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Round trip Waratah to Cradle Mountain and Return

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Today as planned we headed to Cradle Mountain, the day was perfect mostly sunny with the occasional cloud shading the sun. Traffic on the very good sealed road was light....

Created: 28 Feb 2014 10:00 Views: 5465

Day 2 at Ross Tasmania

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First stop today was the Wool Centre where the town Information centre is. The Wool centre is very interesting and has a lot of history detail and displays in the rear of the shop at the front....

Created: 29 Mar 2014 20:14 Views: 5411

Travelling from Crayfish Creek to Waratah Tasmania

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Today was a travel day followed by a rest. The trip back towards Wynyard was relaxing with very little traffic. The plan was to stock up the food supplies in Wynyard and we found the long vehicle ...

Created: 26 Feb 2014 13:00 Views: 5384

Travel from Port Arthur to Freycinet National Park

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The trip was hassle free with the typical windy and hilly roads. Traffic was light and we enjoyed stopping to look at the views and other points of interest....

Created: 21 Mar 2014 14:00 Views: 5308

Driving around New Norfolk

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Yesterday we had a rest day, just washing etc. Today we drove around New Norfolk checking out some of the local attractions. The town has a lot of historic buildings that are quite well preserved,...

Created: 10 Mar 2014 13:00 Views: 5289

Trip from New Norfolk to Huonville

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The trip this morning went well even getting through Hobart wasn't a problem. The road was freeway style for part of the way and narrow country road at other times....

Created: 11 Mar 2014 11:00 Views: 5242

Day trip south of Huonville

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The plan for today was to travel down to the Tahune Airwalk and visit some of the towns on the way. If time allowed then to travel to the end of the road,...

Created: 12 Mar 2014 19:00 Views: 5193

Trilby to Bourke via western Road to Louth then Eastern Road to Bourke

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Left Trilby this morning and drove to Bourke via Louth. The road from Trilby to Louth wasn’t as good as the road up from Tilpa. Sections were badly corrugated especially either side of the grids....

Created: 18 Oct 2013 19:48 Views: 5171

North West Tasmania

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Today we travelled into the North Western area of Tasmania. The first stop was Stanley and on the way into the area we stopped at a lookout that gave us the first close look at what is called “The ...

Created: 24 Feb 2014 11:00 Views: 5160

Day trip to the south end of South Bruny Island

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The plan for today was to sleep in and have a bit of a rest day with minimum travel. We headed off into the forest behind "Adventure Bay" across to "Cloudy Bay"....

Created: 16 Mar 2014 14:00 Views: 5158

Train trip on the West Coast Wilderness Railway

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Today was dedicated to travelling on the West Coast Wilderness Railway. The day started early to enable us to check out the Shop and the Tracks cafe all located at the Station in Queenstown....

Created: 04 Mar 2014 11:00 Views: 5083

Sightseeing around Freycenit National Park

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Today turned out fine and pleasant as if on order for a sightseeing day. First stop was south Sleepy Bay where the view from the lookout was great. We couldn't walk to the south end,...

Created: 23 Mar 2014 18:00 Views: 5024

Travel from Mt William National Park to Longford Tasmania

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Leaving deep creek in a drizzling rain we made our way to Gladstone, the gravel road was in very good condition and despite the weather the drive was easy....

Created: 27 Mar 2014 15:00 Views: 4998

Narrabri

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We spent today resting in Narrabri; I visited the Australia Telescope which is in fact a number of different CSIRO facilities on the same site....

Created: 25 Oct 2013 20:17 Views: 4996

Travel from Bruny Island to White Beach/Port Arthur

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The trip today was from Bruny Island to Port Arthur and our home for the next 3 nights at the White Beach Caravan Park. The rods were good except for a lot of roadwork's on the road from Dunalley ...

Created: 17 Mar 2014 14:00 Views: 4955

A short move from River and Rocks Road camp to Freycinet Camp Ground

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The powered van and camper sites are fairly small and access to some is difficult. They have a limit on the size of Caravans and Campers of 5.5 Metres overall length....

Created: 22 Mar 2014 19:45 Views: 4924

Travel from Longford to Ross Tasmania

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Packing up and heading south we travelled through a very historic area created by the farming in the area and the fact that the road was the main road between Launceston and Hobart....

Created: 28 Mar 2014 20:00 Views: 4923

South Arthur Forest and Dip River Falls

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Today was a slower day. We started off going to the South Arthur forest. We toured the back blocks and farms of the forest area. Travelling though Forest, South Forest, Mengha, Alcomie, Lileah,...

Created: 25 Feb 2014 11:00 Views: 4893

Bicheno to Deep Creek via Chain of Lagoons, St Helens, and Binalong Bay

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The drive today was not planned as being as long, but due to the weather we decided to press on and stay the night or 2 at either Eddystone Point or Deep Creek north of the Bay of Fires....

Created: 25 Mar 2014 19:00 Views: 4889

Copeton Waters Park day 2

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Today was spent exploring the Park at Copeton Waters, the weather forecast was a bit ominous and late in the afternoon we had a thunderstorm....

Created: 29 Oct 2013 20:35 Views: 4864

Bruny Island Cruise

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The plan for today was to take the Bruny Island Cruise, This cruise is world famous and has won many Australian Tourism awards. The boats are large inflatables with 3 large outboard engines that ...

Created: 15 Mar 2014 12:00 Views: 4861

Resting at Bourke

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Today was very hot and very little breeze at all. the Air conditioner in the van got a work out. We spent the day relaxing, swapping gas cylinder and filling with diesel ready for tomorrows trip....

Created: 20 Oct 2013 20:57 Views: 4848

Copeton Waters to Inverell

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Today we travelled from Copeton Waters to Inverell, the road was bitumen all the way and the only thing to watch out for was the causeway’s or floodway’s as some were quite deep and steep....

Created: 30 Oct 2013 20:19 Views: 4727

Port Arthur and Historic Coal Mine

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The plan for today was to visit Port Arthur and if time permitted to visit the historic coal mines that were part of the convict life on the Tasman Peninsular....

Created: 20 Mar 2014 13:00 Views: 4711

Derwent Bridge to New Norfolk

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Todays trip was from our camp at Lake St Clair near Derwent Bridge to New Norfolk, via "The Wall", Tarraleah, Ouse and Hamilton. The Wall was remarkable,...

Created: 07 Mar 2014 12:00 Views: 4610

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