Blogs from Australind, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania

DAY 172 Another broken night as we were disturbed by the teen party goers, they just seemed to wander around the area, thankfully at times out of earshot and then they would wander back to their fire and then you would hear the sound of branches snapping as they were gathering more firewood. I have no objection to them partying but it is against the law to snap off branches from the trees in conservation areas and of course, party away but do have respect for those around you who want to sleep. Of course at 7.00 as we were getting up, they left and so left behind them, bottles strewn around, broken bottles in the fire, lots of litter from food packaging. For me this conservation area as beautiful as it is, I think ... read more

DAY 170 It was a little before 3.00 this morning when the Possum put in an appearance, well, when I say appearance, I really mean I heard it snuffling around outside on the table. I bashed the side of the tent, it went quiet for I don’t know how long before it reappeared, this occurred several times over, I am not sure who gave up me or the Possum but I was not disturbed by it again. Andy went outside for a pee and saw a juvenile Possum sat on a log, we think he was practising his technique for when he is older and will need to scavenge food off unsuspecting tourists. However, just after 3.00 I was woken by the sound of a vehicle, this is most unusual a place like this would ... read more

DAY 168 It had rained quite a lot in the night, and with a broken nights sleep, we just lay in our sleeping backs, until the motivation of the day got to me. I wandered over to the picnic bench and sparked the laptop up, we knew we had Internet access so I had the chance to check our e-mails and see how Kangaroojack was getting on. We were delighted to have received a brilliant epic message from Lee and Marilyn Harris from Bathurst in New south Wales whom we shared a great part of our Tasmanian adventure with. Lee told us that Kangaroojack had inspired them to do a blog, and they have started in on My travel blog, which is where Kangaroojack produces his, we checkout the internet link and it has the makings ... read more