoon". If you are into the game of golf at all there is a golf course adjacent to the lagoons, as well as terrific picnic facilities.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTMG-k5QhG44ZVZO3KQYgJ37v1BOFOV7e6x9P_aYCh2pdLBx7DrZ8v5o21OOYXg8tr1RK6d5OPSRfxTL2kuejmso_bKDHN0xRKuCk2usS-xV9EBZV7vO8haBP0g_bi3xOXSsZGjYl4yk/s1600/Mother+Duck+Lagoons++01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTMG-k5QhG44ZVZO3KQYgJ37v1BOFOV7e6x9P_aYCh2pdLBx7DrZ8v5o21OOYXg8tr1RK6d5OPSRfxTL2kuejmso_bKDHN0xRKuCk2usS-xV9EBZV7vO8haBP0g_bi3xOXSsZGjYl4yk/s400/Mother+Duck+Lagoons++01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">View from the camp area overlooking the golf course.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-RquTspL_gPPheRDd-a51xSPR8Pv9klaBR_r_s_9oPKLE0nq2YoWzM4ELeGgFfLoSMhOzStuSiqajFT6aeDWBmOTvgMtRdv4icJ5N_ZS8q397wN8hP_GbwkfwhPKt7zNEvVxJhToyHAE/s1600/Mother+Duck+Lagoons++02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-RquTspL_gPPheRDd-a51xSPR8Pv9klaBR_r_s_9oPKLE0nq2YoWzM4ELeGgFfLoSMhOzStuSiqajFT6aeDWBmOTvgMtRdv4icJ5N_ZS8q397wN8hP_GbwkfwhPKt7zNEvVxJhToyHAE/s400/Mother+Duck+Lagoons++02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking over the lagoon with the golf course to the left of picture.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVWZLdSq17Bai3v8p9-_hEetbDKZU9JHfbHzj3VZFxOaSdCEz5Edco96CiTCU1X9zfBAUczbjYpLA-GiYMZWSGHPkHLrOlfxp6Vk4IxiAI2LkqOyWxk_uF6utmf6NVxkJNxiD7VEPOWO0/s1600/Mother+Duck+Lagoons++03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVWZLdSq17Bai3v8p9-_hEetbDKZU9JHfbHzj3VZFxOaSdCEz5Edco96CiTCU1X9zfBAUczbjYpLA-GiYMZWSGHPkHLrOlfxp6Vk4IxiAI2LkqOyWxk_uF6utmf6NVxkJNxiD7VEPOWO0/s400/Mother+Duck+Lagoons++03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our camp site with the picnic area behind us.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1G2xSxGb6N20-Ytv8MJE_e5SpIHNpQRlO2tpZc17ADlgo7nk0pHwpMYAkziWmHBb-8ZNMxDGxtlHv7ZDsl-_xvXf9nj1R0sO-IJNdQh7ctfbYKE_9snoPbTAry4KWbDKMeAGINLk-1RQ/s1600/Mother+Duck+Lagoons++04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1G2xSxGb6N20-Ytv8MJE_e5SpIHNpQRlO2tpZc17ADlgo7nk0pHwpMYAkziWmHBb-8ZNMxDGxtlHv7ZDsl-_xvXf9nj1R0sO-IJNdQh7ctfbYKE_9snoPbTAry4KWbDKMeAGINLk-1RQ/s400/Mother+Duck+Lagoons++04.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Part of the Guyra Main Street.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0Guyra NSW 2365, Australia-30.2184481 151.67295220000005-30.3129531 151.52422720000004 -30.123943099999998 151.82167720000007tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-72797462757881352182011-12-02T16:03:00.000+10:002011-12-02T16:03:56.929+10:00Aspley Gorge, Oxley Wild Rivers NP - 25th SeptemberWe had left Goolawah behind us and was enroute to Bonshaw, but we were never going to bridge the gap in one day. We had stopped for lunch at Stockyard Creek, a very picturesque picnic area in the middle of 90 km of very winding road. We struck up a conversation with another caravanning couple who were heading home to Port Macquarie, they had been travelling since Easter. As fellow travellers do, they passed on information of places of interest. Their advice was to visit Aspley Gorge in the Oxley Wild Rivers NP and Copeton Dam. We called into Aspley Gorge, did the gorge rim walk, found the camp area and decided to stay the night. It was very dark in the bush camp and with nothing else to do, we went to bed at 7 PM. We were woken at 6 AM by flashes of lightning and crashes of thunder and an extremely heavy downpour of rain that soon deteriorated into heavy hail. All this was very noisy in the Cruiseliner. The storm was all over by 7 AM and the sun came into view.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPH86rIuJ-bvcqc_hYRGxODR6HiRqehJNCOxkCmVYKYDelRniFdbY7N0iM8gXVIV_RzRwB7hwDpyJF3cmb7mc1-3qaOYPr94ASylWeY0R3y_XtBhofcPL5caYDkvMOLJhUu8MbJcR6Sh0/s1600/Stockyard+Creek++01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPH86rIuJ-bvcqc_hYRGxODR6HiRqehJNCOxkCmVYKYDelRniFdbY7N0iM8gXVIV_RzRwB7hwDpyJF3cmb7mc1-3qaOYPr94ASylWeY0R3y_XtBhofcPL5caYDkvMOLJhUu8MbJcR6Sh0/s400/Stockyard+Creek++01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stockyard Creek Rest Area on the Oxley Highway</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6g8B1DAFgumPGy_S3OhNaw7bfwuNZFblkrY5YcLLPxdRXvmKwZx8rY3_8g_8L9UyZpf8flEhHAqf8BIUGIv0TqGycnp3Ayi7rN0aF7i2Ar0HxYmYcs7ORN4avnyi1teR-wvRTkC8wDOs/s1600/Aspley+Gorge++01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6g8B1DAFgumPGy_S3OhNaw7bfwuNZFblkrY5YcLLPxdRXvmKwZx8rY3_8g_8L9UyZpf8flEhHAqf8BIUGIv0TqGycnp3Ayi7rN0aF7i2Ar0HxYmYcs7ORN4avnyi1teR-wvRTkC8wDOs/s400/Aspley+Gorge++01.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aspley Gorge</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2crH5VBu7NCjRGKkCYOJ_r_v8Cw8A40ek5fVVDv19Ax2eAOwrFFdaiF0DZvh8p9h7sXdd5S_s0Jr4ZegSaYOC_w4UVQOsFYsc8azg3IWtvj68qaKMaCdUrarXHYb4sTVbhDdUCqRDNNk/s1600/Aspley+Gorge++02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2crH5VBu7NCjRGKkCYOJ_r_v8Cw8A40ek5fVVDv19Ax2eAOwrFFdaiF0DZvh8p9h7sXdd5S_s0Jr4ZegSaYOC_w4UVQOsFYsc8azg3IWtvj68qaKMaCdUrarXHYb4sTVbhDdUCqRDNNk/s400/Aspley+Gorge++02.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Waterfall at Aspley Gorge</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSv3qvlHryPP85NtyDUBPDX-ZdojFlv0hmZE0OWDCfryCC_7IvTh1mKwyRll-y4NeX5NSn2huq83IW_lpw56jMmblzE5YlRLyZFw10cvWxM3uRqpk_H6FQeM1xMuoCyv1xYliRiY-uGeY/s1600/Aspley+Gorge++04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSv3qvlHryPP85NtyDUBPDX-ZdojFlv0hmZE0OWDCfryCC_7IvTh1mKwyRll-y4NeX5NSn2huq83IW_lpw56jMmblzE5YlRLyZFw10cvWxM3uRqpk_H6FQeM1xMuoCyv1xYliRiY-uGeY/s400/Aspley+Gorge++04.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aspley Gorge rim walk, looking towards the camp area.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTULSPDFVw0N5Lae3lUqUNY7hphxa3NzNGjtHkVX3_2xZpULfkeXy99ANOfVnHEv2InJUbXC1cXlDiOc5c9NkeWf-C3xBBgXkDjZIaMDDWSemjcu3CF6XSVQ6FuTNquRy__iR1ezvQaGg/s1600/Aspley+Gorge++05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTULSPDFVw0N5Lae3lUqUNY7hphxa3NzNGjtHkVX3_2xZpULfkeXy99ANOfVnHEv2InJUbXC1cXlDiOc5c9NkeWf-C3xBBgXkDjZIaMDDWSemjcu3CF6XSVQ6FuTNquRy__iR1ezvQaGg/s400/Aspley+Gorge++05.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our camp site at Aspley Gorge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0Walcha NSW 2354, Australia-31.135767517917543 151.82319819062502-31.483914017917542 151.32717319062502 -30.787621017917544 152.31922319062502tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-8999604499437350892011-12-02T14:36:00.000+10:002011-12-02T14:36:40.052+10:00Goolawah Community - 18th SeptemberOn the journey from Tin Can Bay to Goolawah, we stopped over at Lismore for two nights. We stayed at the Lismore Tourist Park, the rates there are very reasonable and the park is only a short walk from The Rous Hotel. We had to visit the hotel on Friday and Saturday nights to watch the Rugby League Finals. While in town we also looked at Nova Caravans.<br />
<br />
We arrived at Goolawah Community Sunday afternoon. We were immediately impressed with all the improvements that Roger, Belinda and Glen have made to their block. Jude and I managed to be of some help with the landscaping, pulling of weeds, mowing and mulching. We did have time for plenty of talks about their plans for the future of the block. We all went to the Crescent Heads Golf Club on Friday night for a great meal and to watch the Rugby League Grand Final. Unfortunately Judy and I were in hostile territory (NSW) and we had to watch The Broncos go down to Manly.<br />
<br />
Jude and I left Goolawah on the Saturday in drizzly rain, we were heading for Bonshaw to do a term of farm sitting for Sue and Frank.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ooTPP0oCk8OPBkKsKC7ChpE4lxXNKNJ7ICngGDjQZBdKxyVtZhlv8L5TjruEuM3Dl-KsYM0tlG0rIxw7hBBMjyCu8BhoaZyiN-PbAnxtOer1suzuJbtCV4EgcGNTerxgOgmUJMC-DIY/s1600/Crescent+Head++01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ooTPP0oCk8OPBkKsKC7ChpE4lxXNKNJ7ICngGDjQZBdKxyVtZhlv8L5TjruEuM3Dl-KsYM0tlG0rIxw7hBBMjyCu8BhoaZyiN-PbAnxtOer1suzuJbtCV4EgcGNTerxgOgmUJMC-DIY/s400/Crescent+Head++01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is before the tourist season at Crescent Head, notice the sparsely populated beach.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7xTo3UZWLuHKF1FxMdW3nBOClgb8NlYK8-UOwwztU24fNrNpHx70wbmdLciGox4v84RpBQcPPGry_h3y8Ho9WDob48I3q4LR-XznTndXoecGsP18BY2HjgR3w7ZfLVeOY1yROaIZ61M/s1600/Crescent+Head++02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA7xTo3UZWLuHKF1FxMdW3nBOClgb8NlYK8-UOwwztU24fNrNpHx70wbmdLciGox4v84RpBQcPPGry_h3y8Ho9WDob48I3q4LR-XznTndXoecGsP18BY2HjgR3w7ZfLVeOY1yROaIZ61M/s400/Crescent+Head++02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A rocky outcrop on the beach at Crescent Head.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0Crescent Head NSW 2440, Australia-31.17674711981995 152.91077641445315-31.273178119819949 152.83401141445316 -31.080316119819951 152.98754141445315tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-9415441359966543932011-12-02T13:34:00.001+10:002011-12-02T13:38:46.316+10:00Tin Can Bay - 14th SeptemberAs we were ready to travel a day early, we decided to leave Hervey Bay and travel the short distance to Bauple. The local council has provided a new free camp there and thought we should check it out. It is well worth stopping for a look.<br />
<br />
The following morning we also had a morning tea stop at another free camp at Gunalda. This also is a very good stop-over site if you are looking for a spell from driving, there is not much to do there though.<br />
<br />
We arrived at Tin Can Bay about 1 PM and set up camp at the Caravan Park alongside Jim & Ann and Brian & Trish. We had arranged to meet there and stay for two nights. Jude and I also ran into some friends from Geelong in Victoria that were staying in the park, we didn't know that they would be there. We all had a great meal at the Bowling Club on Thursday night and packed up camp on Friday morning.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTzY8oS2Ap3T-UI0ibFbellPZCW9Tr3Vp14ThxbmwfytmC1tpPmYr079bQK4WeC5igXfEvnc1O4X8kvnsvJvOuUKPCMHGdVIYgUongEMmW8KpQhJH0vRIgGk1hOlTTSk8AbHgPIzbuqA/s1600/TinCanBay++01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTzY8oS2Ap3T-UI0ibFbellPZCW9Tr3Vp14ThxbmwfytmC1tpPmYr079bQK4WeC5igXfEvnc1O4X8kvnsvJvOuUKPCMHGdVIYgUongEMmW8KpQhJH0vRIgGk1hOlTTSk8AbHgPIzbuqA/s400/TinCanBay++01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tide is out at Tin Can Bay, it is a long walk to the water.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhetvYlOsuki4XkgF0KPweuzzpl5IoRCJobCK6am1ol3T-6dPru8yc9OPz5E-JwJDA8047kqJb99sbrkI7Ya9OVLnNijKlJBp_52J-EGIlqyYCEL27c2efYaM5GEtiUe5tba036rzLu_ww/s1600/TinCanBay++02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhetvYlOsuki4XkgF0KPweuzzpl5IoRCJobCK6am1ol3T-6dPru8yc9OPz5E-JwJDA8047kqJb99sbrkI7Ya9OVLnNijKlJBp_52J-EGIlqyYCEL27c2efYaM5GEtiUe5tba036rzLu_ww/s400/TinCanBay++02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Waiting for coffee to be served at Tin Can Bay.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0Tin Can Bay QLD 4580, Australia-25.9134131 153.00578459999997-26.0039471 152.90580259999996 -25.822879099999998 153.10576659999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-61215243381175277032011-11-27T14:04:00.001+10:002011-12-07T20:48:37.733+10:00Inskip Point - 18th JulyJudy and I had a wonderful four days camped at Inskip Point with the company of Brian & Bev and Brian & Joan. These four are very experienced caravan campers and Judy and I learnt quite a lot of helpful hints from them, especially in relation to campfire cooking. Camping at Inskip Point requires a Permit and this is obtainable at the Ranger Station in Rainbow Beach or online.<br />
<br />
Blogger has now included a "Location" feature to the blog editor. This means that I will be able to include a 'Google Maps' co-ordinate on each posting. You will find this "Location" link at the bottom of each posting near the comments link. Have fun looking where each posting is commenting on. I also plan to progressively add Location Links to our previous posts, over time.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI0ayKr51BjufIG_DNSs40AbcR2Ydf6VdG4DOpe76TVVYC2z7aYZwiHmeNaEbRd3cfg6vIxkXhURteDOlyXE_NxQOXG0npF4Geu1jJyMhhcavxDth3d3P4HmG8GozR8os2mfZg1fOsj5Q/s1600/Inskip+Point++01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI0ayKr51BjufIG_DNSs40AbcR2Ydf6VdG4DOpe76TVVYC2z7aYZwiHmeNaEbRd3cfg6vIxkXhURteDOlyXE_NxQOXG0npF4Geu1jJyMhhcavxDth3d3P4HmG8GozR8os2mfZg1fOsj5Q/s400/Inskip+Point++01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The Happy Campers setting up under the trees at Inskip Point.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9RhjPdXuHzTxGwEnMTRB9_nuGulbZi_M60aVI4YHAmm19QKW_oCaQj7pB9WUZPhdw6wYd1UgrbrsjIoxTaiuZCOegUvIVrZBgU-xVAyIIq40FWxxd7-YU-H2Ew1Ieao6bsgEAO2P8Ac/s1600/Inskip+Point++02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9RhjPdXuHzTxGwEnMTRB9_nuGulbZi_M60aVI4YHAmm19QKW_oCaQj7pB9WUZPhdw6wYd1UgrbrsjIoxTaiuZCOegUvIVrZBgU-xVAyIIq40FWxxd7-YU-H2Ew1Ieao6bsgEAO2P8Ac/s400/Inskip+Point++02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Our camp is quickly set up.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdLFlmHgLI_LpnQZRFkaPxiNJooPi31tR6Ue7P9jxX-7lJp3tNkwEpwtDLXfxsMWQ68otDuP12YyrYTbtQEGVMHur-FRGmDAjHiLaa3e-jx-UCY1N-c0ZkIhFt9eroGXDEjKlQPd6rxw/s1600/Inskip+Point++03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdLFlmHgLI_LpnQZRFkaPxiNJooPi31tR6Ue7P9jxX-7lJp3tNkwEpwtDLXfxsMWQ68otDuP12YyrYTbtQEGVMHur-FRGmDAjHiLaa3e-jx-UCY1N-c0ZkIhFt9eroGXDEjKlQPd6rxw/s400/Inskip+Point++03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This is the 'sink-hole' that developed on Inskip Point. All the water behind the fisherman was once beach.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp35w487aFwLnvhfJKWV1g4W2nuR3HezhIlfQKPjbgrxfT6FHGjht3XnQDPJIj3TJzvigUMkDxGFl4HZawpCOUMPCqmut-7y4LYYBWGYhFHDo7MgKhI1zKZD6RK7yJC6IhXoO_FWRnsaQ/s1600/Inskip+Point++04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp35w487aFwLnvhfJKWV1g4W2nuR3HezhIlfQKPjbgrxfT6FHGjht3XnQDPJIj3TJzvigUMkDxGFl4HZawpCOUMPCqmut-7y4LYYBWGYhFHDo7MgKhI1zKZD6RK7yJC6IhXoO_FWRnsaQ/s400/Inskip+Point++04.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
From the other side you can see coastal trees that have been up-rooted. These beaches are normally open to 4wd vehicles but obviously no one will be driving through here.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynpfQ_Zbb4TPSn4Uy_k07OBSB6s4SlBaUv9hEgILLPG1uzYxBPo7vyLXpxECL_o3JCk2skBj_-ai5KdzHE9aQuOvqEBXzXMagKbDhEOCn0zgmpezphss5SKy1Q7cI4hZnyIISMxHv8eo/s1600/Inskip+Point+%25232++01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynpfQ_Zbb4TPSn4Uy_k07OBSB6s4SlBaUv9hEgILLPG1uzYxBPo7vyLXpxECL_o3JCk2skBj_-ai5KdzHE9aQuOvqEBXzXMagKbDhEOCn0zgmpezphss5SKy1Q7cI4hZnyIISMxHv8eo/s400/Inskip+Point+%25232++01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Waiting to board "The Manta Ray" barge going to Fraser Island.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6WNYvEKK6orJN4JN8k42xaXzzO3ytcSeiYhtDRHujJE9EDl3zFdjxnX_iNGRrRcGmlt0rgvxwcW7pWS7-MgFrRNV00Gz0mR5uuo7l1pPCWekvanBiglhrFu_c1sW9NSpKHNJCLKulgE/s1600/Inskip+Point+%25232++02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6WNYvEKK6orJN4JN8k42xaXzzO3ytcSeiYhtDRHujJE9EDl3zFdjxnX_iNGRrRcGmlt0rgvxwcW7pWS7-MgFrRNV00Gz0mR5uuo7l1pPCWekvanBiglhrFu_c1sW9NSpKHNJCLKulgE/s400/Inskip+Point+%25232++02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The 'girls' have found a sunny position out of the sea-breeze waiting to set sail for Fraser Island.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxlPdyIOievFytK-TM6JLys0MX3RIWC5adZocupI9bgN9M3owowjN5J-IPaYNA3uAWalcIj_FBYmgtK2Wp8MKFu-QF3h2FBtAQRhNG9lW-2a42IoZVnIPjK6Y2HBqi7rI3T_r8Xmf54E0/s1600/Inskip+Point++07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxlPdyIOievFytK-TM6JLys0MX3RIWC5adZocupI9bgN9M3owowjN5J-IPaYNA3uAWalcIj_FBYmgtK2Wp8MKFu-QF3h2FBtAQRhNG9lW-2a42IoZVnIPjK6Y2HBqi7rI3T_r8Xmf54E0/s400/Inskip+Point++07.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
A 4wd tourist bus boarding the barge heading for Fraser Island.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQfG64JN0AHthS9rU55E4OoMx_y9QMEdAwr1Y-FHb-UWqSWXuxQO4kjcdFg9b5t-N3Yq6tYNzFfvPM1Kpt34VD7GwNiK54ub9neCLEKRuRu9c_Q0qkEfB1XxHH1RMHrdh65ImCG2-o44/s1600/Inskip+Point+%25232++03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQfG64JN0AHthS9rU55E4OoMx_y9QMEdAwr1Y-FHb-UWqSWXuxQO4kjcdFg9b5t-N3Yq6tYNzFfvPM1Kpt34VD7GwNiK54ub9neCLEKRuRu9c_Q0qkEfB1XxHH1RMHrdh65ImCG2-o44/s400/Inskip+Point+%25232++03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
While walking along the Fraser Island beach we encountered this very healthy looking female Dingo. All the dingoes on Fraser Island are 'full-blood' never having mated with any feral dogs or mixed breed dingoes.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHVFMXa1i2KLMXZ_VkX1ymMXrMhJ8Oo4yHP0RuRLF-sDedZTHOAf2ucnfQ-ZY-OB-PhvHEYzLmph67Fy-x9n8MMLHCm5W43tbSRTedA4jON4pM5ntv8YmzS0KnKj_iZk787sIjpn-9P8/s1600/Inskip+Point++10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUHVFMXa1i2KLMXZ_VkX1ymMXrMhJ8Oo4yHP0RuRLF-sDedZTHOAf2ucnfQ-ZY-OB-PhvHEYzLmph67Fy-x9n8MMLHCm5W43tbSRTedA4jON4pM5ntv8YmzS0KnKj_iZk787sIjpn-9P8/s400/Inskip+Point++10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Brian minding this log while Judy looks on in the background.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGkISXAILNlHwoKrBf3L1ATu5UitJIz3Mc56Q6A_xZy2duUDWPFGIP9S2sCAB-pCpRDrAxFGYYVzzlViJWTyyOHugqJWIypVOoDm3oA3c5foLs4-PLZPzJ0MzQFlzGpICFlzD9C32rECo/s1600/Inskip+Point++12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGkISXAILNlHwoKrBf3L1ATu5UitJIz3Mc56Q6A_xZy2duUDWPFGIP9S2sCAB-pCpRDrAxFGYYVzzlViJWTyyOHugqJWIypVOoDm3oA3c5foLs4-PLZPzJ0MzQFlzGpICFlzD9C32rECo/s400/Inskip+Point++12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Happy Hour on Inskip Beach alongside the camp area.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0Inskip Point Rd, Inskip QLD 4581, Australia-25.8114872 153.06356030000006-25.8215857 153.05091830000006 -25.801388699999997 153.07620230000006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-41559145256393304322011-11-20T16:07:00.000+10:002011-11-20T16:07:42.133+10:00Lake Leslie, Warwick - 29th AprilOn the way home from Tasmania, we arranged to meet up with some friends from Hervey Bay at Lake Leslie for the May long weekend holiday. We had heard that the lake was full of water, the first time for many years. As it was after the Easter break we hoped that the camp area was not going to be too crowded.<br />
<br />
As it panned out the weather was perfect and the park had plenty of free space.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtD-1yqypVjcAYR8tY7BYw8hGa67jU5STWG565Md566bDVDMJd3f_e21eRumDOA41H1UvUZzNOSpWP4awcsn-NrzYGz3_6ngtNXCBGcReVH7sJkgTXmfWbmdMKNwpmMmCec8nB5Jk-LU/s1600/Leslie+Dam++01+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtD-1yqypVjcAYR8tY7BYw8hGa67jU5STWG565Md566bDVDMJd3f_e21eRumDOA41H1UvUZzNOSpWP4awcsn-NrzYGz3_6ngtNXCBGcReVH7sJkgTXmfWbmdMKNwpmMmCec8nB5Jk-LU/s400/Leslie+Dam++01+%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The view from our camp site overlooking Lake Leslie.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYiBL-rTZuUpaIIvLkTKIhb0vqTS3SZXB41JmTFPza6UQV0qESnBWq9hxDTIMga-uHjgiTVQWZ8EoEQZgQUuV40Eus3SToPFWjUIn9iizUUeD3rMSCQlRfSeegow4sli66rsu7invYMs/s1600/Leslie+Dam++03+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYiBL-rTZuUpaIIvLkTKIhb0vqTS3SZXB41JmTFPza6UQV0qESnBWq9hxDTIMga-uHjgiTVQWZ8EoEQZgQUuV40Eus3SToPFWjUIn9iizUUeD3rMSCQlRfSeegow4sli66rsu7invYMs/s400/Leslie+Dam++03+%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brian and Trish doing what we all do best, relaxing.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHhuTc925miSrEH_gKmMovGQWUJaLfP8d32spJMET5r7yZipWxgj74MvNlx8VeTY7f7-BJzPvU1ial45tFzDxiksOWGwjWXUO6MPCDKJcFwI_jM3Ege-RGHzAbNzm3L1qt82oKoWkukw/s1600/Leslie+Dam++04+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHhuTc925miSrEH_gKmMovGQWUJaLfP8d32spJMET5r7yZipWxgj74MvNlx8VeTY7f7-BJzPvU1ial45tFzDxiksOWGwjWXUO6MPCDKJcFwI_jM3Ege-RGHzAbNzm3L1qt82oKoWkukw/s400/Leslie+Dam++04+%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking down stream from the dam wall.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocGUrl45hCuDnBPgosf3aSXB_5SrCuZfFbU4xvgIynDUY1p7iBuUYYOgIvVGLEd5O57K5fhKxtIst1XO5C9DW0Dro_7RNee149wq9omWpsyVhTIL0_4Vx2OtfdfIv9a_9a7aYaLtX6xw/s1600/Leslie+Dam++05+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocGUrl45hCuDnBPgosf3aSXB_5SrCuZfFbU4xvgIynDUY1p7iBuUYYOgIvVGLEd5O57K5fhKxtIst1XO5C9DW0Dro_7RNee149wq9omWpsyVhTIL0_4Vx2OtfdfIv9a_9a7aYaLtX6xw/s400/Leslie+Dam++05+%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking across the expanse of the lake from the dam wall.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamSGy-3BbF3090tSTjgopfQhgZ26juePK0JmpQe1SLpQSo_iMtYjXV0oE98LtXZI7ffmZtcFwW4cths_V_IfxCS2jdq_QkE_cSVSPHr2QBa44jpV6iJnaHe5RT8xV0Tr6STAAsPKkptU/s1600/Leslie+Dam++06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamSGy-3BbF3090tSTjgopfQhgZ26juePK0JmpQe1SLpQSo_iMtYjXV0oE98LtXZI7ffmZtcFwW4cths_V_IfxCS2jdq_QkE_cSVSPHr2QBa44jpV6iJnaHe5RT8xV0Tr6STAAsPKkptU/s400/Leslie+Dam++06.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our native Noisy Miners know where to find a feed.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AhDmmE9d2qE/TsiVR9G4DYI/AAAAAAAAB5A/4l4prOSjlno/s1600/Leslie+Dam++07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AhDmmE9d2qE/TsiVR9G4DYI/AAAAAAAAB5A/4l4prOSjlno/s400/Leslie+Dam++07.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On our last day at the camp we were surprised to see the "blue-green algae" bloom to such an extent. The water was completely covered with a thick skin of algae. Water craft were creating a wake in the water that was bright green instead of white.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0113 Saddledam Rd, Leslie Dam QLD 4370, Australia-28.2268809 151.92455340000004-28.2377499 151.92112440000002 -28.2160119 151.92798240000005tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-47694703994755587172011-11-15T14:04:00.002+10:002011-11-20T14:44:03.318+10:00Lake Coolmunda Caravan Park, 27th AprilWe were travelling through to Lake Leslie and decided to stay over at Coolmunda Dam for a night. Met some lovely people at the Caravan Park and had a good walk to the Dam. This is a great stop-over very close to the Highway.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8otlRxvCFjngfUtHAktG_KsxG9TSD1i7_v6OpJnOTpaayvAC99bRkxZQJWexmbTlMsUs9pUnUCzLdN-ipWjSEVqp7VNYWR8hXvnZDAshBzSa_DtM83R5TowFmaU3X1wjHImUWM_R09k/s1600/Coolmunda+Dam++01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho8otlRxvCFjngfUtHAktG_KsxG9TSD1i7_v6OpJnOTpaayvAC99bRkxZQJWexmbTlMsUs9pUnUCzLdN-ipWjSEVqp7VNYWR8hXvnZDAshBzSa_DtM83R5TowFmaU3X1wjHImUWM_R09k/s400/Coolmunda+Dam++01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jude at the Picnic Area, Coolmunda Dam.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0Cobba-da-mana, Coolmunda QLD 4387, Australia-28.41507 151.22999600000003-28.452815 151.17163100000002 -28.377325 151.28836100000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-8466542267865738952011-10-06T14:43:00.001+10:002011-10-06T14:46:04.221+10:00BonshawNext stop-over was a visit to my sister, Sue and brother-in-law, Frank at their farm at Bonshaw. It is always great to visit here, apart from catching up on family gossip, the solitude here is therapeutic to the soul.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRpqFUp-8Eu2Zjo7y4nmzjnSOg_AISX4D5_y-E6YOkIGJXQb74yg_DwBCy-91_AlY_EA7tiC5K33Q0jkhxdK0aYG4_GtXzPM4qm5HtpqcsurS9g42b69MJYpEyaliESJ1p-1BTken54vg/s1600/Bonshaw++01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRpqFUp-8Eu2Zjo7y4nmzjnSOg_AISX4D5_y-E6YOkIGJXQb74yg_DwBCy-91_AlY_EA7tiC5K33Q0jkhxdK0aYG4_GtXzPM4qm5HtpqcsurS9g42b69MJYpEyaliESJ1p-1BTken54vg/s400/Bonshaw++01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our Cruiseliner parked alongside the farm house at Bonshaw.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHlkk25KB_1cN_We27c_A15CGJaiJqCHKAZyvFt-U2ivtBXmSvbfIcVvuMEedP4ynh3HOtJGG8ScoIZcDFB-jZO42vOlfZdcK2zRQx8O4WYG3ele5cRqDnf4vlU6jxW3LtaMUNSJSWZQ/s1600/Bonshaw++02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHlkk25KB_1cN_We27c_A15CGJaiJqCHKAZyvFt-U2ivtBXmSvbfIcVvuMEedP4ynh3HOtJGG8ScoIZcDFB-jZO42vOlfZdcK2zRQx8O4WYG3ele5cRqDnf4vlU6jxW3LtaMUNSJSWZQ/s400/Bonshaw++02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A general view over some of the 2500 acres looking down towards the creek.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0Bonshaw NSW 2361, Australia-29.0482394 151.27714990000004-29.2177899 151.12757740000004 -28.8786889 151.42672240000005tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-43413033725493522922011-10-06T13:51:00.000+10:002011-10-06T13:51:15.651+10:00DunedooTo begin, I should apologise for the too large gap in our reporting. Fairly soon you might be complaining with the boredom of too many posts as I attempt to catch-up with our travel news. I promise to keep it brief, concise and on track.<br />
<br />
On our trek to home after touring Tasmania we stopped over at the small country town of Dunedoo, situated on the Golden Highway, east of Dubbo, NSW. We were extended a very warm country welcome to the 'Lions' Camp Ground in the main street of the town. "Select of spot anywhere you like, but stay away from the gum trees, we are expecting some wind tonight. I'll collect the fees later, when you are settled." Said the Caretaker. Settle in, we did. Found our way to the Camp Kitchen and met up with other campers, stayed till late, chatting and sipping a very good vintage red wine.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Vo44U74HjiyfnHJfTenhC01y7N2ZZl5kLgHenN4CRi8cTVkbrqunhtbOb4dXsSDE61DTNGjuml5irYCl-_MVex1GdNrCVqW26PdSg5VDdi4bNyXdGHZemyK6AUmbi0Z-V2E-A8MUVzE/s1600/Dunedoo++01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Vo44U74HjiyfnHJfTenhC01y7N2ZZl5kLgHenN4CRi8cTVkbrqunhtbOb4dXsSDE61DTNGjuml5irYCl-_MVex1GdNrCVqW26PdSg5VDdi4bNyXdGHZemyK6AUmbi0Z-V2E-A8MUVzE/s400/Dunedoo++01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is one example of unusual metal sculpture in a park, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">along the main street in the town.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxdF8OA9FvEHMotuqGhL0wDtANDllpBGHXHsjkf_xeyUFtjDEaO0KU-RmmWePEKgGVZaN3opXqYaOdlJvR0VES1FVtPjhBDIocaSVw_S4r8RbOD80czsfo8YuvyK5VkGs9-GYqlTcINaU/s1600/Dunedoo++02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxdF8OA9FvEHMotuqGhL0wDtANDllpBGHXHsjkf_xeyUFtjDEaO0KU-RmmWePEKgGVZaN3opXqYaOdlJvR0VES1FVtPjhBDIocaSVw_S4r8RbOD80czsfo8YuvyK5VkGs9-GYqlTcINaU/s400/Dunedoo++02.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another example of Australian bird life from scrap metal.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8054stdVn6mKS9CkJBVOuJ_67wyboA9tOouz5hfHr0wLhwFMRuw2SbsTqxTlNfIoplcPpbSkYBOfGNJeIjidAcwOBX9qDBeyv1P0h0_g1ZbMv-Wa2uOxv15_TxtnzQjydCwPPD_ZOVjM/s1600/Dunedoo++03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8054stdVn6mKS9CkJBVOuJ_67wyboA9tOouz5hfHr0wLhwFMRuw2SbsTqxTlNfIoplcPpbSkYBOfGNJeIjidAcwOBX9qDBeyv1P0h0_g1ZbMv-Wa2uOxv15_TxtnzQjydCwPPD_ZOVjM/s400/Dunedoo++03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The person responsible for the art work is very talented.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Using scrap material to express their vision.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0Dunedoo NSW 2844, Australia-32.0159668 149.38825959999997-32.2790868 149.09453909999996 -31.7528468 149.68198009999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-31424433574544263222011-04-03T23:01:00.000+10:002011-04-03T23:01:03.187+10:00Final Days in Tasmania<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had heard the name Rianna mentioned so many times that we thought we had better pay a visit to the town. The camp ground is in Pioneer Park and is managed by volunteers from the local community. There is space for many camps but not too many on level ground and only 8 sights with power. The night we spent there was so cold I had to wear my socks and beanie to bed. The following day we moved on to Port Sorell on the coast, we thought it must be warmer there, and it was. We were going to be leaving on the evening of the 3rd April so we stayed at Port Sorell for the final 3 nights. We took a drive out to Narawntapu NP, previously known as Bakers Beach. The NP is on the opposite side of the estuary, Port Sorell is clearly visible from Bakers Beach. The other two days we sat back and relaxed. We had a fun time at Port Sorell but finally had to leave and board the Spirit of Tasmania for our return to the mainland. We had a far amount of time up our sleeves so we drove the loop through Latrobe and Sheffield returning to Devonport in time to board the ferry.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDD_tpmBwL3Z6rYySpJwZC3pizaZDh-v7-yQqhpzcLXnqUkYrK6q5QtUk7f6iuPqpUNHKsXQkzlqXj60oCbLKYuHFXcU5WGL7fkSNHqDuxmmLzG-JEo-YvuMJ6sNA0OZVSafWIqy13BU/s1600/Port+Sorell-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDD_tpmBwL3Z6rYySpJwZC3pizaZDh-v7-yQqhpzcLXnqUkYrK6q5QtUk7f6iuPqpUNHKsXQkzlqXj60oCbLKYuHFXcU5WGL7fkSNHqDuxmmLzG-JEo-YvuMJ6sNA0OZVSafWIqy13BU/s400/Port+Sorell-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Port Sorell is a modern and vibrant seaside town, the development caters for the large influx of visitors during the holiday periods.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVnTCg6ogLBg0BRo4GmbBXxSZVBytKCfhF1b3LQgO7N8VyONw-1PERBzzxOrfaUzrm6C94J0bPA4E6LolMI3Gk-5VQ5T8QmVWDanZ_sHMHyxjR8MIBhu8YvHJfOT_y-SLkRSB3JEtniI/s1600/Port+Sorell-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVnTCg6ogLBg0BRo4GmbBXxSZVBytKCfhF1b3LQgO7N8VyONw-1PERBzzxOrfaUzrm6C94J0bPA4E6LolMI3Gk-5VQ5T8QmVWDanZ_sHMHyxjR8MIBhu8YvHJfOT_y-SLkRSB3JEtniI/s400/Port+Sorell-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The town boasts The Shearwater Resort and Golf Club.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_HfUJ_pmocRwzU16rCXlYGaqHNRsEpVhImWSkRel-1gr4eh2l1vtfEyvoTI3mBJtBxYK_kxvBN-n_3w6jkx4E_otKaqxTYSncGnxC0t_p3EcGJ2fxxuJJ0a1mdnsSDXOZEqr0mojaBIw/s1600/Port+Sorell-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_HfUJ_pmocRwzU16rCXlYGaqHNRsEpVhImWSkRel-1gr4eh2l1vtfEyvoTI3mBJtBxYK_kxvBN-n_3w6jkx4E_otKaqxTYSncGnxC0t_p3EcGJ2fxxuJJ0a1mdnsSDXOZEqr0mojaBIw/s400/Port+Sorell-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The shopping strip has most of the necessary shops.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPdriqcughqWrkUhnzL5SNDssLYs4q9dKOBcBCAx7dlDwpQzmiHN2hWJ_ZX3hTBXe8NCdsffcXgW9MnhSSxOGZ4ZJ6Uv1hoomTt4yjFLP_lkdguL7d7QNYZ1qQLLwm0XgR11ZDN5Z2WI/s1600/Narawntapu+NP%252C+Bakers+Beach-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPdriqcughqWrkUhnzL5SNDssLYs4q9dKOBcBCAx7dlDwpQzmiHN2hWJ_ZX3hTBXe8NCdsffcXgW9MnhSSxOGZ4ZJ6Uv1hoomTt4yjFLP_lkdguL7d7QNYZ1qQLLwm0XgR11ZDN5Z2WI/s400/Narawntapu+NP%252C+Bakers+Beach-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bakers Beach, a very wide, long and wind swept strip of sand with many varieties of shells. </span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHVmzZ7tU0FSEHvumr5iM-NJWARZFcEg9UGG2jxqY_s7nQr7vnfCMAxBPAhc33Y_zLOD2gPAy-5OikCKuDJmvqZzlxHDZtT5doIuR2x3yJGKyUI71yJyKe9gUYB91q3aYRLNrgnnCAw4Y/s1600/Narawntapu+NP%252C+Bakers+Beach-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHVmzZ7tU0FSEHvumr5iM-NJWARZFcEg9UGG2jxqY_s7nQr7vnfCMAxBPAhc33Y_zLOD2gPAy-5OikCKuDJmvqZzlxHDZtT5doIuR2x3yJGKyUI71yJyKe9gUYB91q3aYRLNrgnnCAw4Y/s400/Narawntapu+NP%252C+Bakers+Beach-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking north to the mainland and feeling a little sad to be leaving Tasmania.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHY82CnsvtliKAzt3xJMo6Hyyki8d6tzCLNgfiJ4Y4XTayCh9S7UJkkcZQ4xEIALEnS7_Jqf3ZR3ok0TIkai3YM6SwFwzff3qnD_W4sZ7Wh6F5kg_PH6m755N1DFWA7hSZPOpR1diPRSg/s1600/Narawntapu+NP%252C+Bakers+Beach-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHY82CnsvtliKAzt3xJMo6Hyyki8d6tzCLNgfiJ4Y4XTayCh9S7UJkkcZQ4xEIALEnS7_Jqf3ZR3ok0TIkai3YM6SwFwzff3qnD_W4sZ7Wh6F5kg_PH6m755N1DFWA7hSZPOpR1diPRSg/s400/Narawntapu+NP%252C+Bakers+Beach-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The lighter shades on the beach is wind blown sand, hope you can make it out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsfJKndfdUK0vCRwtQX7oCP5qZv56POl30xu3m8HjhK0J4R1iODtztB7rk-LdtdNsYCXbFAyDSUEJeQE0X-ihkRCXZolXEpqFRL4WgMnbWKfSQ1WVVXnLZNBQRjFgUhr7i81Wlf0g4I0/s1600/Latrobe-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLsfJKndfdUK0vCRwtQX7oCP5qZv56POl30xu3m8HjhK0J4R1iODtztB7rk-LdtdNsYCXbFAyDSUEJeQE0X-ihkRCXZolXEpqFRL4WgMnbWKfSQ1WVVXnLZNBQRjFgUhr7i81Wlf0g4I0/s400/Latrobe-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Part of the long main street in Latrobe. Quite a few people here today, Sunday, there is a Market in town.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDikUa-de5Syodw5DcBL1r1JosBDLU0crjHfQf66JLdjTUp4lNaArAQO1LVBbFKl9Ef1V_5vsXeP7Cf8xASkv48bqG8PF2X-AABXCSZRr1p3xIgnZ0Hbm4J_OSyt46kX_M7FbWu1uOfw/s1600/Latrobe-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDikUa-de5Syodw5DcBL1r1JosBDLU0crjHfQf66JLdjTUp4lNaArAQO1LVBbFKl9Ef1V_5vsXeP7Cf8xASkv48bqG8PF2X-AABXCSZRr1p3xIgnZ0Hbm4J_OSyt46kX_M7FbWu1uOfw/s400/Latrobe-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The administrative heart of the town.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7_edvxcmdR4BoOMCtI39o4vUqCPdg5UWZswonQV5d41N_yYuzHAM_KywPKU2zjF7a4Dfe1QbPeQMqDxbUjS38dsaplWXU0zLYMkjHnyZnDd64hF8mSYJYw4m3bHcnTJ4vzx1stO6HVg/s1600/Latrobe-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV7_edvxcmdR4BoOMCtI39o4vUqCPdg5UWZswonQV5d41N_yYuzHAM_KywPKU2zjF7a4Dfe1QbPeQMqDxbUjS38dsaplWXU0zLYMkjHnyZnDd64hF8mSYJYw4m3bHcnTJ4vzx1stO6HVg/s400/Latrobe-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is some new development amongst the old buildings. There is a special shop in Latrobe where cameras are not allowed. There are 19 rambling rooms full of the strangest assortment of goods that you could imagine. The shop is so much like a maze that the proprietor hands out a map so that you cant get lost.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoLiia2ePyVr5dHHTlX5HL2SCt_T0QddjRZDm5zxFKgWGgWJ5SWMgawEwxjt7aKYrj0-JzjvTwpsn6Sql7DlwO4qc-AGOU720ZCkNg37iZ3exzEKgeVolbPP-QXpo4QpiU_lgA_er-_no/s1600/Sheffield-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoLiia2ePyVr5dHHTlX5HL2SCt_T0QddjRZDm5zxFKgWGgWJ5SWMgawEwxjt7aKYrj0-JzjvTwpsn6Sql7DlwO4qc-AGOU720ZCkNg37iZ3exzEKgeVolbPP-QXpo4QpiU_lgA_er-_no/s400/Sheffield-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sheffield is the town of murals, so we are going to show you a few. There are also several Antiques Stores, stocking what I would call 'junk'</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZopg6fLG6gCYjfEKEKlLvPu0ebJu7PpP2NXhKU6NdbezbyU4BafD6GlGZhWphyXnTH77kEK-2DDK_LC8LqZ6VWaPv4DNq79PAtVebqiNoU7Y4ro0hDANJPFgKVLdNNGRFrq40bgXGvc/s1600/Sheffield-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZopg6fLG6gCYjfEKEKlLvPu0ebJu7PpP2NXhKU6NdbezbyU4BafD6GlGZhWphyXnTH77kEK-2DDK_LC8LqZ6VWaPv4DNq79PAtVebqiNoU7Y4ro0hDANJPFgKVLdNNGRFrq40bgXGvc/s400/Sheffield-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even itchy dogs get a look.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7iAAqsjlBzImqpyVGFomGgbX3Jml1QOQ4HGf_CZPFsTKBpBme3kyH-Oa22iadNq2wpodVM0_XQFpC9EMd-r3WfG39Jkv0ykOT7gapD6OKbj5xWv5BfeE4iWjtZJS87_YN4u-XzEmn5pE/s1600/Sheffield-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7iAAqsjlBzImqpyVGFomGgbX3Jml1QOQ4HGf_CZPFsTKBpBme3kyH-Oa22iadNq2wpodVM0_XQFpC9EMd-r3WfG39Jkv0ykOT7gapD6OKbj5xWv5BfeE4iWjtZJS87_YN4u-XzEmn5pE/s400/Sheffield-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Bakery the way it used to be.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijl3H-Uyz2JzbdxQIIbs2UmgH-Isd3HMUJpvFJ6tJXdjsR5NXVxHhDTns0RIKQLwKqCxBPLEq4jdWWc9IjwopaoHMdhVZs_jWL3xcqCx-qm3g4xJZ1Xr489EaHTkc4ch3iTIww1zR6Vn0/s1600/Sheffield-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijl3H-Uyz2JzbdxQIIbs2UmgH-Isd3HMUJpvFJ6tJXdjsR5NXVxHhDTns0RIKQLwKqCxBPLEq4jdWWc9IjwopaoHMdhVZs_jWL3xcqCx-qm3g4xJZ1Xr489EaHTkc4ch3iTIww1zR6Vn0/s400/Sheffield-3.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What the men of old used to maintain their stamina.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG97OX816JeHLX2nlnd83leBZnuI9ys_mKUN4srjAAxOk4-IFz3VaTz3JaRE7SQvxctqgIcGtEzEa4pjS_uzA0yeLyZWl48V41um4dX8zZhhHCHQO15eWFBzkJgxD5lCanNbc47O5-sOE/s1600/Sheffield-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG97OX816JeHLX2nlnd83leBZnuI9ys_mKUN4srjAAxOk4-IFz3VaTz3JaRE7SQvxctqgIcGtEzEa4pjS_uzA0yeLyZWl48V41um4dX8zZhhHCHQO15eWFBzkJgxD5lCanNbc47O5-sOE/s400/Sheffield-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chocolate is always a favourite.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-33588528816818955512011-03-31T15:59:00.000+10:002011-03-31T15:59:40.552+10:00Cradle Mountain NP<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We studied the weather charts and determined that it was going to be ideal conditions to visit Cradle Mountain on Monday. Soon after lunch on Sunday we pulled into the free camp at Gowrie Park. This is a large area beside the Rodeo Park. In the 2 to 3 hours after we set up camp at least another 6 vans pulled in, all with the same intentions. About half the campers were Queenslanders. It was a bit like a reunion. There is a Caravan Park in the town but this free camp was utilised by many like us, just wanting a step-off point to visit Cradle Mountain. The National Park was only 38 km away. The Monday dawned mild and clear with the temperature rising to about 14 C while we drove to the NP. By the time we finished the Dove Lake Circuit we were in a sweat. On the Tuesday there was a mass exodus from Gowrie Park, only about 3 camps remaining after we left. We travelled about 40 km to Lake Barrington, another 'hydro' lake, and made camp for the night. Soon after, a motorhome pulled in and the people were from Buderim. They decided to stay and we had a great chat about our respective travels in Tasmania.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Un2Qd2w7UD6ZMA28Wbt-rgBnR9eys1586cshesiSObjNMGwkzJuhKGgRJQs91Yw9gtGK6DInvpRxi_6gRLZ2LpI8l8ZL8STX-sap3tjEMtoenYiH5wZS4cVb0lt95oz-KvB-8DsIYAY/s1600/Gowrie+Park-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Un2Qd2w7UD6ZMA28Wbt-rgBnR9eys1586cshesiSObjNMGwkzJuhKGgRJQs91Yw9gtGK6DInvpRxi_6gRLZ2LpI8l8ZL8STX-sap3tjEMtoenYiH5wZS4cVb0lt95oz-KvB-8DsIYAY/s400/Gowrie+Park-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the entrance to the free camp at Gowrie Park is this giant poster board with a mural depicting the view from this point prior to settlement in the area.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_clRpuXR5ZLykj9GCJm6aiKDlSpUiGRxoQyb5t0t-27HYu1MZmNseRAUxQOeXE38A-zMNMMuBMj85S9424dX0c8nus33Q5p47mnuqLJbdVxTEHvcQd-zzqO6Dy7nrd7QXVuih0qqDyo/s1600/Gowrie+Park-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA_clRpuXR5ZLykj9GCJm6aiKDlSpUiGRxoQyb5t0t-27HYu1MZmNseRAUxQOeXE38A-zMNMMuBMj85S9424dX0c8nus33Q5p47mnuqLJbdVxTEHvcQd-zzqO6Dy7nrd7QXVuih0qqDyo/s400/Gowrie+Park-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are surrounded by peaks at Gowrie Park. This is the road into town from the camp area. Gowrie Park was a 'hydro' town and boasted a population of many hundreds during the construction phase of the hydro scheme but now there are the residents of two homes.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Z4uDQJS406Db2Ch0Yn-aKFaCf5MCKbGcrLPWlHKNOpJPBd2iv1mw_tuSPAankJpnTTjLGUuv0aii40E0UgeiegMemM6RXJWCQGIPJjB8qmlldYZ2nURSQxzNndIWBZ1nqCdoc6ErlYM/s1600/Gowrie+Park-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Z4uDQJS406Db2Ch0Yn-aKFaCf5MCKbGcrLPWlHKNOpJPBd2iv1mw_tuSPAankJpnTTjLGUuv0aii40E0UgeiegMemM6RXJWCQGIPJjB8qmlldYZ2nURSQxzNndIWBZ1nqCdoc6ErlYM/s400/Gowrie+Park-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another of the peaks behind the hydro office.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluTVi6C0DaTc-QKnwvdVzFDuSq4P0zjR6q4p8d_mB5uaA8ToBDAEQijn4oG-r-z4nNBV6TUeDW2UTJij8zsGFwrnWTEUpzbdafqKSPMr2N-b1Gh3wW95tG7vLUUJLYo7j3am2_rcaCik/s1600/Gowrie+Park-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluTVi6C0DaTc-QKnwvdVzFDuSq4P0zjR6q4p8d_mB5uaA8ToBDAEQijn4oG-r-z4nNBV6TUeDW2UTJij8zsGFwrnWTEUpzbdafqKSPMr2N-b1Gh3wW95tG7vLUUJLYo7j3am2_rcaCik/s400/Gowrie+Park-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yet another of the peaks behind the only two remaining homes here.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-_Vcc1GDP_wMLYVDI4ttYNkbOqFygdQ8Sui5UeTprBYsFcb-hMdrL8y3Q2J4vVIGSvj1SD-XZbfB-ZIav2AJ0vaBeYiHUd0LsuJSk9nPI8MjaqZMiNmYiYf2brMWg0nEuEG3psttTDw/s1600/Gowrie+Park-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin-_Vcc1GDP_wMLYVDI4ttYNkbOqFygdQ8Sui5UeTprBYsFcb-hMdrL8y3Q2J4vVIGSvj1SD-XZbfB-ZIav2AJ0vaBeYiHUd0LsuJSk9nPI8MjaqZMiNmYiYf2brMWg0nEuEG3psttTDw/s400/Gowrie+Park-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Bucket Wheel from one of the power stations. There are two buckets on each blade that are each driven by nozzles ejecting water with a 300 metre head of pressure. The turbine drives an alternator producing 15000 amps of power.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfL8IpzgCiJO4nFi7ymhcs6MhHt1GxKevG9bmD1CAWhb2jFkJiEUwZbewjbGPxLjhd1IBf0z2DKGImc-IX6NsfWD5cbIYxJe4Bg1GpojOV88YHvkoFYcoCrRESgEGlqnTToyfy6abHO8s/s1600/Gowrie+Park-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfL8IpzgCiJO4nFi7ymhcs6MhHt1GxKevG9bmD1CAWhb2jFkJiEUwZbewjbGPxLjhd1IBf0z2DKGImc-IX6NsfWD5cbIYxJe4Bg1GpojOV88YHvkoFYcoCrRESgEGlqnTToyfy6abHO8s/s400/Gowrie+Park-5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is only part of a mural on the back wall of the Hydro Maintenance Workshops.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMJkCq_-MZ_3fxz7pk36mWG0Lec3PisB10Vbmjgz38vXWGljOgecHv4Vg_SzyIzwTMdiiD1XdDuj6W9dBs7fIhWSjuQ6v14XGGr1hGm8NBs10PT9mscpBFzBVeN41AfiXN8NuZlRQaTeQ/s1600/Gowrie+Park-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMJkCq_-MZ_3fxz7pk36mWG0Lec3PisB10Vbmjgz38vXWGljOgecHv4Vg_SzyIzwTMdiiD1XdDuj6W9dBs7fIhWSjuQ6v14XGGr1hGm8NBs10PT9mscpBFzBVeN41AfiXN8NuZlRQaTeQ/s400/Gowrie+Park-6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking over O'Neill's Creek into the free camping area.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfkS3BTRhSxwKXDmc0TmEwwG41wj1RR_pcSeJaOB7CdHyvBe7-peFWVROgMWar3Vr37cSEamc9H5wYxOh6_w6WfQOSgffl_UtSYpuRzEpagtxN2XdjHZJMsiwpAPzJcF1hm3k3PJr2kE/s1600/Cradle+Mountain+NP-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfkS3BTRhSxwKXDmc0TmEwwG41wj1RR_pcSeJaOB7CdHyvBe7-peFWVROgMWar3Vr37cSEamc9H5wYxOh6_w6WfQOSgffl_UtSYpuRzEpagtxN2XdjHZJMsiwpAPzJcF1hm3k3PJr2kE/s400/Cradle+Mountain+NP-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The beginning of our hike around Dove Lake. The sky is clear and sunny but the air is still crisp.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9eLLUKTphlYEowEu-AUAei3y5ozGnPTDYiPZKPV-gyvGOx2teKx1UIqY4KT9ruM5z5jbUjTLhk_EljWiZ5Hppl8cRWvzzQ5WSRBD5vsBf123bTx2S1oAJYlUXVRTxo5p8bEg9eVBFeo/s1600/Cradle+Mountain+NP-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9eLLUKTphlYEowEu-AUAei3y5ozGnPTDYiPZKPV-gyvGOx2teKx1UIqY4KT9ruM5z5jbUjTLhk_EljWiZ5Hppl8cRWvzzQ5WSRBD5vsBf123bTx2S1oAJYlUXVRTxo5p8bEg9eVBFeo/s400/Cradle+Mountain+NP-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Further around and the mountain is still imposing it's presence.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFHPuE8GZJ_y5cl4Lnel85WVfVlAU_qtNHEOgd5qURFgimi7ABfwVEUVeMXY7d241mwfk3wf6TYqWdyVR4VUyleYMTX0XAsxSgLd8A95OIbauHyqHqvr_SYvnfqOkhSLJuDeVp5n0RHz4/s1600/Cradle+Mountain+NP-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFHPuE8GZJ_y5cl4Lnel85WVfVlAU_qtNHEOgd5qURFgimi7ABfwVEUVeMXY7d241mwfk3wf6TYqWdyVR4VUyleYMTX0XAsxSgLd8A95OIbauHyqHqvr_SYvnfqOkhSLJuDeVp5n0RHz4/s400/Cradle+Mountain+NP-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Along the way we came across this wallaby that seemed unperturbed by the large number of walkers on the track.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3U9FSJRejNjolhFXRAzZZirLldMOkwGoDcOVYNmLLtZoyahjS9xRqR4c8YnQXHt5AiQFpQCkyBWiia4hzz0qa5zeqWvdFonOVahSuoadcwcUvQpV_Uh78LVQC3v0NTt42WZBgD_VJeg/s1600/Cradle+Mountain+NP-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3U9FSJRejNjolhFXRAzZZirLldMOkwGoDcOVYNmLLtZoyahjS9xRqR4c8YnQXHt5AiQFpQCkyBWiia4hzz0qa5zeqWvdFonOVahSuoadcwcUvQpV_Uh78LVQC3v0NTt42WZBgD_VJeg/s400/Cradle+Mountain+NP-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Boat shed beside the crystal clear waters of Dove Lake with the mountain still there in the background. Two hours after our departure and the temperature has changed, everyone is shedding clothes by this stage.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1332r6g3hXxmG8LvqJJYcn7qrr5wIoWcZcSTFzubRQjdR5blzG4k9Jb2w_vWWyV3JwoDOnZiTUhVbI2Bm1u9o-_7-BZnr6LVzZpjHqoZL6sGPZtrrvk727xAPGG-nlwzCDwg-8j_u-JY/s1600/Cradle+Mountain+NP-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1332r6g3hXxmG8LvqJJYcn7qrr5wIoWcZcSTFzubRQjdR5blzG4k9Jb2w_vWWyV3JwoDOnZiTUhVbI2Bm1u9o-_7-BZnr6LVzZpjHqoZL6sGPZtrrvk727xAPGG-nlwzCDwg-8j_u-JY/s400/Cradle+Mountain+NP-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a quick lunch we took the shuttle bus out to Ronny Creek to begin the two hour walk back to the Ranger Station. The entire walk is on the boardwalk, very easy.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUteTOmQqAlrN7iDLPCtG_pNcgYUrWGJ0CS6rMWR0BG85iiE63uKRUoxsav63FVimwzAuYVzEyxphDAv1X5YS1sJrONxTbTK4QgFsKplgMPSms9hqW2duIApP8vlm1DTYANRJ2X3T0Zu4/s1600/Cradle+Mountain+NP-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUteTOmQqAlrN7iDLPCtG_pNcgYUrWGJ0CS6rMWR0BG85iiE63uKRUoxsav63FVimwzAuYVzEyxphDAv1X5YS1sJrONxTbTK4QgFsKplgMPSms9hqW2duIApP8vlm1DTYANRJ2X3T0Zu4/s400/Cradle+Mountain+NP-5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is Ronny Creek.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNgMssMa3htAf_ZmbEkz5EPO1jD5Wv7SD04NQubHTu9Rceayd_dcErpw4xxy_BgtERxFqBJm2TtmA3zKPuzrruyHmnHlBjD0yE2XTqK6DfrQyRW4YIMC6E0doHLMRToTRx4iCModxYVQQ/s1600/Cradle+Mountain+NP-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNgMssMa3htAf_ZmbEkz5EPO1jD5Wv7SD04NQubHTu9Rceayd_dcErpw4xxy_BgtERxFqBJm2TtmA3zKPuzrruyHmnHlBjD0yE2XTqK6DfrQyRW4YIMC6E0doHLMRToTRx4iCModxYVQQ/s400/Cradle+Mountain+NP-6.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are large areas of this low shrubby fern.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtURx7sbAAodbESRICbgXIIoaMvH6sL9lXatMOYhtCapI4cY1QcqkKlH2JSQlY3Jh5JOHbm0l8rDOm-dyxIWInyitpfSwO_TQD-K0quSpXq7cwmJMlbNFZRlVCyPtBqXeRw5fQ8yYP4OA/s1600/Cradle+Mountain+NP-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtURx7sbAAodbESRICbgXIIoaMvH6sL9lXatMOYhtCapI4cY1QcqkKlH2JSQlY3Jh5JOHbm0l8rDOm-dyxIWInyitpfSwO_TQD-K0quSpXq7cwmJMlbNFZRlVCyPtBqXeRw5fQ8yYP4OA/s400/Cradle+Mountain+NP-7.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jude walking the plank down to Ronny Creek.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqR5McavhxbSN6gXStOxnY4zLVxcWT9-g6zfRrHWc8voOlo3XZvVZgAdG0v2dnLmIYojgr-FxM5CrhmjTz5sS968nblnoS1DbR0kzvicrnZV7t5485xWwH_Q8LOea6wRCAOHGCvW9_gQk/s1600/Cradle+Mountain+NP-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqR5McavhxbSN6gXStOxnY4zLVxcWT9-g6zfRrHWc8voOlo3XZvVZgAdG0v2dnLmIYojgr-FxM5CrhmjTz5sS968nblnoS1DbR0kzvicrnZV7t5485xWwH_Q8LOea6wRCAOHGCvW9_gQk/s400/Cradle+Mountain+NP-8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An entire 'meadow' of Button Grass. This, you will recall is what adds the tannin colour to all the water in the creeks and rivers.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9OUNEcFyqCHtOf5vQKfgDEDpSLTl0KGvTGIVrO4IZ2iDJocgNRRafDWQDf63EdIQPFqXBC2RMhQCaWKSXdf-GLheRxRQ0Z4DRiFIIpEm6kUCO0yjMFP_g8Z2Nw52Ic94PBL3HOqs5EU/s1600/Cradle+Mountain+NP-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9OUNEcFyqCHtOf5vQKfgDEDpSLTl0KGvTGIVrO4IZ2iDJocgNRRafDWQDf63EdIQPFqXBC2RMhQCaWKSXdf-GLheRxRQ0Z4DRiFIIpEm6kUCO0yjMFP_g8Z2Nw52Ic94PBL3HOqs5EU/s400/Cradle+Mountain+NP-9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Very near the end of this lovely walk. When we got back to the car and started driving home to the camp we discovered that the temperature had risen to 20 C.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDCQwMLk0SP1HKNCJXwDWbD7Y9ROazWn8bUKTVc-LLtHmlltmlt4zg5kFI8kATYt1RhTWU4l_gvaayJJhGa0LotuJLYlmaf7i96wyFYuoKnTp9m-IrquyD19eU2HeSTvSgQ0zqsX0Prg/s1600/Lake+Barrington-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDCQwMLk0SP1HKNCJXwDWbD7Y9ROazWn8bUKTVc-LLtHmlltmlt4zg5kFI8kATYt1RhTWU4l_gvaayJJhGa0LotuJLYlmaf7i96wyFYuoKnTp9m-IrquyD19eU2HeSTvSgQ0zqsX0Prg/s400/Lake+Barrington-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lake Barrington, the home to a lot of water sports. Although it is very pretty here we only stayed one night as there is no where to walk. You can see by the photo that the banks go steeply into the water, it's like this all the way around.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-80491809054503925172011-03-28T21:32:00.001+10:002011-03-29T08:05:58.038+10:00The Northwest Corner<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After completing a full itinerary at Strahan, in beautiful weather, it rained on the last night. The next morning the rain eased so that we could pack up and travel the short distance to Zeehan where we made camp. That afternoon we drove out to Trial Harbour, as a fellow traveller told us it was worth a look. Trial Harbour was the first anchorage on the west coast until Strahan Harbour was established. After a walk on the beach, in gale force winds and stinging sand we visited "The History Room" at a private home. We got talking to the lady of the house and bought some vegies from her garden. There is no power to this community so every house has solar power, wind power or both. The wind power seemed to be totally effective on the day we visited. We had planned to drop into the Pioneer Museum and Gaiety Theatre at Zeehan before we left town but the day was raining and miserable so we motored on. As we travelled further north it rained even harder. We had planned to stop over at Waratah and use this as a base to travel to Cradle Mountain. Due to the low cloud and rain we continued on to the north coast and camped at Crayfish Creek CP. This park is nothing special but it is protected from the wind and it is central to the north west area. Over our three day stay in Crayfish Creek we ventured to Stanley and Arthur River. Arthur River is self titled "The End of the World". Well maybe it's not but you can see it from there.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAYnSFvGzFTsr6zTphcEcI99-BHRMf7U-wIRPFlBDBs9hhwsEHBS8byPv6hG9CY5AZLiBuEXx1o_JOoL-Si5Un14bYYl78st0WCY6nqkTUMi3yrsxOWOEe40ZKEhvupbJZIbaeR4QFLTg/s1600/Trial+Harbour-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAYnSFvGzFTsr6zTphcEcI99-BHRMf7U-wIRPFlBDBs9hhwsEHBS8byPv6hG9CY5AZLiBuEXx1o_JOoL-Si5Un14bYYl78st0WCY6nqkTUMi3yrsxOWOEe40ZKEhvupbJZIbaeR4QFLTg/s400/Trial+Harbour-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Overlooking part of the Trial Harbour community with the strong easterly blowing spray off the breakers.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZuK5zZ1dSbajqqDW2uE-mjYiivmi5aiRJLZhpPw2BYzNVrrHq4RtlnxvA4u2zC34f_lRWtdulufh0bYRZ1i9UdbrCfHZUGKnDcYhpRq034X9X9zutcHsR5pDhbdTj8MY4eYzeTEKJ5s/s1600/Trial+Harbour-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizZuK5zZ1dSbajqqDW2uE-mjYiivmi5aiRJLZhpPw2BYzNVrrHq4RtlnxvA4u2zC34f_lRWtdulufh0bYRZ1i9UdbrCfHZUGKnDcYhpRq034X9X9zutcHsR5pDhbdTj8MY4eYzeTEKJ5s/s400/Trial+Harbour-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was some big surf coming onto the west coast.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupX1UiSCtGMxHa_YnpHh-WwFxEO0jiHEGY5yf53_Ht8XEnn2F2GC6xk9AVuHyXpyCMAARsU2LPkERwrcPS9O8o2iFcF5PnBSTWzqZxeo37Gp5n_FKV14hc2os5jqlPYoNN8d0PYbSsTw/s1600/Trial+Harbour-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupX1UiSCtGMxHa_YnpHh-WwFxEO0jiHEGY5yf53_Ht8XEnn2F2GC6xk9AVuHyXpyCMAARsU2LPkERwrcPS9O8o2iFcF5PnBSTWzqZxeo37Gp5n_FKV14hc2os5jqlPYoNN8d0PYbSsTw/s400/Trial+Harbour-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The garden at the back of the house with "The History Room". The outlook takes in the very small Trial Harbour.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEDIeEvN0Fq54KVRB3X0tVnHCq4NoyT1F3oZRgotVl9SEwNuqpiUUxOxHpjf5IVLQ_eNU3vaR8ASZQCi-xth_vqO_V4cuGdjG5pMdL8gU-R7R_46E1sHZR4Ud4pX2B0Z5oRRajxBRYgPM/s1600/Trial+Harbour-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEDIeEvN0Fq54KVRB3X0tVnHCq4NoyT1F3oZRgotVl9SEwNuqpiUUxOxHpjf5IVLQ_eNU3vaR8ASZQCi-xth_vqO_V4cuGdjG5pMdL8gU-R7R_46E1sHZR4Ud4pX2B0Z5oRRajxBRYgPM/s400/Trial+Harbour-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the north end of town is a camping area, complete with leeches I might add, I had one attached to my leg. Some industrious persons built a rock wall at the base of this small waterfall and created a swimming/spa pool on the beach.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6rDrNmQQXShL96pu8bKXUf717U6i82-U1WrWaFSLnKqQQ6nhTdvL1YtqHbjpoQWJCNLEK9P-EunQGL6QtlDyY0lNF0_VFlz2y0SS0mT4PsuxhYfNs45WRDgGPpYBdfQeJgp5_6nSa150/s1600/Trial+Harbour-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6rDrNmQQXShL96pu8bKXUf717U6i82-U1WrWaFSLnKqQQ6nhTdvL1YtqHbjpoQWJCNLEK9P-EunQGL6QtlDyY0lNF0_VFlz2y0SS0mT4PsuxhYfNs45WRDgGPpYBdfQeJgp5_6nSa150/s400/Trial+Harbour-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking southwards from the camp ground back over Trial Harbour towards the community.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwPwvAaQdKIzZa-XAR5c5yHvBJlpNwnXK8Ykm58PF9kkKxJI8NV6VoaBcpSBpu7QhXAoPKXRZOYR1stcUyx9NvWLqV_8GKCX0RWqP3EPf-D9eXfkXEXdV7PKSLxiV4A39fj1R5egHfjSQ/s1600/Zeehan-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwPwvAaQdKIzZa-XAR5c5yHvBJlpNwnXK8Ykm58PF9kkKxJI8NV6VoaBcpSBpu7QhXAoPKXRZOYR1stcUyx9NvWLqV_8GKCX0RWqP3EPf-D9eXfkXEXdV7PKSLxiV4A39fj1R5egHfjSQ/s400/Zeehan-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's not much at Zeehan! This is one end of the Main Street. The restored Gaiety Theatre is on the left. I would have taken a photo of the facade except that the local real estate agent had his blue ute parked in front of it.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWua4FFZQ0HglhLPSXZ-sfgGruIHyIPfRF0tivI77sj3qNeNk3A90Nn5Sc1J-VN5dlERq0-XuiRo_DT8YiLu61ZEjAMBIbby5sBGTUKLMfL4r46Weokoh6ZjhTo3EWt3QU3V7qfLsP5s/s1600/Zeehan-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWua4FFZQ0HglhLPSXZ-sfgGruIHyIPfRF0tivI77sj3qNeNk3A90Nn5Sc1J-VN5dlERq0-XuiRo_DT8YiLu61ZEjAMBIbby5sBGTUKLMfL4r46Weokoh6ZjhTo3EWt3QU3V7qfLsP5s/s400/Zeehan-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the other end of the Main Street.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcRzI3SsHCyH-qQib8Ll872pzbgbCQHk7A-6PWH2V5bLbJEifhm0ICa9VwuPhLyACsvlKytlMi_yyJNkBrxXC9n681_7LZUxrAN7tjdqrwJ1xSioKb5CXvyWDGOBQktxuDBBZYnMYtWI/s1600/Zeehan-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcRzI3SsHCyH-qQib8Ll872pzbgbCQHk7A-6PWH2V5bLbJEifhm0ICa9VwuPhLyACsvlKytlMi_yyJNkBrxXC9n681_7LZUxrAN7tjdqrwJ1xSioKb5CXvyWDGOBQktxuDBBZYnMYtWI/s400/Zeehan-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a good park with excellent facilities for travellers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuZEwrrgAxhyKIg99hwctFUOPdEQR1wukgyCuGIEIFU6CGMakUDYw9DUstCfQbGmtFB8gildS6b2W72HodIyG1yzkOTvhZfWeaA7KrX5xy5r75rCHynFhnKH4r43XzrZDhqwn0hGqCaI/s1600/Stanley+and+the+Nut-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnuZEwrrgAxhyKIg99hwctFUOPdEQR1wukgyCuGIEIFU6CGMakUDYw9DUstCfQbGmtFB8gildS6b2W72HodIyG1yzkOTvhZfWeaA7KrX5xy5r75rCHynFhnKH4r43XzrZDhqwn0hGqCaI/s400/Stanley+and+the+Nut-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the approach to Stanley along the coast one is confronted with this majestic sight.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEislNK40bLq0dD5QrJDGSR7DzqK6LkyKW73uWhLXeZpzifORQBwpeFd8lT8kduwUa3E-NykNbWmIKi5vOXekPoSNNkHcIvMXv3FrIh7VhraEl_GBglaiken2wG8wMUJDtQT6D2srN34XAs/s1600/Stanley+and+the+Nut-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEislNK40bLq0dD5QrJDGSR7DzqK6LkyKW73uWhLXeZpzifORQBwpeFd8lT8kduwUa3E-NykNbWmIKi5vOXekPoSNNkHcIvMXv3FrIh7VhraEl_GBglaiken2wG8wMUJDtQT6D2srN34XAs/s400/Stanley+and+the+Nut-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Strahan Harbour full of 'crayboats'.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMqpKhiZoVcq5f0dSTc2hQFWGayoZk8LjK3cn5b77-MzfSb2tHAlrEYR1OdHrvG6UiV4V61EoY_6l56Xb8OoUETad80LvuhTAT1B1K-WoP5FwzTVuJuYRWX-GN-BCMgFIXLRHiXp0aMxE/s1600/Stanley+and+the+Nut-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMqpKhiZoVcq5f0dSTc2hQFWGayoZk8LjK3cn5b77-MzfSb2tHAlrEYR1OdHrvG6UiV4V61EoY_6l56Xb8OoUETad80LvuhTAT1B1K-WoP5FwzTVuJuYRWX-GN-BCMgFIXLRHiXp0aMxE/s400/Stanley+and+the+Nut-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We haven't reached the top of the 'Nut' yet and already the views are stunning. This is looking west.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuElRgZDCN6BERAadOwirzXSHEvKnMNhKOxXn5kwY0P8FyHwd8mVo7TCVcr4dmWiI8Le3jtPI-ZBB3dEQxjPMvF1A1D55rCI8B7FBZ88O1J9Uw9HMKjUamsM8oFCPc5QYxxGb6cgUuzjU/s1600/Stanley+and+the+Nut-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuElRgZDCN6BERAadOwirzXSHEvKnMNhKOxXn5kwY0P8FyHwd8mVo7TCVcr4dmWiI8Le3jtPI-ZBB3dEQxjPMvF1A1D55rCI8B7FBZ88O1J9Uw9HMKjUamsM8oFCPc5QYxxGb6cgUuzjU/s400/Stanley+and+the+Nut-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are under the chair lift and looking east over the major part of town. Still not a the top, we had to take several rest stops.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3VbbpXPDWKnFAOw4AgibPBmXfdKP365EUVm6Pr9KBAhvm-ckHNpe393dTULD62XshKwF4LU82XksN8uM5MzO2Qj8-Py8FpAZcZyHibeubZ61Z6HJu-G47Ro1y2x9FmwghcB_pVnYYsgk/s1600/Stanley+and+the+Nut-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3VbbpXPDWKnFAOw4AgibPBmXfdKP365EUVm6Pr9KBAhvm-ckHNpe393dTULD62XshKwF4LU82XksN8uM5MzO2Qj8-Py8FpAZcZyHibeubZ61Z6HJu-G47Ro1y2x9FmwghcB_pVnYYsgk/s400/Stanley+and+the+Nut-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just to prove that we made it to the top. This is what it looks like. Of course we could have taken the wimps passage up on the chairlift.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-GdRKru02v_OX8Qogp5MqvvfLFWpmiePEUQ_1ZoVqH7_Jyqve5Gv8-hNGZyRIpXBlCDltU66hKq9ZXkc1h0rac7u3QiedzG2bUteRYxH415de5gqSWEjKZkYItwV7DgyYtmGLCHRgZ0M/s1600/Arthur+River-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-GdRKru02v_OX8Qogp5MqvvfLFWpmiePEUQ_1ZoVqH7_Jyqve5Gv8-hNGZyRIpXBlCDltU66hKq9ZXkc1h0rac7u3QiedzG2bUteRYxH415de5gqSWEjKZkYItwV7DgyYtmGLCHRgZ0M/s400/Arthur+River-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two intrepid travellers on the extreme west coast of Tasmania. Tasmanians call it "The End of the World"</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-N7RZUA6kZGnMqTX4sTVusVmNmdg4_gmOvOhkKGbaj78AeJQMiUb4GzFuW5Ilzj9qBRkx86TMQ8Zw-1hb1qZifO6FrsEGqPP2_x2HNMQkjgxA1DX2iih1j7D3tcKEu61hjsiceP2JCcc/s1600/Arthur+River-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-N7RZUA6kZGnMqTX4sTVusVmNmdg4_gmOvOhkKGbaj78AeJQMiUb4GzFuW5Ilzj9qBRkx86TMQ8Zw-1hb1qZifO6FrsEGqPP2_x2HNMQkjgxA1DX2iih1j7D3tcKEu61hjsiceP2JCcc/s400/Arthur+River-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a huge amount of drift wood washed up on the beaches here. The outflow of the Arthur River is in the background.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB75mObO4sJ3VsuCUR6euJPIEDWhliiyFmqO4y4OLm8GOie3HsrTKEdrIhW3C8BDyfntBooHG1PGjPqpZJnjEIRYqknaIp6ahCE090SfLmJ5eFWivusNEB1ekZxfQmyJidaBNhzXKGOf4/s1600/Arthur+River-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB75mObO4sJ3VsuCUR6euJPIEDWhliiyFmqO4y4OLm8GOie3HsrTKEdrIhW3C8BDyfntBooHG1PGjPqpZJnjEIRYqknaIp6ahCE090SfLmJ5eFWivusNEB1ekZxfQmyJidaBNhzXKGOf4/s400/Arthur+River-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Much of the drift wood is whole trees. The only footprints on this sand other than ours were from wallabies.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuh89kcWimUyYXjpSfYWjBmY_b-fKbnns_opYj1WovhL8g9M1eGfQd1nzQDfQOIj3GLPg99-la6pRzW_c1uzoNwuvwZm86wznphlqZERQd4aofSKu0p9DquX3HcMFQ14pN6YXbRUudK4M/s1600/Arthur+River-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuh89kcWimUyYXjpSfYWjBmY_b-fKbnns_opYj1WovhL8g9M1eGfQd1nzQDfQOIj3GLPg99-la6pRzW_c1uzoNwuvwZm86wznphlqZERQd4aofSKu0p9DquX3HcMFQ14pN6YXbRUudK4M/s400/Arthur+River-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Arthur River flowing, under the single lane bridge, out to sea to the right.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDu5dPD5hWb-2jaDHHvro5Y4KsVScVJkzuMm7lr-nRIDeZxe5rQ5D8C6Pv6QqQC8rFIUNBWe_O7Qgrqg8OWVQld52ZalDOXv_6tHm9mpPnsBsaSXhq2DtAZJbZIAAUqBsoSlHV0PeD388/s1600/Dip+Falls-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDu5dPD5hWb-2jaDHHvro5Y4KsVScVJkzuMm7lr-nRIDeZxe5rQ5D8C6Pv6QqQC8rFIUNBWe_O7Qgrqg8OWVQld52ZalDOXv_6tHm9mpPnsBsaSXhq2DtAZJbZIAAUqBsoSlHV0PeD388/s400/Dip+Falls-0.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On our way home from Arthur River we drove into Dip Falls. The turn off was only about 8 minutes short of the Crayfish CP. Again this was a fellow traveller recommended attraction. We walked down 165 very large steps to see this view of the bottom section of the falls. The brown 'tannin' stain is clearly evident in the water coming over the falls. Most of the drinking water all over the west coast has this stain in the water, they say that it isn't harmful to humans.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6PeHj0exzP6wbPZNxmyptDWivuinZKRqLfVZv2IaHAXAx6-vI0arlGO34oCSdlShmi_uH2E5deNuygq2s-83dm4VyG2DPe8CTBTG0DrfNNEuKWpuYqfqUOqgWgHlRI1W6sJFvAccx50/s1600/Dip+Falls-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6PeHj0exzP6wbPZNxmyptDWivuinZKRqLfVZv2IaHAXAx6-vI0arlGO34oCSdlShmi_uH2E5deNuygq2s-83dm4VyG2DPe8CTBTG0DrfNNEuKWpuYqfqUOqgWgHlRI1W6sJFvAccx50/s400/Dip+Falls-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back up on top again. This is the top section of the falls. You can just make out the beginning of the bottom section of the falls on the extreme left of the photo.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-2350019277229565322011-03-27T20:34:00.000+10:002011-03-27T20:34:30.525+10:00Strahan Part 3<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have been in the Tasmanian wilderness again, spending 3 days without phone or internet connection, how do these people survive? We left Strahan nearly a week ago and I'm still trying to catch up with the travel reports and photos. It's almost to the stage of not remembering what we did there!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The final major tourist attraction we wanted to experience was the West Coast Wilderness Railway. This railway was originally used by Mt Lyell Mining to haul the output from the Queenstown mine but was pensioned off in 1963. With the aid of Bi-Centenary Funding the railway was bought back to life as a tourist attraction and is very popular to this day.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2uV9NU4XhLctglKqQh7U6AAoRQmRVl361Zl7ICj1RnKHKZMxYAaKLZ_XlFqi6SQ9pHtQjP0AR-fApynZsgKo6Micmf-05u6qq-FeVncgHMFjgigukQ7Re8WvqAVxSFsnxNSemrNJIsx3/s1600/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2uV9NU4XhLctglKqQh7U6AAoRQmRVl361Zl7ICj1RnKHKZMxYAaKLZ_XlFqi6SQ9pHtQjP0AR-fApynZsgKo6Micmf-05u6qq-FeVncgHMFjgigukQ7Re8WvqAVxSFsnxNSemrNJIsx3/s400/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The carriages and the Strahan railway station of the West Coast Wilderness Railway.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSTCu_cXi9kkMu8lYlU2Sq3v4h6LjwuyoK5MezSqoKuVH8bTkcNmOQDf8A3nJeazCwV82CNOv3NDCodbze5fBWc6e4Sf0kSm2qVuXPG3GPepcw_d4_ukEple_p3geCz41mmXj5VMj07rp/s1600/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSTCu_cXi9kkMu8lYlU2Sq3v4h6LjwuyoK5MezSqoKuVH8bTkcNmOQDf8A3nJeazCwV82CNOv3NDCodbze5fBWc6e4Sf0kSm2qVuXPG3GPepcw_d4_ukEple_p3geCz41mmXj5VMj07rp/s400/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was to be our locomotive for the initial section of the trip to Queenstown. This diesel locomotive is used for the less steep sections of the rail line.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGCWz3JsY8sZmgBXLmKp8O3v9ua8vNcD0425S8tP3m8HJaj_jkSITrQyrQgrwfkeiwDgcwat-mGo1tG3b1xVw9YJLxSG7AU3TgUw4kupp52QgpKEiYvnZ0DYsYF5V7i5gmwOLnh9XzB0g/s1600/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqGCWz3JsY8sZmgBXLmKp8O3v9ua8vNcD0425S8tP3m8HJaj_jkSITrQyrQgrwfkeiwDgcwat-mGo1tG3b1xVw9YJLxSG7AU3TgUw4kupp52QgpKEiYvnZ0DYsYF5V7i5gmwOLnh9XzB0g/s400/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we leave Strahan we follow the King River. You might notice by the colour of the water and the sterile river banks that it is polluted with the effluent from the Mt Lyell Copper Mine.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_7tLrHPWIYu2jty42k8qFUmV0eZWV5Rc9__RJskTKbFCEMS7TIlcs98BHXeh9JGZrgsjq_4gMuYqCvch9FWatYRBxA5zq3KCUfqqx8xVEss0cSexjSXSekm19MD0YXgVlKHNaCrfU-kV/s1600/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_7tLrHPWIYu2jty42k8qFUmV0eZWV5Rc9__RJskTKbFCEMS7TIlcs98BHXeh9JGZrgsjq_4gMuYqCvch9FWatYRBxA5zq3KCUfqqx8xVEss0cSexjSXSekm19MD0YXgVlKHNaCrfU-kV/s400/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At one of our stops along the way we discovered this old wooden bridge in the forest.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhybLBRaJrUHbIKW1fC1wdJ4e3WipQyNtY62syC0HkoKZjp4YSaaBY4k7YeF5eRRirdk1-rwonImJ1b-a3YAZlJxjvnhjwPdsyziQOoDXdkTrwEmeY0jm8uPJWI4qdPEGGpvKJLQQWsnk/s1600/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBhybLBRaJrUHbIKW1fC1wdJ4e3WipQyNtY62syC0HkoKZjp4YSaaBY4k7YeF5eRRirdk1-rwonImJ1b-a3YAZlJxjvnhjwPdsyziQOoDXdkTrwEmeY0jm8uPJWI4qdPEGGpvKJLQQWsnk/s400/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is one of the many steel trestle bridges that we cross on our journey.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKrt3n1BFzjE_ko_JCh34RtOFKUxH9-Q0bBGTyRTwgNxiCFM0N_4ARDGENRY6OohhpSKwe-K92uWjSHaD0alixeUjvZ5ZhxnpHBGO-K-zYQ3fMISTZkr_d54PIgmEyNUVchQQz7j5iLdD/s1600/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKrt3n1BFzjE_ko_JCh34RtOFKUxH9-Q0bBGTyRTwgNxiCFM0N_4ARDGENRY6OohhpSKwe-K92uWjSHaD0alixeUjvZ5ZhxnpHBGO-K-zYQ3fMISTZkr_d54PIgmEyNUVchQQz7j5iLdD/s400/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jude is listening for the whistle of the next train to come along.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgyqI3otKwBwaUgEuaH_Bn4mAMQw1vhnnM-Df-4dBowVqcM1hw_M4T2YsCPTg5Xg2qaG2SZuCDP7_YPowRAxGnFQDU12Hbgh7UVXlE0DPSjSVHKESAAZEMPBTJmuc9u1uXNnTgxMVxHr3/s1600/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgyqI3otKwBwaUgEuaH_Bn4mAMQw1vhnnM-Df-4dBowVqcM1hw_M4T2YsCPTg5Xg2qaG2SZuCDP7_YPowRAxGnFQDU12Hbgh7UVXlE0DPSjSVHKESAAZEMPBTJmuc9u1uXNnTgxMVxHr3/s400/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pollution of the water and the silt from the tailings is quite evident in this shot.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh54qg9NKAZRLNmk2Ld2Qd2rJPJT6opZy5TxnqYBLJFXqVhEAFapmtL9p5kauJgKyub40scNOfyIyVW_fVcAb8dZ3FvDCE70mbuwtifDER-BQDwiv__BRC6uXIKjtMF-_6indKj-Elx5Zo3/s1600/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh54qg9NKAZRLNmk2Ld2Qd2rJPJT6opZy5TxnqYBLJFXqVhEAFapmtL9p5kauJgKyub40scNOfyIyVW_fVcAb8dZ3FvDCE70mbuwtifDER-BQDwiv__BRC6uXIKjtMF-_6indKj-Elx5Zo3/s400/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The forestry and local schools have been busy planting grasses and trees along the river in an attempt to revegetate the river banks.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdC8kqzptpIKzTPiwh_bXo5VvnEeAll5zVTpgUD7p6g_yWA4fuGE0ZcbkzQxAla5a1Us1PUe4Dp8gFVUZ1SKtADj2EK9Ewkd8_hllQxN-rMiECjPxwwP7xwCBFad3oj7jyKGFiorrgPjf/s1600/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrdC8kqzptpIKzTPiwh_bXo5VvnEeAll5zVTpgUD7p6g_yWA4fuGE0ZcbkzQxAla5a1Us1PUe4Dp8gFVUZ1SKtADj2EK9Ewkd8_hllQxN-rMiECjPxwwP7xwCBFad3oj7jyKGFiorrgPjf/s400/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This photo shows the Queen River. The Queen flows from Queenstown and joins the King River. The Queen River shows the effects of the mine pollution far more than the King River. You can just make out the relic of an old timber structure destroyed by floods many years ago.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFAKkQMC7VA9TW47nNEdsPIF8buwbG72SOdfkp6BkbUYkaexsPq4M6Rdq4KwlRh74lvPqILG2coYE2XiT-moQsxdKBlohyphenhyphenfwTY8DZ20mycyu_Poetx-KZ824TCnrnRzfP6hzgpV0eAhg2/s1600/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSFAKkQMC7VA9TW47nNEdsPIF8buwbG72SOdfkp6BkbUYkaexsPq4M6Rdq4KwlRh74lvPqILG2coYE2XiT-moQsxdKBlohyphenhyphenfwTY8DZ20mycyu_Poetx-KZ824TCnrnRzfP6hzgpV0eAhg2/s400/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking upstream crossing the Queen River, here you will see the remans of an old steel bridge destroyed by the same floods.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrMTMMU0rjcMtiy33FFiww6flAAUDMtm2tIIojRn1z2x9iKN2yWIE83-ZfN1WzwDaecQw3Jp5Yrm0qmbdg988fXU8v3vBgwWLN2JnUwRd2JV-fgP-z88p7im-PJLu2tj-tepEorK5Uu1o/s1600/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrMTMMU0rjcMtiy33FFiww6flAAUDMtm2tIIojRn1z2x9iKN2yWIE83-ZfN1WzwDaecQw3Jp5Yrm0qmbdg988fXU8v3vBgwWLN2JnUwRd2JV-fgP-z88p7im-PJLu2tj-tepEorK5Uu1o/s400/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Track workers waiting for the train to pass.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAZ3nxW6DwGmet2bByO6ns0sUsrdd9cLwhPQKTiuSOV0a-NZ5mNvhLYnnqhR87KUeBybmZaqQ5_3r66Ym3wmz8WNG0uCSCsJuVFc_ktUXj42Q_4rdQW8l1Y8ry_aMgHys9ExTBodku1-a/s1600/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAZ3nxW6DwGmet2bByO6ns0sUsrdd9cLwhPQKTiuSOV0a-NZ5mNvhLYnnqhR87KUeBybmZaqQ5_3r66Ym3wmz8WNG0uCSCsJuVFc_ktUXj42Q_4rdQW8l1Y8ry_aMgHys9ExTBodku1-a/s400/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the half way point is "Dubbil Barril Station", here, while the passengers enjoy the lunch break, the diesel locomotive is replaced with the steam locomotive. Here the steam locomotive is moving onto the turntable to be readied for it's return journey to Queenstown. </span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5rdxAud3TFJrUYBbP0kxLLO_Z_dwxxWNq4Ohe1ErCeBkXhI2PXxaolqm9yRZZojccMeZ4-3jYALhmTLAz1ykYkkLUj0ytQvaNr3vsfhDRCQMM8VgGvfd9M_27WSSXjFq6gC-EtI7IQlqi/s1600/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5rdxAud3TFJrUYBbP0kxLLO_Z_dwxxWNq4Ohe1ErCeBkXhI2PXxaolqm9yRZZojccMeZ4-3jYALhmTLAz1ykYkkLUj0ytQvaNr3vsfhDRCQMM8VgGvfd9M_27WSSXjFq6gC-EtI7IQlqi/s400/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-12.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A peek in side the driver's compartment.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9otgx0-wEmpr86NiSf7WYazGwvjDTXOhCo7b02b4cQTgQrajoa1cMbEDolpY0fVve2F3YlDyo9vO5PLXyENuiLZO6NRVlJwTDI3DcehhFcWHVNMkvjAjlEsQElhP8KYKP4L2AcBoE9bEF/s1600/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9otgx0-wEmpr86NiSf7WYazGwvjDTXOhCo7b02b4cQTgQrajoa1cMbEDolpY0fVve2F3YlDyo9vO5PLXyENuiLZO6NRVlJwTDI3DcehhFcWHVNMkvjAjlEsQElhP8KYKP4L2AcBoE9bEF/s400/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-13.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The turntable is hand propelled by the driver and the fireman.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiADPU8dpRiKLq4AdoolezhYPWLA_g4PbE6uPB9XjZ9jn4AhioB1CV_Z-hXMdtXATG-HLxB48lougUExpnTslAQheMOe8kYjajnw78pEAW78WlMF3Uc1RoMqDbpZXa42iyLmK9zgKIQlFDx/s1600/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiADPU8dpRiKLq4AdoolezhYPWLA_g4PbE6uPB9XjZ9jn4AhioB1CV_Z-hXMdtXATG-HLxB48lougUExpnTslAQheMOe8kYjajnw78pEAW78WlMF3Uc1RoMqDbpZXa42iyLmK9zgKIQlFDx/s400/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-14.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The funnel and whistle are polished copper.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGvjtCy-G00XWeI8m5XHZLhyphenhyphenvS0s3VsKB3GuIkCdcV8ombc7eNgdO9RIz-OvfXqz1D2_Jg-F1EsGgKs72zbqSp1N-2cwcvr-9pWDU_9ILORgNVg0eeqB6WJ-9iJusMNIfOmD1kqIe3lJ1/s1600/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGvjtCy-G00XWeI8m5XHZLhyphenhyphenvS0s3VsKB3GuIkCdcV8ombc7eNgdO9RIz-OvfXqz1D2_Jg-F1EsGgKs72zbqSp1N-2cwcvr-9pWDU_9ILORgNVg0eeqB6WJ-9iJusMNIfOmD1kqIe3lJ1/s400/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-15.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The steam locomotive shunting the carriages to the platform for us to board. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The steam locomotive uses the 'ABT' traction system. The ABT system is a pinion drive under the engine that engages a rack fastened onto the railway sleepers. Here you can clearly see the rack positioned between the two rails.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYR30O0HBlhvTJMrzEjgFAZvA-CJJmn_tDIcMlZK3Koeb7ETCIQnKuhPp7WKIlBLEh7y0NeAGDcVuoXh-7DpWzC5m8AXaEvWKRPWt5rLrTksCjsZfj9QKKBDUiw_IDrqRM62z-gwF5KnZU/s1600/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYR30O0HBlhvTJMrzEjgFAZvA-CJJmn_tDIcMlZK3Koeb7ETCIQnKuhPp7WKIlBLEh7y0NeAGDcVuoXh-7DpWzC5m8AXaEvWKRPWt5rLrTksCjsZfj9QKKBDUiw_IDrqRM62z-gwF5KnZU/s400/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-16.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is not really clear here but there are two pinion gears under the engine that engage with the rack. These pinion gears are driven independently of the wheels and the push rods can be seen behind the wheels.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4Qg2xKpENzxyTLuBKBC2x389MoxGdncicZ-sL0GR4HElQ4WielrN5nDOny5GVml-1xuj92glFqCZ-No1r6t0flXHSsraweDYvc4hE5t4i11kkz0h5ijw8UuoBD89uY8y5oHI59ofQQjE/s1600/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4Qg2xKpENzxyTLuBKBC2x389MoxGdncicZ-sL0GR4HElQ4WielrN5nDOny5GVml-1xuj92glFqCZ-No1r6t0flXHSsraweDYvc4hE5t4i11kkz0h5ijw8UuoBD89uY8y5oHI59ofQQjE/s400/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-17.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another glimpse of the greatly polluted Queen River.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwyjOfssLxDbmMFKqe3O0qKABvrEtbK8zJYtxktrc4LyIwh2-aObd8uziv-ilSt6wzPwXNCahhEVHHF_nk7kE2Scek73Pq0TsrnuwjqtaXegrayfG3dwUvR1mE_lUpsy0lkBqDfR7tueZv/s1600/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwyjOfssLxDbmMFKqe3O0qKABvrEtbK8zJYtxktrc4LyIwh2-aObd8uziv-ilSt6wzPwXNCahhEVHHF_nk7kE2Scek73Pq0TsrnuwjqtaXegrayfG3dwUvR1mE_lUpsy0lkBqDfR7tueZv/s400/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-18.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we view the Queen River once more we are climbing an incline at a ratio of 1 in 20. Without the ABT system this would be impossible.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJ2QLhjikZl3jnoPWUAO08J1SmkLLN8ycmTDEu5OZm9Ga70tg4VLDEAeMjwuF-l2nldY-oYtyhDiCwZ6J0KkZwOtpoqkHsUIyL_Hk0zAGv3jT38ktv3LgIRKBq_44qf2ehK2DyhBQGHwW/s1600/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJ2QLhjikZl3jnoPWUAO08J1SmkLLN8ycmTDEu5OZm9Ga70tg4VLDEAeMjwuF-l2nldY-oYtyhDiCwZ6J0KkZwOtpoqkHsUIyL_Hk0zAGv3jT38ktv3LgIRKBq_44qf2ehK2DyhBQGHwW/s400/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-19.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had one final stop to have a quick look at this abandoned mine.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWioIaxM5UYzthDS5jF4KamZs1yxQZ7SkmcwUv9Omp04G_0LXTE3I8WAWPR-4BDzOAh10DqRPhBaFwWsEhn31U1QvokaEtlftWFTdZacpkonRJzmwq91JHz5cO-n3S33WGdXYw7hRQge0/s1600/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWioIaxM5UYzthDS5jF4KamZs1yxQZ7SkmcwUv9Omp04G_0LXTE3I8WAWPR-4BDzOAh10DqRPhBaFwWsEhn31U1QvokaEtlftWFTdZacpkonRJzmwq91JHz5cO-n3S33WGdXYw7hRQge0/s400/Strahan+-+West+Coast+Wilderness+Railway-20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And this is the name of the mine. From here onto Queenstown we are travelling downhill at the ratio of 1 in 16.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-14215088671208600492011-03-26T14:26:00.001+10:002011-03-26T14:40:11.375+10:00Strahan Part 2<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Strahan is a very busy tourist hub, mainly because of the many attractions and activities on offer. One of the major attractions we opted to persue was to cruise the Gordon River. There are two vendors supplying this service, we chose 'Heritage River Cruises' because many of the people we spoke to on our travels recommended them, and also they are a local Strahan Company. So if you are there, go on the "Red Boat". The crew are fantastic, the commentary is excellent and the luncheon is superb.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqiATCqIYYS8As3Ge8rmctG2m-0agJn2GJ1Dyy6HNT-JvdW3Jkb1xefF60t5Qk3AFnoBjN4xMG9-OZ0mqjYO8qXUti1kUdjQDy4ptqRubE58o8fA2nYNo53DZYr67oSkJdLcfcp9D-ZaaJ/s1600/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqiATCqIYYS8As3Ge8rmctG2m-0agJn2GJ1Dyy6HNT-JvdW3Jkb1xefF60t5Qk3AFnoBjN4xMG9-OZ0mqjYO8qXUti1kUdjQDy4ptqRubE58o8fA2nYNo53DZYr67oSkJdLcfcp9D-ZaaJ/s400/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are 4 thrillseekers and the pilot crammed into this tiny seaplane, racing across Strahan harbour and heading for the opposite tree line.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2mrnBCqOB-K_jGteFJPQqleYqacOhnfqX8Gi5lfOdQBAT7RKJZ-i68170cOziQZeFzD6HBf0uTbQH4NJMNYKvAdmGLs6iFxKHJ4brXPKtIHRfGm8N2hLKrL3pbGTjbW3r34KJNStGsJiF/s1600/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2mrnBCqOB-K_jGteFJPQqleYqacOhnfqX8Gi5lfOdQBAT7RKJZ-i68170cOziQZeFzD6HBf0uTbQH4NJMNYKvAdmGLs6iFxKHJ4brXPKtIHRfGm8N2hLKrL3pbGTjbW3r34KJNStGsJiF/s400/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The main light house at the entrance to Macquarie Harbour.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPOeUVZTuol4F4qkMtfOrefg1IotUy7WvDYVl4ptr98_mPE0egpjnGqk3pRgTZLZJCeUt4CB32uB4zIEmxOXQFr79tTPnJI_wgBfOozfAM2N-H3UiTFa3ezzmwvS3yuV2NniPOYV1k4vKM/s1600/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPOeUVZTuol4F4qkMtfOrefg1IotUy7WvDYVl4ptr98_mPE0egpjnGqk3pRgTZLZJCeUt4CB32uB4zIEmxOXQFr79tTPnJI_wgBfOozfAM2N-H3UiTFa3ezzmwvS3yuV2NniPOYV1k4vKM/s400/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We went out 'Hells Gates' to the open ocean and we are now returning to Macquarie Harbour through the same very narrow opening. The two lighthouses you can see in this photo are the "lead lighthouses" that guide you into the harbour.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqNzemXsIYMkcWjlOwzOnK07owuHvAvaX2_biCDzjDnSSZAZS2Whd6Oad32lTxdbR0ER59beRCSYIbX5wgzeO7gmGVaFBh_lpU0uU_8aajjjltFaMsN2pbJZEP4Yj-pzm0y75_dp9c5MbN/s1600/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqNzemXsIYMkcWjlOwzOnK07owuHvAvaX2_biCDzjDnSSZAZS2Whd6Oad32lTxdbR0ER59beRCSYIbX5wgzeO7gmGVaFBh_lpU0uU_8aajjjltFaMsN2pbJZEP4Yj-pzm0y75_dp9c5MbN/s400/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The outer lead lighthouse at close range.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1EHY45VzFLwiVUM2jnueFmuD982ddj88G0vc3mstETHAmsrRJkNmb0oUibz8uCxUgBpmB3Yjh_RANeSVnO1aapH4guyLK5cgOkzbbGlBYxg1muBumW8XYpbDV0DOHBMOhrdfbPV1ShuqP/s1600/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1EHY45VzFLwiVUM2jnueFmuD982ddj88G0vc3mstETHAmsrRJkNmb0oUibz8uCxUgBpmB3Yjh_RANeSVnO1aapH4guyLK5cgOkzbbGlBYxg1muBumW8XYpbDV0DOHBMOhrdfbPV1ShuqP/s400/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the entrance to The Gordon River are thriving Aquaculture Enterprises. They farm Trout and Salmon here. This is the feeding process in action. The feed is fired into pen by a water cannon.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSkuExQ8VWC8MjtT1fvhb5IqrDUFjB-7GFvmHg9yrWSNUWVPDvirRJj-VszLczbw4uhxJLIWs9zo4VGXedLFQRULi-myGfzvwQrMPn-dr12HJ8pEzX0vVnWH0Rhv1Qg8fDHweI8SblgsW/s1600/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSkuExQ8VWC8MjtT1fvhb5IqrDUFjB-7GFvmHg9yrWSNUWVPDvirRJj-VszLczbw4uhxJLIWs9zo4VGXedLFQRULi-myGfzvwQrMPn-dr12HJ8pEzX0vVnWH0Rhv1Qg8fDHweI8SblgsW/s400/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the harvesting process. The fish are scooped out with the net attached to the crane, they are then placed in bins of water and carbon dioxide is bubbled through the water to stun the fish until they reach the processing plant at Launceston.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qcXhG_jG-7PjQspUQt6NhtldfwuLHQP6VE_fEtwIASDxB9x3MLnR_Y12xqugboPe9cz1ZRO6w1taXTwG4uYlu74orDnJc_uhC-jOx_b1QD_kv40zYQjAnWsYhmNabkZ6Dw2REY9b0lEN/s1600/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qcXhG_jG-7PjQspUQt6NhtldfwuLHQP6VE_fEtwIASDxB9x3MLnR_Y12xqugboPe9cz1ZRO6w1taXTwG4uYlu74orDnJc_uhC-jOx_b1QD_kv40zYQjAnWsYhmNabkZ6Dw2REY9b0lEN/s400/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sarah Island was a Convict Colony in Tasmania for about 13 years. It was closed down because of the cost to The State. Sarah Island was replaced by Port Arthur Convict Colony. One of the ruins on Sarah Island. This one was the solitary confinement cell.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsXWVNFDb9ZI_YlY3Qxi_B68gYKSQjnM1dIDs6meeRhMGn0-w1G80jEXGiS3outQAr9IzpHBJIz0lZZosWgvIu0sGxnJ8-4dqU2Crtpp6mubcJ9UbwAeRyXYLPFmS2BO4IW2ZstvZaxgee/s1600/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsXWVNFDb9ZI_YlY3Qxi_B68gYKSQjnM1dIDs6meeRhMGn0-w1G80jEXGiS3outQAr9IzpHBJIz0lZZosWgvIu0sGxnJ8-4dqU2Crtpp6mubcJ9UbwAeRyXYLPFmS2BO4IW2ZstvZaxgee/s400/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was the Bakery at Sarah Island. The weather on the day we visited was perfect, you would think that this was really a holiday destination not a prison.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOOAAkg5QM0HITzIA1fgZA3a42w70yWJfP6Fc4o1GMek-fpS1wpPaqaMfkat10JHaXexcGSEGS9FHGANWTsI1BahXArNZmd7S2HXy2MChRsoY6tib4cIylBlCuOpgCGOJltw4RiCuymjJ/s1600/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOOAAkg5QM0HITzIA1fgZA3a42w70yWJfP6Fc4o1GMek-fpS1wpPaqaMfkat10JHaXexcGSEGS9FHGANWTsI1BahXArNZmd7S2HXy2MChRsoY6tib4cIylBlCuOpgCGOJltw4RiCuymjJ/s400/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our guide on the tour was very animated, humorous and theatrical, actually too animated as I was taking the photo she moved her hand in front of her face. Roger and Belinda, if you are looking at this, who is the guy in white shorts and shirt standing beside the girl in the red t/shirt?</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfNAKCv0FMPrAw6Vf8OBNCzL9QbBS97bvZD3DBBtHHsFSb0plrdKSTnYT5nv0FnH3M4iNWFGvd4ztnQJ42qEGUPtiz1TTvS63cK0vlneJHY68Vx8nNXeaLxNkncpRfYcla2vlITXiuz6V/s1600/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtfNAKCv0FMPrAw6Vf8OBNCzL9QbBS97bvZD3DBBtHHsFSb0plrdKSTnYT5nv0FnH3M4iNWFGvd4ztnQJ42qEGUPtiz1TTvS63cK0vlneJHY68Vx8nNXeaLxNkncpRfYcla2vlITXiuz6V/s400/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What remains of the Penitentiary on Sarah Island. Many of the bricks and much of the stone was removed from the island and transported to Strahan for the construction of buildings there.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4Pp2OyAvVn8-kpvd3G9RoRBVGP2EoV5csCPbLLLOt4gUzaJaOn-lOFeqKhwW9hBqBs4BszrIQtaceq-Qc_dT7YKXu4h795dedjl6Ddy7SJ6Zldnmo5EgNor9fVNhNZMwxCxaWrf6zmAU/s1600/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4Pp2OyAvVn8-kpvd3G9RoRBVGP2EoV5csCPbLLLOt4gUzaJaOn-lOFeqKhwW9hBqBs4BszrIQtaceq-Qc_dT7YKXu4h795dedjl6Ddy7SJ6Zldnmo5EgNor9fVNhNZMwxCxaWrf6zmAU/s400/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have finished our tour of Sarah Island and moving back on board our cruise vessel, "Eagle". It is bigger and better than the opposition's boat.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7J-qU7hppfMYXEbE4BUWz6QGyBzp4h5PLO-qi7jih1x2b502p6cAFfD0fNZNvnHCugsw_V-YoIa_UjtMql6slcoaI2-uuNK1UiBdI-TPZvx87gHzAw4s6QdPKOwzHSbsgQmUo5u25QPO/s1600/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7J-qU7hppfMYXEbE4BUWz6QGyBzp4h5PLO-qi7jih1x2b502p6cAFfD0fNZNvnHCugsw_V-YoIa_UjtMql6slcoaI2-uuNK1UiBdI-TPZvx87gHzAw4s6QdPKOwzHSbsgQmUo5u25QPO/s400/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reflections on The Gordon River. The green landing seen at the shore line is the landing point for a fishermans' hut. Apparently the hut is unlocked and free to use.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJewfpzeHLgsqaA65v7uZ-fGAv5jTZuUr4ba0KgzJ4ywAD_FuL-n5EegOS_4CDNXlE4gfHC0L4xYktFCqCFRLfTCUpoQoqSiy20yJQDRIGjm4RG0r4qMPepG4mnL0gpWbDchdNHEHxxYg/s1600/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJewfpzeHLgsqaA65v7uZ-fGAv5jTZuUr4ba0KgzJ4ywAD_FuL-n5EegOS_4CDNXlE4gfHC0L4xYktFCqCFRLfTCUpoQoqSiy20yJQDRIGjm4RG0r4qMPepG4mnL0gpWbDchdNHEHxxYg/s400/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Further into the 'Gordon' and the water is really glassy. Perfect for reflections. All the rivers running out to the west coast are stained with tannin, this we have been told comes from the button grass on the highlands. The tannin does not affect the the drinking quality of the water. There is one exception to this rule and that is the King River, I'll show you that on the following blog, </span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjoWJrMb0v1KB7rGH60uA_2BQqpC76_wSIJjj01YA7kAEhVvLqGRDDXdmxJYHmfJVVixPR2MiT6xf_CQYPkd1yRFxlBcpKjJjvqZpXdZq45H-JM6dG3kFD8uT8UjM-RLvHIwWBh9P1rX2/s1600/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjoWJrMb0v1KB7rGH60uA_2BQqpC76_wSIJjj01YA7kAEhVvLqGRDDXdmxJYHmfJVVixPR2MiT6xf_CQYPkd1yRFxlBcpKjJjvqZpXdZq45H-JM6dG3kFD8uT8UjM-RLvHIwWBh9P1rX2/s400/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-13.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a rain-forrest walk on the 'Gordon Cruise' and of course I have to get a shot of some fungii growth. Actually double dipped here, moss and fungii.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwa1QJLa5j-_aWTq3dqEMEONMoZVTAdhn9mAAV-PK84uLFH3rhWL1aDeO1huSlsLh3rQkRFbqiZkxplLO-Zirh0Qd9AsE-D9uVDuwxn7E6lmRA8QOlDxC15vIgqq986hxaD3y7qA0a7Yy/s1600/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcwa1QJLa5j-_aWTq3dqEMEONMoZVTAdhn9mAAV-PK84uLFH3rhWL1aDeO1huSlsLh3rQkRFbqiZkxplLO-Zirh0Qd9AsE-D9uVDuwxn7E6lmRA8QOlDxC15vIgqq986hxaD3y7qA0a7Yy/s400/Strahan+-+Heritage+River+Cruise-14.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tree that is attracting so much attention is a 70 year old Huon Pine. The growth of these trees is extremely slow. On average, one mm diameter per year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="goog_446220857"></span><span id="goog_446220858"></span></span></div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-29468552123076151752011-03-23T22:09:00.001+10:002011-03-23T22:19:51.329+10:00Strahan Part 1<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We arrived at Strahan in the middle of the afternoon and noted the large number of RV's in town. We had been warned of this probability so did not expect to locate a camp site in town. Fortunately the travellers' grapevine had alerted us to other possibilities, Macquarie Heads being one of them and the one we chose. Only half the 20 odd km distance is sealed, the remainder is gravel and very dusty. The road is also used by timber trucks, therefore it is not in the best condition. The camp park is very good when you get there, it is all grassy and camp spaces are nestled into tree enclosed spaces. The toilet is the 'long drop' variety but clean and not too odorous. Not to bad for $6 per night. It is about 1 km out to the heads known as 'Devils Gates'. The convicts shipped to this port in the early days named it that because it is the entrance to the convict settlement and is 'hell on earth'. As it happened we camped next to a couple from near Bacchus Marsh, in more detail we learned that they own the 200 acres in the middle of the Brisbane Ranges. The following morning we left early for the drive back into town and hopefully get a site in a van park. At the first attempt we were greeted by a 'no vacancy' sign and at the only other park we got one of the last three sites. These were all taken by about 11 AM. After that there was a continual procession of vans pulling up out front to be told "sorry no vacancies". We had time to walk into town and make some bookings for the Gordon River Cruise and the West Coast Wilderness Rail trip to Queenstown. We will write of these two events in separate blogs to follow.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6X_NvtImjW5_6Y2KCuD1tbpXeesVctpCPYii6m6ElHBbd7j_thFPfqyPQrRyEkDbX4YaerDygZm9Pxb_qZ6ExVLTDlulbYrBNeewf7uMR38KwVDKgP8WoUez7g37wesUmeGTrEtEyN6uk/s1600/Strahan+-+Macquarie+Heads-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6X_NvtImjW5_6Y2KCuD1tbpXeesVctpCPYii6m6ElHBbd7j_thFPfqyPQrRyEkDbX4YaerDygZm9Pxb_qZ6ExVLTDlulbYrBNeewf7uMR38KwVDKgP8WoUez7g37wesUmeGTrEtEyN6uk/s400/Strahan+-+Macquarie+Heads-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a typical camp site at Macquarie Heads. It is so tranquil here, we could have stayed longer, if we had the time.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsNo1oeuOLEmIfidJrcqcgUr_oZ6M8TbftuQ4AVKoVtkqfngOytbhu4Y6eZlemuh4K_RP8tRRwfx6xfki8abrgF5iar5QYXTqQmibOwcj1iROig5nDgDvhmatiubYzJ-ZrH9ACWKvrZjoa/s1600/Strahan+-+Macquarie+Heads-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsNo1oeuOLEmIfidJrcqcgUr_oZ6M8TbftuQ4AVKoVtkqfngOytbhu4Y6eZlemuh4K_RP8tRRwfx6xfki8abrgF5iar5QYXTqQmibOwcj1iROig5nDgDvhmatiubYzJ-ZrH9ACWKvrZjoa/s400/Strahan+-+Macquarie+Heads-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the view the camp caretaker has from his cottage, looking back towards Strahan Harbour.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQPtQYaonVT-VKhQNolCnBy1z7E9wztM7IE2zOxHYNyJYquAniUWamdVC7-bHlYS7mJyt8Y-pxnD_f1o8bNqwF2va0bCGOhzz1-6EmixUMbOPTBunXUcLXd4r4ies2zWsEH2L51TW_ZPL/s1600/Strahan+-+Macquarie+Heads-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQPtQYaonVT-VKhQNolCnBy1z7E9wztM7IE2zOxHYNyJYquAniUWamdVC7-bHlYS7mJyt8Y-pxnD_f1o8bNqwF2va0bCGOhzz1-6EmixUMbOPTBunXUcLXd4r4ies2zWsEH2L51TW_ZPL/s400/Strahan+-+Macquarie+Heads-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the cruise boats heading back into the harbour past one of the 'Devils Gates' lighthouses.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTgzDaeaox_hYsGzj7wHKsafOk5f2KWn17ETyajfPff8Zd2FHRgFf6tn_yEShX3IAkxgZk2aNFHuMgG9Awk1zT-cFuBefYiCpxdQNIsum1wtl2etPA-yiKCYbfN9PAENd2UHFJ5KLOxBQj/s1600/Strahan+-+Macquarie+Heads-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTgzDaeaox_hYsGzj7wHKsafOk5f2KWn17ETyajfPff8Zd2FHRgFf6tn_yEShX3IAkxgZk2aNFHuMgG9Awk1zT-cFuBefYiCpxdQNIsum1wtl2etPA-yiKCYbfN9PAENd2UHFJ5KLOxBQj/s400/Strahan+-+Macquarie+Heads-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can see, driving is permitted on the beach here. Beach fishing is very popular right around here.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQZWZhl2e7sRpLyllhqOJIrayhojJ0XLS5uc4siHpyof1fR6eC39wk67P-i19Fxojg6SImPbf6SpKAIKednKHrepSfITU9SasbHV_v2Cgt31T3sPsGgHezAXAeqeo3SPhfvFu1FfFHqru/s1600/Strahan+-+Town-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQZWZhl2e7sRpLyllhqOJIrayhojJ0XLS5uc4siHpyof1fR6eC39wk67P-i19Fxojg6SImPbf6SpKAIKednKHrepSfITU9SasbHV_v2Cgt31T3sPsGgHezAXAeqeo3SPhfvFu1FfFHqru/s400/Strahan+-+Town-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Flights in seaplanes over the Gordon River is one of the tourist attractions at Strahan.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivmn-MRQ2Q72QiSxrP-LovYqojKSYnyrEEnX8ogu2SIiuYlbPK0WIIk-aYIHSCHCbtx0S0W-LhYnNoK51__DtUNgpOK7oFmiQYgfU58eIkBaBOvd9i27YCIKg9AXiT4y8Apr1VsPiZ4gtV/s1600/Strahan+-+Town-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivmn-MRQ2Q72QiSxrP-LovYqojKSYnyrEEnX8ogu2SIiuYlbPK0WIIk-aYIHSCHCbtx0S0W-LhYnNoK51__DtUNgpOK7oFmiQYgfU58eIkBaBOvd9i27YCIKg9AXiT4y8Apr1VsPiZ4gtV/s400/Strahan+-+Town-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Strahan is a typical seaside village that is very tourist orientated but in a very laid back manner. </span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73k7eZEb043uiZdAKSrODMKg3InoBAAzkppwk71sRtAdKMGWl2cqLgY8qQqEb5Nq0qfS4ofTkIx7KrXullhCxA-c-lAzuy3cpQdlyRSeVofMUKVdFK7yvBvFG0-lPSZgKcnBAg1-YMmW2/s1600/Strahan+-+Town-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj73k7eZEb043uiZdAKSrODMKg3InoBAAzkppwk71sRtAdKMGWl2cqLgY8qQqEb5Nq0qfS4ofTkIx7KrXullhCxA-c-lAzuy3cpQdlyRSeVofMUKVdFK7yvBvFG0-lPSZgKcnBAg1-YMmW2/s400/Strahan+-+Town-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Roadside dining directly opposite the harbour is well patronised.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQVMGAEslfjOwMPeRcfp33Kl90mybarpbAO6FhB-I_7fwb89HGvrFLW62jIDt2NDfP_Vc0lo5858yUYINHdP0IGBNvx4bep-SLgH_KE60NfQfq3KJUBhdwOF0jqt4iWiesHqo_P6USkdO/s1600/Strahan+-+Town-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQVMGAEslfjOwMPeRcfp33Kl90mybarpbAO6FhB-I_7fwb89HGvrFLW62jIDt2NDfP_Vc0lo5858yUYINHdP0IGBNvx4bep-SLgH_KE60NfQfq3KJUBhdwOF0jqt4iWiesHqo_P6USkdO/s400/Strahan+-+Town-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These three cottages are all part of a seaside accommodation complex, each of the cottages is of a different design and construction.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYl9QpcNi6ewIm1g4q3OeF_NUTm_NefHAQOcaSivzBsFJsbDiqXy-8hQqlBe2UcEShgXpL9BUHKIJaLqWgWd0BVjkoRFagtzJQQ1puSogEhuATlU_e3k41hojCE5ox8Zn1Td4NnEBjtSis/s1600/Strahan+-+Town-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYl9QpcNi6ewIm1g4q3OeF_NUTm_NefHAQOcaSivzBsFJsbDiqXy-8hQqlBe2UcEShgXpL9BUHKIJaLqWgWd0BVjkoRFagtzJQQ1puSogEhuATlU_e3k41hojCE5ox8Zn1Td4NnEBjtSis/s400/Strahan+-+Town-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the hub of Strahan and the harbour from the balcony of a hill top restaurant.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrxoAxx6NOEeTy9IrnbgoBMHdWTVJJch_cpwRiirE-Gf3je7nZuEaduUGD4J0OjyJZP6_J5zdZ6dc1MUex89ne9TNAJ8wRWstumYmQixQh-vyBusBc2L6TYAhuWr0pfYoH2ffiBOXUBE6f/s1600/Strahan+-+Town-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrxoAxx6NOEeTy9IrnbgoBMHdWTVJJch_cpwRiirE-Gf3je7nZuEaduUGD4J0OjyJZP6_J5zdZ6dc1MUex89ne9TNAJ8wRWstumYmQixQh-vyBusBc2L6TYAhuWr0pfYoH2ffiBOXUBE6f/s400/Strahan+-+Town-5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the same vantage point looking towards the entrance to Strahan Harbour and red roofed building is the railway station of the West Coast Wilderness Railway.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSITkYvn-qWfBNU4H9qEDFtchAtNxXYUaBpni3CZ6XZLX53f2GawJSjDT4wVNqtoQAho3MZGTQjua9xoAOi-DLT3iYHnE1svQ4tTYM42SA4U3H6PLp3A3t3VOlteUMBnrjPxhzCNtISYg/s1600/Strahan+-+Town-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSITkYvn-qWfBNU4H9qEDFtchAtNxXYUaBpni3CZ6XZLX53f2GawJSjDT4wVNqtoQAho3MZGTQjua9xoAOi-DLT3iYHnE1svQ4tTYM42SA4U3H6PLp3A3t3VOlteUMBnrjPxhzCNtISYg/s400/Strahan+-+Town-6.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An easy 20 minute walk from the centre of Strahan is the Hogarth Falls.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSnAMY6qAlG3a0qP3emhd22HSBFww6K50f32kXki1QSisAZd5ETnEVHq-Kx55h2zNFJriyBFHCLHHeQ6qBkLEMml-Fr6B9tF_VJt2glb88PnSmN0zmcACifCoV11GmrJVt85OUhUv22YN/s1600/Strahan+-+Town-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSnAMY6qAlG3a0qP3emhd22HSBFww6K50f32kXki1QSisAZd5ETnEVHq-Kx55h2zNFJriyBFHCLHHeQ6qBkLEMml-Fr6B9tF_VJt2glb88PnSmN0zmcACifCoV11GmrJVt85OUhUv22YN/s400/Strahan+-+Town-7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I always have to get a shot of some different type of fungus. These golden toadstools were beautiful.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGsD-CK_x2FHJTZpEvesR59cRM20NLB-M3X_D0ZrBXyfjbUSo4EVrEgo-UsacjHjfT-5uw1tv6OD0jKCWUmyz3AS9GLQ0npOP8hRosVXWKEJh5RNTc-yY5J_9AAykmaaCRYg8myWegqG1/s1600/Strahan+-+Town-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGsD-CK_x2FHJTZpEvesR59cRM20NLB-M3X_D0ZrBXyfjbUSo4EVrEgo-UsacjHjfT-5uw1tv6OD0jKCWUmyz3AS9GLQ0npOP8hRosVXWKEJh5RNTc-yY5J_9AAykmaaCRYg8myWegqG1/s400/Strahan+-+Town-8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The old Post, Telegraph and Customs Offices, still used as a Post Office today.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbByBytZt_glm6Ju2O6QteWetkUnLOGTi-hJuKT4QSQ2jMi4w4IUgQHpndeBaWVtWK0TPQFC7LAcSx8iAzQ05e-FG5oaPJxuT3tlO6bMzDioZBsKjyCwAdw9UlOp19skLLcG7mIdlRJtj-/s1600/Strahan+-+Town-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbByBytZt_glm6Ju2O6QteWetkUnLOGTi-hJuKT4QSQ2jMi4w4IUgQHpndeBaWVtWK0TPQFC7LAcSx8iAzQ05e-FG5oaPJxuT3tlO6bMzDioZBsKjyCwAdw9UlOp19skLLcG7mIdlRJtj-/s400/Strahan+-+Town-9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beside the port area, there is an huon pine sawmill still working. The only huon pine harvested these days is timber that has already been cut long ago, as you can tell by the bleached appearance of the log. The value of this log is more than I would care to pay.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwaQqFYlNv-QsgFaUWX9D_ICL4jjuRr-Mj2q8LNal0WM3TFDqWoDrmDbMcASgjVeJUQY5HmysCrP9T18yVqRPO6oNB2rR8F1ALOi_LLETrIorwrYDyRH8mg_h9dFncK-rwFvkb8WvT1kkS/s1600/Strahan+-+Town-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwaQqFYlNv-QsgFaUWX9D_ICL4jjuRr-Mj2q8LNal0WM3TFDqWoDrmDbMcASgjVeJUQY5HmysCrP9T18yVqRPO6oNB2rR8F1ALOi_LLETrIorwrYDyRH8mg_h9dFncK-rwFvkb8WvT1kkS/s400/Strahan+-+Town-10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This huon pine log is claimed to be over 500 years old and would cost a pretty penny!</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3g9ZF4LJy0mJKEA3SOC17LrEtFLRpV5BoVNsyKj3dbD4glTqFZW766iv_5n27DCJYuHqOMr35Hko9lx4xhzVgVfqE4oV8SYH3culE9Pp7mNe6BrWE0P_BI77zTctNCYHBDANXk8fPPTeK/s1600/Strahan+-+Town-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3g9ZF4LJy0mJKEA3SOC17LrEtFLRpV5BoVNsyKj3dbD4glTqFZW766iv_5n27DCJYuHqOMr35Hko9lx4xhzVgVfqE4oV8SYH3culE9Pp7mNe6BrWE0P_BI77zTctNCYHBDANXk8fPPTeK/s400/Strahan+-+Town-11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 'set' for a play called "The Ship that Never Was" This incredibly hilarious production has been running every day for the past several years and is Australia's longest running play. Most of the audience was conscripted into the action as well. I was given the task of pumping the bilge as the ship began to sink, not successfully I might add.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-88912246110082466322011-03-21T22:34:00.000+10:002011-03-21T22:34:30.057+10:00West Coast Wilderness<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are behind schedule with our blogging, we have been crossing the high country of the west coast wilderness and there is a lack of mobile coverage over a vast area. Hopefully we will be able to catch up most of the backlog with this blogging attempt.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On leaving Seven Mile Beach we cruised on to Richmond, stopping for morning tea and a walk around the town area and including the famous bridge of course. We went on to Hamilton for lunch. We wrote of our stay in Hamilton on a previous visit. We were really trying to reach our west coast destination without delay, so went on to the old Hydro Electricity town of Tarraleah and camped the night there. There is not a lot of the town remaining but some of the old workers homes have been restored as accommodation cottages and there is a large lodge complex but it doesn't look like it is used now. There are a few good walks to do and the scenery is pretty good. The next day it was onwards to Derwent Bridge. There is very little of Derwent Bridge other than a few houses and a roadhouse and the "Wall in the Wilderness". The Wall in the Wilderness is a privately funded complex just out of town. A wood carver is creating a record of the history of the area in a relief carving in Huon Pine. The wall that is double sided and consists of panels 1m wide and 3m high will reach a total length of 100m when completed. The life like resolution of the figures is outstanding. No photos are allowed in the complex so we cannot show you anything on this blog. You can see some of the work at <a href="http://www.thewalltasmania.com/">http://www.thewalltasmania.com</a> We camped at Lake St Clair NP that night and we were totally disappointed with the facilities provided. You have to have a Parks Pass to get in, this costs $24, on top of that the camp fee was $35 with power and then you still had to put $1 in the slot for a shower. The facilities had a terrible smell about them and needed an urgent update. There where signs everywhere spelling out what was NOT ALLOWED. Grey water was not to be released or dumped anywhere but no suggestions where made as to how to dispose of it, consequently every camper ignored that rule and let it run onto the ground. An employee was driving around in a $130,000 John Deere Tractor to patch pot holes in the tracks, they don't know how to spend money wisely here. The next day was driving on some very windy and hilly roads but the surface condition was excellent. The average speed along here with a van is probably about 60 to 70 KPH. The views are out of this world if you have time to look at them, the driver doesn't get to see much. We made camp at Lake Burbury in a camp with a $5 fee paid by honour system. There are toilets that don't stink but no showers. We had a great 'Happy Hour' with some other campers, the afternoon was sunny and perfect and we sat around until about 7 PM until we had to seek some shelter and warmth. We were close to Queenstown by this stage and only had a short run into town. But the road was a beauty, steep and windy, very exciting indeed. Stayed in Queenstown long enough for a good look around and lunch then continued on to Strahan.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3t8T5eXEABtvJmdF6kCjGv7E5BXPHq9n11TAvVD0FdWZNWtG1Y423oiwtZluLQqedfyPSLDHAfw_t7EQAoutCaWzRsVhbmus4Yd7rKN3Mrh8bAD3Rl57cfuHTwULWHqetQxeesLXdKMhV/s1600/Richmond+TAS-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3t8T5eXEABtvJmdF6kCjGv7E5BXPHq9n11TAvVD0FdWZNWtG1Y423oiwtZluLQqedfyPSLDHAfw_t7EQAoutCaWzRsVhbmus4Yd7rKN3Mrh8bAD3Rl57cfuHTwULWHqetQxeesLXdKMhV/s400/Richmond+TAS-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The famous Richmond Bridge.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4cB5eLisbLjdf8Qs-pzE4N0UxI2EGfbbilyq1KC_qx7UdUx0xn2wvYIn4f8wMo_xB50yfGWM771uiOgHt5jVaiDgJdtrgSHt23t1E64C2Kz1ox0w-KT83SEZLqDYGhkNuY-3FCfIkde9b/s1600/Richmond+TAS-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4cB5eLisbLjdf8Qs-pzE4N0UxI2EGfbbilyq1KC_qx7UdUx0xn2wvYIn4f8wMo_xB50yfGWM771uiOgHt5jVaiDgJdtrgSHt23t1E64C2Kz1ox0w-KT83SEZLqDYGhkNuY-3FCfIkde9b/s400/Richmond+TAS-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Adjacent to the bridge is the Richmond Flour Mill.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrX-ClXJQL4svWH0IfcNgBl_KylsncE8bviOKzHV2V_KHNnt5cVV5Sw4QOtASnH3Q85-gFZNw_Kc00bBlhNoWZODrpHnfWt2CjiOiKa6FBeoAP5MNMapUojAuMFuM23jv8lxAJvWse-5Zs/s1600/Richmond+TAS-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrX-ClXJQL4svWH0IfcNgBl_KylsncE8bviOKzHV2V_KHNnt5cVV5Sw4QOtASnH3Q85-gFZNw_Kc00bBlhNoWZODrpHnfWt2CjiOiKa6FBeoAP5MNMapUojAuMFuM23jv8lxAJvWse-5Zs/s400/Richmond+TAS-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Part of the Main Street of Richmond.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNoCEcNV9_9WLOwg-R41BS1qBvpgXZ9ujxMn9V-W6RG9VyKi5ZOu576JGSjywJJ861pUxR41A5dj1cNjV16yQ0h_S2QqOeIdQe1IHjRCAt0K6qJB9DAadcnpU1tZjo_dBMPi-o2CcIneoq/s1600/Richmond+TAS-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNoCEcNV9_9WLOwg-R41BS1qBvpgXZ9ujxMn9V-W6RG9VyKi5ZOu576JGSjywJJ861pUxR41A5dj1cNjV16yQ0h_S2QqOeIdQe1IHjRCAt0K6qJB9DAadcnpU1tZjo_dBMPi-o2CcIneoq/s400/Richmond+TAS-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Outside the Bakery, Jude wouldn't let me go in and buy a pie.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmqCzD93F5tTZvBYRYAo__ElYeutsUwkvFJWbAq2KpCA6wZN_eUBZNRYgejyHhjMPeWr8VGHIOHKDmZ9gm5BwNUgZWAiw-lUP75ju2IlClDQIgrAPWZFzBDMkdK7c_8o_4uvniguu8d2e/s1600/Tarraleah-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmqCzD93F5tTZvBYRYAo__ElYeutsUwkvFJWbAq2KpCA6wZN_eUBZNRYgejyHhjMPeWr8VGHIOHKDmZ9gm5BwNUgZWAiw-lUP75ju2IlClDQIgrAPWZFzBDMkdK7c_8o_4uvniguu8d2e/s400/Tarraleah-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Cafe and camp Reception at Tarraleah.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQjJaD2j97tNRZBhGahqdLKJp35u7iYvM6oZcp51ptn8WitwP1vsOLdBnqHl3MWZllbUQbrTKWDyNbnPPeoEQMpZkfKsUheSNuuZrON1HoMTF00ZM0Dyx8vybMpaBPDPTmYv35s4hFnXv/s1600/Tarraleah-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQjJaD2j97tNRZBhGahqdLKJp35u7iYvM6oZcp51ptn8WitwP1vsOLdBnqHl3MWZllbUQbrTKWDyNbnPPeoEQMpZkfKsUheSNuuZrON1HoMTF00ZM0Dyx8vybMpaBPDPTmYv35s4hFnXv/s400/Tarraleah-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A large lodge that seems to be unused.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_0U9PO28uhd48eFS7tO2JrfrEB28yCoNOqfkLZHoL0WPBBUqeypuWmzs0kgWl0xF5SUsKS-fbckgbtzpAEsz_61i5DoU-bY__ej3xIn4eQzPTmA-fwkarycGvOcqeGACLm4ee_W4i2bT/s1600/Tarraleah-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_0U9PO28uhd48eFS7tO2JrfrEB28yCoNOqfkLZHoL0WPBBUqeypuWmzs0kgWl0xF5SUsKS-fbckgbtzpAEsz_61i5DoU-bY__ej3xIn4eQzPTmA-fwkarycGvOcqeGACLm4ee_W4i2bT/s400/Tarraleah-2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The feeder pipes to the power station far below. There is actually a second power station around the bend in the river to the left. The feeder pipes come from another lake to feed that generator.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQB8fTn7vILIA0lL4gSr7ghPtp4thtBy_NxYIeQcooHnDkzIR5sH894Jq_vx5E_vAhTYT-Fz6jTG3YxbXKn6XpUO9dhjuPssEfREgZTtuTO6dhg3jG8dJY2Kmwfm9CTYgG_9tuxG34_3Tp/s1600/Tarraleah-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQB8fTn7vILIA0lL4gSr7ghPtp4thtBy_NxYIeQcooHnDkzIR5sH894Jq_vx5E_vAhTYT-Fz6jTG3YxbXKn6XpUO9dhjuPssEfREgZTtuTO6dhg3jG8dJY2Kmwfm9CTYgG_9tuxG34_3Tp/s400/Tarraleah-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are on a hike to a waterfall and come across this burnt out elevated board walk.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsce74Ut6SEIKwrlhzcuJD9pjtNYYYqClU0LKhnua0HlmCfEnWtw2aNeonALpv2mDOw7lekQNVAQ4asAsp2xEDdUI-Fc54nFztpvj2yiUvxX46kf-9vEgruWuCKVEIPoupX0LE_B9jtet3/s1600/Tarraleah-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsce74Ut6SEIKwrlhzcuJD9pjtNYYYqClU0LKhnua0HlmCfEnWtw2aNeonALpv2mDOw7lekQNVAQ4asAsp2xEDdUI-Fc54nFztpvj2yiUvxX46kf-9vEgruWuCKVEIPoupX0LE_B9jtet3/s400/Tarraleah-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It took 45 minutes walking to get to see this waterfall.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxk_xfH9nAr-_B6uhxWNsprtXHJPWuZUdZhQBNsA4lQERowqM_0aT93hP0MLVkgP9i55IN7BR6UXXb67Xqx5NpMxRdum92FKnIxoJ5NS3Ip_KwDFawvYtUUwK3DAJk4uMoqLwIKvIaB-9r/s1600/Tarraleah-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxk_xfH9nAr-_B6uhxWNsprtXHJPWuZUdZhQBNsA4lQERowqM_0aT93hP0MLVkgP9i55IN7BR6UXXb67Xqx5NpMxRdum92FKnIxoJ5NS3Ip_KwDFawvYtUUwK3DAJk4uMoqLwIKvIaB-9r/s400/Tarraleah-5.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 6 water feed pipes you saw previously are fed from two pipes of this diameter, the other pipe is directly behind this one.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvBhR1o1GhbMRrh0FmfTu7CPxMxhBQ5e5jRvMO9ZL8EdyLStPv7BGMYQhaj7z2SGhoLRkgtZpJi8Yc1jrz1oX59Gmu7IqrP88uZZ_RaK0ZJ9lc99c067vbu_wNj3en6ETtWK_8dMMFIu8g/s1600/Tarraleah-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvBhR1o1GhbMRrh0FmfTu7CPxMxhBQ5e5jRvMO9ZL8EdyLStPv7BGMYQhaj7z2SGhoLRkgtZpJi8Yc1jrz1oX59Gmu7IqrP88uZZ_RaK0ZJ9lc99c067vbu_wNj3en6ETtWK_8dMMFIu8g/s400/Tarraleah-6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The view from our camp site. The air is crisp and clean in these parts.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7nyCTDKhpiR8iIhmxoH4KOaWsrJVEpn5b7SlnxcZFEm_45NV5llaOdn2JN3bhzfZOOQXM3X9MKcrMbQrPvj4XmDYQDminQuZPOxSlOR49tf8sEwlFPEexG0CREsSk76RQNtLH6irQGvI/s1600/Tarraleah-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7nyCTDKhpiR8iIhmxoH4KOaWsrJVEpn5b7SlnxcZFEm_45NV5llaOdn2JN3bhzfZOOQXM3X9MKcrMbQrPvj4XmDYQDminQuZPOxSlOR49tf8sEwlFPEexG0CREsSk76RQNtLH6irQGvI/s400/Tarraleah-7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rugging up to go to the toilet at night. We had the electric heater going all through the night. Our camp neighbours told us that on an earlier morning they woke to ice on the windows.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrY0inCVWH0t1eZ2NkUqDRMqF0-R3nlbO-ylUT4VWZsdh9QMoXcU5kpJkQ08rGKS7Asm_itTymOA-kuR_BsUqaIIQWSN2Xg62C45dCox-gURp_LGBpumSiGf6M43mEnlyrUG1LM3VoJdz_/s1600/Tarraleah-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrY0inCVWH0t1eZ2NkUqDRMqF0-R3nlbO-ylUT4VWZsdh9QMoXcU5kpJkQ08rGKS7Asm_itTymOA-kuR_BsUqaIIQWSN2Xg62C45dCox-gURp_LGBpumSiGf6M43mEnlyrUG1LM3VoJdz_/s400/Tarraleah-8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before leaving next morning we went on another walk, this one called 'The Quoll Trail'. The vegetation varied considerably along the trail, it was tall timber here. We couldn't photograph any quolls but we heard them and caught glimpses of them.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLVtK5llmJU8qT7bnSliYxLFqukAG3qdw5shgLvmnZahk7RI-EjoMF3Wo6QC3gvz7bsebp0cL88wGOXRTFW990-DNCq6cDwzPfh7oRH_mKMg2NDUKknLb462sgw54-4tfA8ox8jhbl-jG/s1600/Tarraleah-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDLVtK5llmJU8qT7bnSliYxLFqukAG3qdw5shgLvmnZahk7RI-EjoMF3Wo6QC3gvz7bsebp0cL88wGOXRTFW990-DNCq6cDwzPfh7oRH_mKMg2NDUKknLb462sgw54-4tfA8ox8jhbl-jG/s400/Tarraleah-9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another general view of the forest on the walk, more open and ferny at this point.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hodPNFrJgqRx3CeCVrYP8KoJ6hSp2G9EbDGmPB3FB49S0yxkjwFnQPQDBb-FoiMckrGmWrQKFGba9gC347u_i4Ky0isFdQq-sZo_GzvlRnGWXpCeLqqyQHNvgbtGxO5ojXI7JNIgY8-C/s1600/Lake+St+Clair+NP-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0hodPNFrJgqRx3CeCVrYP8KoJ6hSp2G9EbDGmPB3FB49S0yxkjwFnQPQDBb-FoiMckrGmWrQKFGba9gC347u_i4Ky0isFdQq-sZo_GzvlRnGWXpCeLqqyQHNvgbtGxO5ojXI7JNIgY8-C/s400/Lake+St+Clair+NP-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ranger station and information centre at Lake St Clair NP. Looks impressive doesn't it, well the looks are only a facade, when you get into the camp the looks change dramatically.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifpr5BjdtbNSNcKDH6LWqtfUkyiChqxKojbgxOCL5iy6TtjIAxWwGBSzcj45CVF7BLcIRCREevQo-H4_WgG5Pr3o5eDmZ5Dw3vhxS7iIetm3a1eAzqO7Jkp8Fybcr3QkCgjOFPKp0CkSvZ/s1600/Lake+St+Clair+NP-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifpr5BjdtbNSNcKDH6LWqtfUkyiChqxKojbgxOCL5iy6TtjIAxWwGBSzcj45CVF7BLcIRCREevQo-H4_WgG5Pr3o5eDmZ5Dw3vhxS7iIetm3a1eAzqO7Jkp8Fybcr3QkCgjOFPKp0CkSvZ/s400/Lake+St+Clair+NP-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A view across Lake St Clair from the camp area.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OujxiitlLz_kRi-9p_Fs3mQ94Zk4VQrTo00r8ie9ZkGREUfxkPNlCqTmbLdRlUaohzIFI_pcSIGLikYo57VWQCKSZM4hWQBxEI1gbgP3pjPK7H5AVF6zhtuRfmvAT2JpOIHGW2byLKMl/s1600/Lake+St+Clair+NP-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OujxiitlLz_kRi-9p_Fs3mQ94Zk4VQrTo00r8ie9ZkGREUfxkPNlCqTmbLdRlUaohzIFI_pcSIGLikYo57VWQCKSZM4hWQBxEI1gbgP3pjPK7H5AVF6zhtuRfmvAT2JpOIHGW2byLKMl/s400/Lake+St+Clair+NP-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yet another view across the lake, it sure is beautiful.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TtGja_ujbKESYIT-eQimRmAq-dG17kKLETCQ7Cm1ZLjtkqKoalntpZPlRFfKwk70XEEmTqO0BvXz2eCSxGKS3FZ12lx6XsPd1HZbEyteVXr8axkY4NxhriggwR73Nbzl7Titm-m96mni/s1600/Lake+St+Clair+NP-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-TtGja_ujbKESYIT-eQimRmAq-dG17kKLETCQ7Cm1ZLjtkqKoalntpZPlRFfKwk70XEEmTqO0BvXz2eCSxGKS3FZ12lx6XsPd1HZbEyteVXr8axkY4NxhriggwR73Nbzl7Titm-m96mni/s400/Lake+St+Clair+NP-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every where you point the camera it looks beautiful.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLe_86tSRoq2sxciPjIw6y7GXG1_0xDgL9k7EF2hgAiyDsOIFV6SfYBsEKgyX9d3TXFnpFeU2S-uynZxUfZWRQuVp9b_QcijR3-MxuUUYm2BJ1AyV770uM3slKa2EMuJrWfUQjQ_FsRqj/s1600/Lake+Burbury-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLe_86tSRoq2sxciPjIw6y7GXG1_0xDgL9k7EF2hgAiyDsOIFV6SfYBsEKgyX9d3TXFnpFeU2S-uynZxUfZWRQuVp9b_QcijR3-MxuUUYm2BJ1AyV770uM3slKa2EMuJrWfUQjQ_FsRqj/s400/Lake+Burbury-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jude on the rocky shore of Lake Burbury. The water level is down considerably.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-kzz5F87E3PWU4CaAfMkRz9fLPEHMi3zl1VxFpMuPHfqrpT6az6ossmJiKOy-MlD48N3W9_m-N_cXtHpaZ96OS9uEoHam-qLco4PPY5CRdcjagiwf2A0O7purW6TTJocoWc9pBOocjjZ/s1600/Lake+Burbury-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-kzz5F87E3PWU4CaAfMkRz9fLPEHMi3zl1VxFpMuPHfqrpT6az6ossmJiKOy-MlD48N3W9_m-N_cXtHpaZ96OS9uEoHam-qLco4PPY5CRdcjagiwf2A0O7purW6TTJocoWc9pBOocjjZ/s400/Lake+Burbury-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two fishermen coming back to the ramp with their catches.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YKzdjT71wznQHHFeqDtl1CdShkuIa-3xmcK8b0Jl1jb1kZTLTn6hNNwjRL1iuXvbUztPqSODvJRv_Og_uC4Wh36qIXX2udc3hcQ6O1MbVR2L2O7WL2K1iqvtBevCiU4L9ynLGgM3w1zc/s1600/Lake+Burbury-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YKzdjT71wznQHHFeqDtl1CdShkuIa-3xmcK8b0Jl1jb1kZTLTn6hNNwjRL1iuXvbUztPqSODvJRv_Og_uC4Wh36qIXX2udc3hcQ6O1MbVR2L2O7WL2K1iqvtBevCiU4L9ynLGgM3w1zc/s400/Lake+Burbury-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many of the rocks are coloured with this red lichen.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdumOb1taZWRTTwJekRZ8YlduhcTyOePRNib72XjSmZm5Olly6tvWd3FeJh1jNFeCD8s6kSh98j1waMXJOTAzdAkPmrZiugE84pDDV2vAmaTaiIW3Z3VlvD8Wog03rVHli4wPDC0u5QGay/s1600/Lake+Burbury-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdumOb1taZWRTTwJekRZ8YlduhcTyOePRNib72XjSmZm5Olly6tvWd3FeJh1jNFeCD8s6kSh98j1waMXJOTAzdAkPmrZiugE84pDDV2vAmaTaiIW3Z3VlvD8Wog03rVHli4wPDC0u5QGay/s400/Lake+Burbury-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If it is not red lichen it is this green moss.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioysVxdTq4uw-KyhGUzy_77Z9pKVOcyjhmbjmFPlZsvhw3FgURvD5L2nYJXGJhsT1riuuvD9ffIhl1rZUx6PWjp431fWAsOhVd5HcxDeoIV-fAogaUP1MZVQ4gnC-ON7goVYBeh9ocTHXQ/s1600/Lake+Burbury-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioysVxdTq4uw-KyhGUzy_77Z9pKVOcyjhmbjmFPlZsvhw3FgURvD5L2nYJXGJhsT1riuuvD9ffIhl1rZUx6PWjp431fWAsOhVd5HcxDeoIV-fAogaUP1MZVQ4gnC-ON7goVYBeh9ocTHXQ/s400/Lake+Burbury-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are surrounded by high mountains.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIxzsze1YHKpBhcpegLgphrth8-JNdyGfcjfVrkRDSirlnwD2Lmad_XOFZZ8-tSv0pw1hNw27Gzv2CMStA-6ReZd0XGWECB15AmepzYBBPisGtX-2cOHD5WzjMepXZwQl3mtkKnSbXp51k/s1600/Lake+Burbury-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIxzsze1YHKpBhcpegLgphrth8-JNdyGfcjfVrkRDSirlnwD2Lmad_XOFZZ8-tSv0pw1hNw27Gzv2CMStA-6ReZd0XGWECB15AmepzYBBPisGtX-2cOHD5WzjMepXZwQl3mtkKnSbXp51k/s400/Lake+Burbury-5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the day we arrived the hills were capped with misty clouds. We didn't receive any rain here though.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqVrCXWrZH1pnavF8jHwKQ-k3bLUcvEsZYlNB_qdvuY9xVcJ-gsJdX6oEM-uJQ_wcUuJwi2PRICB7rmJImI9TjVgRkUiUA1CxLwYBJp-F21BKEaT9sKZ2YxYBZA3VA2isZZGlbQpsF-yT/s1600/Lake+Burbury-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqVrCXWrZH1pnavF8jHwKQ-k3bLUcvEsZYlNB_qdvuY9xVcJ-gsJdX6oEM-uJQ_wcUuJwi2PRICB7rmJImI9TjVgRkUiUA1CxLwYBJp-F21BKEaT9sKZ2YxYBZA3VA2isZZGlbQpsF-yT/s400/Lake+Burbury-6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The next morning dawned crisp and clear. This is the view we received as we stepped from the van.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ZxeB2qW6O28xFe2U3spzSfMqroKptql7RwAYotzIoXfjsHcW3c427VFiMVc4Nau9aDRS5YM5NEXmWxhDQaLTraaxfh0v20E836xQT1Ug0a_YvlvwgSTeB9bSnrI2vED6JrixWDiYlfAT/s1600/Lake+Burbury-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ZxeB2qW6O28xFe2U3spzSfMqroKptql7RwAYotzIoXfjsHcW3c427VFiMVc4Nau9aDRS5YM5NEXmWxhDQaLTraaxfh0v20E836xQT1Ug0a_YvlvwgSTeB9bSnrI2vED6JrixWDiYlfAT/s400/Lake+Burbury-7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lake Burbury is really like two lakes joined by a fairly narrow channel. This is the other part of the lake. </span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCqGyOgjWR6uyNmC2zzQa29HJD3lYu_HL-uOui5RPYXnvPT7eacfKvmKrY6UIgh81OnyNDAxOjnEJq6-sAcbH5taPOt9Dj6LBELgebZkKQCHp5gepj3qfVq1oopvuWpNMrhM6Mg7UKqQ2/s1600/Lake+Burbury-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCqGyOgjWR6uyNmC2zzQa29HJD3lYu_HL-uOui5RPYXnvPT7eacfKvmKrY6UIgh81OnyNDAxOjnEJq6-sAcbH5taPOt9Dj6LBELgebZkKQCHp5gepj3qfVq1oopvuWpNMrhM6Mg7UKqQ2/s400/Lake+Burbury-8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another view of the southern section of the lake from the road.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HXXNPrfgfYf7jgkteSKuoekKP6DtYUwJ9k_LzquTqu8F0wVox58HgZ5LV7EdWwLdplsVnaj47w3jS7D7HSHIE8Raf364jzbJSWYLcMwMI2cJOKyXtos3Lpl8kac3RTCuCc5me9lR0H2R/s1600/Queenstown-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HXXNPrfgfYf7jgkteSKuoekKP6DtYUwJ9k_LzquTqu8F0wVox58HgZ5LV7EdWwLdplsVnaj47w3jS7D7HSHIE8Raf364jzbJSWYLcMwMI2cJOKyXtos3Lpl8kac3RTCuCc5me9lR0H2R/s400/Queenstown-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first view of Queenstown approaching from the east.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8CFCnnMMo-JPxx8EJj1RGriaYfve4IgjHSzDjgY2MgpWHsHjTLyiJkGImmvlPbqX-yeA3OL_uuGhcj7y4-Dc_zpGzyAlEx0a04v1UljwXVSVwaf-gVkHVj3VOPfqGXF-O9E1SFN3FCD5j/s1600/Queenstown-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8CFCnnMMo-JPxx8EJj1RGriaYfve4IgjHSzDjgY2MgpWHsHjTLyiJkGImmvlPbqX-yeA3OL_uuGhcj7y4-Dc_zpGzyAlEx0a04v1UljwXVSVwaf-gVkHVj3VOPfqGXF-O9E1SFN3FCD5j/s400/Queenstown-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The beginning of the steep spirally descent into Queenstown.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItB2HpIKh8vwkoOwEnHwxswf6HEm5Qf1yTS_u3W-XwNp8Fz2Jl5tBPGOUKsz-zSCyBu_X6wf52bP0rNRQgkvk-fMKIvFVQAqZWm2RNOhFloTCZz4BL79LVlK_014HSyzpZijfvUFZCX0L/s1600/Queenstown-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgItB2HpIKh8vwkoOwEnHwxswf6HEm5Qf1yTS_u3W-XwNp8Fz2Jl5tBPGOUKsz-zSCyBu_X6wf52bP0rNRQgkvk-fMKIvFVQAqZWm2RNOhFloTCZz4BL79LVlK_014HSyzpZijfvUFZCX0L/s400/Queenstown-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The elaborate railway station at Queenstown. This is where the West Coast Wilderness Railway ends it's run from Strahan</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAiw2o9g7CkSYTVVa8HglMeqgInDARIu64Mqxc7nqiBKKRhNEppfYLn8dvfXVvP4bQY-VzCkwX8RRdiIriU49_9MaLwD64zTNTqMNsRAhCupE6Tbv6fhEHVWWHeRU794R8AQ0iChK9tMV/s1600/Queenstown-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEAiw2o9g7CkSYTVVa8HglMeqgInDARIu64Mqxc7nqiBKKRhNEppfYLn8dvfXVvP4bQY-VzCkwX8RRdiIriU49_9MaLwD64zTNTqMNsRAhCupE6Tbv6fhEHVWWHeRU794R8AQ0iChK9tMV/s400/Queenstown-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The outside of the railway station.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjauAGvHHyESpvBt-FduV6dY5dXGKmaqQvU8ZAwwyZUbuDHKi2U2tBN6XEJcKHSoGoW3WjNpEUEkctEqcMyIlaZptAwJMsHYCgmPcdAYM3LbL9fY-Ma1FUL_3JN8zXTlh0wLgxP1QlD8TXk/s1600/Queenstown-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjauAGvHHyESpvBt-FduV6dY5dXGKmaqQvU8ZAwwyZUbuDHKi2U2tBN6XEJcKHSoGoW3WjNpEUEkctEqcMyIlaZptAwJMsHYCgmPcdAYM3LbL9fY-Ma1FUL_3JN8zXTlh0wLgxP1QlD8TXk/s400/Queenstown-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The town is surrounded by high, rocky hills.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrnRZrtQTwv1-lwYpLhFw6UvVQOXVjMy0VJjP0DFVZtWsrWRPBNceuKKtz00Waf6XehR2AwgRBSNklzBB3sXnbgUT3uBDPyzmOHq49PWBUTgwB5Qr2CtJSsrGV5NZTse0-yMa8_D7x73h/s1600/Queenstown-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrnRZrtQTwv1-lwYpLhFw6UvVQOXVjMy0VJjP0DFVZtWsrWRPBNceuKKtz00Waf6XehR2AwgRBSNklzBB3sXnbgUT3uBDPyzmOHq49PWBUTgwB5Qr2CtJSsrGV5NZTse0-yMa8_D7x73h/s400/Queenstown-5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The main street looking up the hill.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJr5pWmksD9QRRTFbZoPU6N5fJII66ka81Kg_nNC9P94qZ5TIr6FoWD_MlrD_JFMtYrOPvJH4BFXeRpKHX-SQumwGEfSDJ7vu1veNB5sfln1TyK0Oyyu1o-GPgtIxKQ28fXxXHLFgHafrh/s1600/Queenstown-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJr5pWmksD9QRRTFbZoPU6N5fJII66ka81Kg_nNC9P94qZ5TIr6FoWD_MlrD_JFMtYrOPvJH4BFXeRpKHX-SQumwGEfSDJ7vu1veNB5sfln1TyK0Oyyu1o-GPgtIxKQ28fXxXHLFgHafrh/s400/Queenstown-6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The main street looking down the hill. That smoke in the background is 'burning off' along the road to Strahan, the road we have to take in a few minutes.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8LO3iit1h79djJ1l8zD8f63smfakZ0WvqOg2UpjBUvMySewLwnpQ0qywtiK3TL3khMp8RRFOvdceKlBgjwDMDpEoyaEXe5QJGr0vmIobkwFdv_hZybSbW0rarg-4ari0r3R3WiX9trOf/s1600/Queenstown-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8LO3iit1h79djJ1l8zD8f63smfakZ0WvqOg2UpjBUvMySewLwnpQ0qywtiK3TL3khMp8RRFOvdceKlBgjwDMDpEoyaEXe5QJGr0vmIobkwFdv_hZybSbW0rarg-4ari0r3R3WiX9trOf/s400/Queenstown-7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Empire Hotel, a building from a much earlier era.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVFEOAlCHhAgUr-Rg9x2TQBmOpRyWnDe7ulRg1mDduXble2lOtd9yDZ224bCWVan03yKzioIF5rk1-XIK4I9NCRZNYrwj2bIWFGUUHx8Ey_1SCYvMfOTH9ENC9FuVk0QoPQGZr7gxzdLIF/s1600/Queenstown-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVFEOAlCHhAgUr-Rg9x2TQBmOpRyWnDe7ulRg1mDduXble2lOtd9yDZ224bCWVan03yKzioIF5rk1-XIK4I9NCRZNYrwj2bIWFGUUHx8Ey_1SCYvMfOTH9ENC9FuVk0QoPQGZr7gxzdLIF/s400/Queenstown-8.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some fancy dude lives up here, probably the mine manager.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVlRH0Hh2geypb32odeH3Yfde7ETD_0IUAyvKCH6I4Js0OXEQUTYRSWLl1xtXTYGWGlXlzn_jBPxDyI9L36mosevCq2DUtpEnzrQEsCMdJfoF0oXYp-LX3jo4XhwgVnMiQ3S6gTTzSnRC/s1600/Queenstown-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVlRH0Hh2geypb32odeH3Yfde7ETD_0IUAyvKCH6I4Js0OXEQUTYRSWLl1xtXTYGWGlXlzn_jBPxDyI9L36mosevCq2DUtpEnzrQEsCMdJfoF0oXYp-LX3jo4XhwgVnMiQ3S6gTTzSnRC/s400/Queenstown-9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The creek running through town. They obviously don't worry about pollution in this town.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjueArRqhyAnoHu-ajlRg6KZztksWTrsj_APZ30HtJMI6HD2JXcp-RoZAy0QuouAUZAc2MDjVSIyTtk913vP2SHFXDBiPpfYzfRZsuSQg9-U2k2Nyjc8u25DyNrmqUydHvu0rdYBLuFhZGk/s1600/Queenstown-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjueArRqhyAnoHu-ajlRg6KZztksWTrsj_APZ30HtJMI6HD2JXcp-RoZAy0QuouAUZAc2MDjVSIyTtk913vP2SHFXDBiPpfYzfRZsuSQg9-U2k2Nyjc8u25DyNrmqUydHvu0rdYBLuFhZGk/s400/Queenstown-10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the centre of town is this park dedicated to the mining industry. Each of the bronze shields capping the boulders provides a story recording a time line of the the history of mining in the area.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgid1Ed-GLxUW4jfIAzkmEZHDWzQmYV_dMBGebksipFSUmBSwTggnUMPMn8nRXbgDLrkwwmu1-gFwdKvQtQ_KAzvTjK5HKZpHYkmtTsJ8T9bS_niZMp0RqIiStdRP5zQR00cP8nMR5IYrJ1/s1600/Queenstown-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgid1Ed-GLxUW4jfIAzkmEZHDWzQmYV_dMBGebksipFSUmBSwTggnUMPMn8nRXbgDLrkwwmu1-gFwdKvQtQ_KAzvTjK5HKZpHYkmtTsJ8T9bS_niZMp0RqIiStdRP5zQR00cP8nMR5IYrJ1/s400/Queenstown-11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Part of the display is a drilling rig used in the mines.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="goog_1716720476"></span><span id="goog_1716720477"></span></span></div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5139940272877406198.post-18215363413278720522011-03-20T18:13:00.000+10:002011-03-20T18:13:27.414+10:00Looping back to Hobart<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We continued our very enjoyable southward trek down the East Coast. The weather was just sublime for the Labour Day weekend in Tasmania. The Tasmanians even thought it was good enough to go swimming, not for me though. We called into the delightful seaside town of Triabunna for morning tea, got talking to some kindred travellers and finished up staying for lunch as well. While we were talking over morning tea a very strange event occurred, the water in the estuary suddenly vacated, we thought that the tide must drop rapidly in this area. As we continued swapping our travel yarns the water suddenly started coming back in and quickly reached a height greater than when we had first arrived. We did not think too much about this strange occurrance until much later and then it dawned on me that what we saw must have been a ripple in the ocean from the Japan Earthquake. The sudden change in water levels would have been well over 30 cm. There is a Fish'n'Chip Van in Triabunna by the harbour, we joined the vast queue to try the local fare, it was worth the wait, Trevalla and Chips was excellent.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We continued on to our booked caravan site at Seven Mile Beach, a northern suburb of Hobart that borders the Hobart Airport. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You maybe wondering why we are looping back towards Hobart, well it is a long story, but suffice to say I was summonsed to attend a trial in Hervey Bay, I was to fly out of Hobart on Wednesday 16th March. As events turned out, I was phoned on Monday afternoon 14th and advised that I was no longer required in Hervey Bay and that I could now continue my holiday unhindered. Well folks that is what we will now do! We reduced our booking at Seven Mile Beach to two nights and then headed out west towards Strahan.</span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj77Ouetf-kMO9MaOqv2TIC0Duax72wriqqrnDFfl57_Mf7cEsUd7N6wSjtRzhffs8x23ONQkGEsyz34Yj4Kln7gTK-pCpF7dVhfYDr22kX_UcEmexz146i2UEtwgssEc0d3NdG18dUnQXq/s1600/Triabunna-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj77Ouetf-kMO9MaOqv2TIC0Duax72wriqqrnDFfl57_Mf7cEsUd7N6wSjtRzhffs8x23ONQkGEsyz34Yj4Kln7gTK-pCpF7dVhfYDr22kX_UcEmexz146i2UEtwgssEc0d3NdG18dUnQXq/s400/Triabunna-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the part of the estuary that vacated of water then refilled in the space of about 20 minutes, this is not normal tidal action.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2gxPEphbQwD8N9DSVZqAu1SZZ2gUpIKADVax5pk6loU6MRSPxTlteUhyphenhyphenJCVtloMD_ynYAu70ddE80YgrDqH8Y88N16kDbQHIS-pq0TAXkTMNnc9vcf2_MYK0_mtBabBSBYi4UnXY5tzTc/s1600/Triabunna-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2gxPEphbQwD8N9DSVZqAu1SZZ2gUpIKADVax5pk6loU6MRSPxTlteUhyphenhyphenJCVtloMD_ynYAu70ddE80YgrDqH8Y88N16kDbQHIS-pq0TAXkTMNnc9vcf2_MYK0_mtBabBSBYi4UnXY5tzTc/s400/Triabunna-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Triabunna is a popular holiday and fishing destination, not too far out of Hobart.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcsf_XFJFKruCHy_IbiCm4XKjlik7PONAdI6W0sl1KIdiGAh6pOIztS5Lyv48fxbtdXTzTfDBKPT6nM6YusA1q3F2iPIkP65AWioa4TNmXvG0xq8KB7E3ISGkrcwfakHhMVOo6tW0ju8Dm/s1600/Seven+Mile+Beach-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcsf_XFJFKruCHy_IbiCm4XKjlik7PONAdI6W0sl1KIdiGAh6pOIztS5Lyv48fxbtdXTzTfDBKPT6nM6YusA1q3F2iPIkP65AWioa4TNmXvG0xq8KB7E3ISGkrcwfakHhMVOo6tW0ju8Dm/s400/Seven+Mile+Beach-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Seven Mile Beach CP is really on a beach that is seven miles long, we walked most of it and this boat shed is at the south end.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSa6gb0CRa53RWIO9GW6kjcQ-CLJUCSibwG18o_zKDnpvl6nPlHzcGpkVURr81qx6LVXmcg5Bdx6KvL_0V_1rEb2DKRJTvbf6oBZXfKj4mz0DzMX-GhFe9Ld2HG9M20RSqDCaz_LLkkpfP/s1600/Seven+Mile+Beach-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSa6gb0CRa53RWIO9GW6kjcQ-CLJUCSibwG18o_zKDnpvl6nPlHzcGpkVURr81qx6LVXmcg5Bdx6KvL_0V_1rEb2DKRJTvbf6oBZXfKj4mz0DzMX-GhFe9Ld2HG9M20RSqDCaz_LLkkpfP/s400/Seven+Mile+Beach-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we headed northwards and homewards from the boat shed we saw this local family fishing for their dinner, hope they were successful.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWx4hpoJwTk8K5GCHb950EDtqeNkCKh8fBHLcqHLEH9FqImTRO_p0l0Xmi-57QI_cYWt16GmwcYq6n5zB9ktFJN5pxPI9tRZjaINiotd2kXrvIX9lmWxf482Msml34U0Qjv82yOPBuAKx1/s1600/Seven+Mile+Beach-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWx4hpoJwTk8K5GCHb950EDtqeNkCKh8fBHLcqHLEH9FqImTRO_p0l0Xmi-57QI_cYWt16GmwcYq6n5zB9ktFJN5pxPI9tRZjaINiotd2kXrvIX9lmWxf482Msml34U0Qjv82yOPBuAKx1/s400/Seven+Mile+Beach-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The beach was beautiful and clean. Don't be fooled by the sunshine though, the breeze was fairly nippy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCiEMGX4ObIPu30rLxwAexuds2a7pybZrQrRqQLjeaqsSXZ21euECKJ1IAHWxDq59Js49Ed_7R7VLJmbjiijiWUrYbeYFdZjixWqR-BbZKT_Xk63dZPXKT7r8EzH7MiF-tX2vISp7NSuc/s1600/Bellerive-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCiEMGX4ObIPu30rLxwAexuds2a7pybZrQrRqQLjeaqsSXZ21euECKJ1IAHWxDq59Js49Ed_7R7VLJmbjiijiWUrYbeYFdZjixWqR-BbZKT_Xk63dZPXKT7r8EzH7MiF-tX2vISp7NSuc/s400/Bellerive-0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From Bellerive looking over the water towards Mt Wellington and Wrest Point Casino at the water's edge.</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj069y4F9nCD8mbpzjtTDAXBf1Ljdlgkwik8T312aQmqactf2ShVg-F7xhMlWQQfj1KjJdatbLdCuyoBPGHz-CdP_CtQ9JvPV4n3BSpg_uFeCleTBnTAS0ZWqeoS46BKzZ_GzssvgM1_Oqi/s1600/Bellerive-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj069y4F9nCD8mbpzjtTDAXBf1Ljdlgkwik8T312aQmqactf2ShVg-F7xhMlWQQfj1KjJdatbLdCuyoBPGHz-CdP_CtQ9JvPV4n3BSpg_uFeCleTBnTAS0ZWqeoS46BKzZ_GzssvgM1_Oqi/s400/Bellerive-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bellerive foreshore parking area and the cricket ground in the background.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>Noel and Judy Lovejoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070693298908798552noreply@blogger.com0