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The Edge of the World
... LG Cyril Hi everybody, we are at the edge of the world. If we keep moving in the same direction, the next country is Australia, after crossing all the the Indian and Antlantic ocean. The pictures are not fake, its EXACTLY what I've seen. Madness ! See ...
Road Tripping, Swampy Style!!
Today was a road trip and a half!!! we set off with dismal swamp in mind! but it took us 6 hours of driving to get there! admittidly we took the very scenic route to the swamp in the north west corner of the island! we also got stook behind a st patrics ...
Tasmania!!!
... , lookout or beach and drive out the road, returning back the same way . This is when we coined the description, “Australia, land of interesting road kill”. You don’t see cats, dogs or rabbits along the roadside. You ...
WEST TO THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
... lots of young families and everyone was very friendly and welcoming! We found out later it has the biggest timber mill in Australia operated by Gunns. We discovered some good fresh vegetable outlets there and stocked up. We had read quite a spiel about ...
The Western Wilderness
... in den wilden Westen Tasmaniens: Der Westen ist längst nicht so gut erschlossen wie die Ostküste und einige Kilometer hinter Smithton gibt es keine Straße im Sinne eines Mitteleuropäers mehr, sondern nur eine Dirtroad, die Bis nach Zeehan quer durch ...
Wild North West Tassie
... van, minus papers and money that went with the wind. Certainly put the wind up everyone, (sorry about the pun) We left for Smithton and had a walk around. Heading for Arthur River, and on our way we hoped to go to Dismal Swamp. The only sink hole left in ...
Climbing Stanley's Nut?
... Cape lookout. The scenery is gorgeous and the beaches look amazing; the sand is so soft and white. We stayed in Smithton, past Stanley. It actually was a really nice motel called The Bridge. They didn't really have good cooking facilities there, ...
Edge of the World
Left Marrawah around 8.15am deciding to go to Arthur's River. Pretty spot, decided to camp here for a couple of days, unwind from all the traveling. Found ourselves a sheltered camp spot & set up, we had the luxury of pit toilets (hold your nose) ...
One Week to Go!
With one week to go, our thoughts are constantly on the trip and the To Do List keeps growing. Top of the worries at the moment is the weather with sub-zero temperatures and snow, it looks like it's going to be a white christmas!! Not to ...
Cradle Mountain
... . Bit of trivia…Mount Black is the highest mountain in the Southern Hemisphere with trees at its summit…also has Australia's steepest Golf course. Next stop is Cradle Mountain, we arrive at 10.30am,so many people & buses everywhere, ...
Getting Ready
Ok - After all the planning, we are starting to consider packing and the seating allocation for a very long flight from Melbourne to Paris, via Singapore. ...
Week 3 - Arthur Pieman
Camped at: Monday: APCR - Manuka Tuesday: APCR - Prickly Wattle Wednesday: APCR - Manuka ...
The wheels in the ditch go round and round...
Mon 4th - Drove back to the Rocky Cape National Park in the morning to do a short walk in the rain to Cathedral Rocks, that look a bit like a badly built cathedral standing out to sea. Took wrong path, but made it. Then drove out to the West ...
Week 2 - Wet
Camped at: Monday: Oldina Forestry Reserve Tuesday: Oldina Forestry Reserve Wednesday: Oldina Forestry Reserve Thursday: Black River picnic ground Friday: Milkshake Hills Forest Reserve Saturday: Milkshake Hills ...
From Bondi to Melbourne to Van Diemens
Hi Guys, its been an age since we updated this!! i supposed we better start out with sydney! we spent two weeks here for christmas & news years! To be honest 2 weeks was a bit long! christmas day ended up being a bit of a flop! we headed to Bondi, ...
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