We left Low Head and past Neds place in George Town only to be given the bird, so we continued on to Bridport
Bridport is a lovely town with nice beaches and i have marked it in as worth a stay in the camper next time.
Driving along a long dirt road for ages we finally get a small stretch of tar but watch out! we have 2 cows running amok and out of control, time to pull up. Near Little Boobyalla River N/E Tasmania.
Back on the dirt again, we had about 6 hours of this. On the road between Tomohawk and Gladstone N/E Tasmania:
Some of the views were worth it. Near Cameron Regional reserve N/E Tasmania:
A long drive on the dirt to Mt William National Park where we take the Forester on the Forester Kangaroo Road.
Stumpys Bay, Mt William National Park, East Coast Tasmania
Stumpys Bay, Mt William National Park, East Coast Tasmania Day 4 10th March 2011 Just behind where i took these pics are some excellent camping spots.
The Forester on the Forester Kangaroo Road: Mt William N.P
On the Forester Kangaroo Road you will find a Forester Kangaroo: Mt William N.P
The thought of a nice cold swim in this lagoon had crossed my mind: Stumpys Bay Mount William N.P
But not after seeing the Warning sign
Time to hit the dirt again for a few hours, we are well behind schedule so we start to head for St Helens further down the coast along the road to nowhere: Mount William N.P East Coast Tasmania.
After a day on the dirt it was nice to arrive at Bay of Fires just north of St Helens, East Coast Tasmania
Only tiger we saw in Tassie was a tiger snake my wife nearly stepped on, Bay of Fires East Coast Tasmania
Bay of Fires East Coast Tasmania
Time for a few more shots but the day marches on, we have traveleed alot of dirt and alot of kilometers and we have no idea where we are headed, Swansea, Bicheno? maybe have a look at Freycinet on the off chance we can find a free camp. View as we travel south down the east coast Tasmania near Swansea.
Arrived at Freycinet N.P and just caught the Ranger, got us a spot for $13 a night so took 2 nights at the price. Good toilets down the track a bit and very cold showers. We were knackered from the big days travel and by the time i set up camp and started tea and grabbed a beer i was feeling quite sleepy.
The mobile kitchen Freycinet N.P, Tasmania. Amazing wha you can fit into a Subaru Forester if you pack it right.
Some farm gate tassie beef we picked up during the day, yuuum.
Some farm gate tassie beef and farm gate tassie veges for a well deserved meal a few beers and bed. It rained all night and the critters were raiding our camp but we had everything packed away and nothing to pilfer: Freycinet N.P, Tasmania.
Following the North Coast our 1st stop was Hewley Beach, Port Sorrell
Next stop was Narawntapu National Park where we decided next trip to Tassie we would spend a few nights at the unpowered camps of this beautiful place.
Narawntapu National Park: Remnants of what was in the 1800's a sheep property called " Springlawn"
Some very nice beaches as well
Leaving Narawntapu National Park we followed muddy dirt road until we arrived at York Town, didnt find much there but a few monuments to the towns history and a mock up of a 1800's hut
AFter leaving York Town we head south to Beaconsfield an old mining town made famous recently with the rescue of 2 trapped miners. This old pub and alot of the old mining town reek of history:
More old building with the poppet head of the mine in the background
The entrance to the abandoned Grubb Shaft Mine circa 1905. Here for $11 a head you enter the Heritage Museum and its worth every cent as you wander the ruins of the old Grubb Mine for a few hours:
So much vintage gear hanging about Beaconsfield Heritage Museum/Mine:
Grubb Shaft Mine ruins you can walk around in here just be careful
The most media exposed poppet head i have seen, this is where everyone waited to see: Brant Webb (37) and Todd Russell (34) get themselfs out of this mine collapse, sadly Larry Knight (44) didnt survive. There is a place in the museum where you can pop your head up into a pipe and get a replica of the cage these guys had to live in, not good...
I wonder how this hub to hub setup would go under my camper trailer
After leaving Beaconsfield we followed the Tamar River on our way to Launceston. We didnt stop in Launceston just drove straight through and followed the river back up the other side to George Town then onto Low Head:
Continuing up through Georgetown and after a long full day on the road we arrive at Low Head with just enough time to get some accomodation and snap a few frames: Light houses all over the place, we are on the Tamar River near the entrance to Bass Strait.
Nice end to another long day
A view from our cabin as the beer kicks in and the sunsets
Woke up for an early morning walk along the beach toward the Mersy River, Devonport, after being woken by the fog horn of the Spirit Of Tasmania coming in about 6am.
Piece off an old Shipwreck
After a big breakfast of eggs bacon and coffee we were off and heading to Sheffield the town of Murals
If you keep your eyes open you may meet Nina and her owner who takes her everywhere with him including his morning coffee:
After coffee at Sheffield we drove out into the Great Western Tiers and The World Heritage Wilderness
On the road to Alum Cliffs: Western Tiers Tasmania
Tasman Flax Lily found it in the scrub on the Track to Tulumpanga/Alum Cliffs
I think this plant is Lilac Bells/Black Eyed Susan: Track to Tulumpanga/Alum Cliffs
Hiking out to Alum Cliffs
We drove out into the World Wilderness Heritage Area and out to the Devils Gullet, but extremely bad weather set in very quickly and we had to get out of there and head back to Devonport. We had total white outs with the fog on several occasions making driving very dangerous.
After arriving at devils gullet the wind was howling as we hiked out to see if we could get a quick look, knowing we needed to get out of there pretty quickly.
The walk out was on a good track was very eerie with the wind picking up and a mist starting to roll across the bush, i knew we had to get a move on or suffer a white out. Arrived at Devils Gullet only to be confronted by a white out of fog rolling in.
We got out of there straight away and moved very quickly to get back to the car, we were racing against the weather. After reaching the car we drove the dirt to get out at a good pace, only to find out after about 30minutes we wern't going anywhere fast, as i couldnt see 2 feet in front of me and we were on a tight winding mountain road with no barriers. After clearing the fog section we drove back to Devonport in the rain without incident and back to our cabin for a rest, a shower and plan tomorrows adventure, as we would be leaving Devonport and start the drive eastward following the secondary roads along the north coast.
