http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Saint-Helens/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Tasmania , Saint Helens en-us Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:33:05 +0000 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:33:05 +0000 ldquoOnersquos destination is never a placebut a new way of seeing thingsrdquo.Henry Miller.After the splendor of the rugged westwhat was in store as we drifted down towards the coastal plains in the northWe had a destination in mind but of far greater importance was what we were likely to see in getting there.The first observation of gently rolling hills and bright green paddocks confirm http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Saint-Helens/blog-413133.html This little gem from Mark TwainrdquoTwenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didnrsquot do than by the ones you did do.So throw off the bowlinessail away from the safe harbourcatch the trade winds in your sails.Explore.Dream.Discoverrdquo.Tasmania is an island that had to be sailed to so as to be discovered and it was a Dutch navigatorAbel Tasmanwho fo http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Saint-Helens/blog-412122.html Logo quando saimos pela manha do camping tinhamos apenas uma ideia do que gostariamos de ver ali na regiao mas nao tinhamos nem nocao de que direcao tomar e nem por onde comecar....Entao melhor escolha era parar primeiro no centro de informacoes de St. Helens. Foi onde tomamos conhecimento do que a regiao nos eferecia para ser visitado nos dois dias que temos disponiveis aqui.Programamos para os http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Saint-Helens/blog-391618.html Essa noite foi realmente dificil de conseguir dormir. O trailler em que ficamos era velho e sujo a roupa de cama igualmente suja. Ontem assim que entramos no nosso trailler ficamos chocados com a pessima qualidade em que se encontrava sera que eh muito pedir um local limpo para se passar a noite Eh dessa vez erramos na nossa escolha Nao pudemos nem tomar banho porque o banheiro era imprati http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Saint-Helens/blog-391596.html A couple more Post boxes have been added for your enjoyment. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Saint-Helens/blog-380698.html DAY 123Please note the contents of todays blog contains graphical details which have nothing to do with me thanks. Caroline We both slept really well last night but again we woke up to another bright warm and sunny morning I got up first taking our tea mugs etc to the camp kitchen so that I could finish the blog off for An Elephant Ate My Pancakes which we managed to upload and added the p http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Saint-Helens/blog-380589.html Up at 7.30 and left by 8am today. We drove from Swansea to St Helens to the Bay of Fires. We stopped at the Information Center a lovely little lady welcomed us and showed us where all the free campsites were and told us that there were free showers in the main car park area near the harbour brilliant And they were hot showers even betterWe drove up to Grant Lagoon Camping area there was no http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Saint-Helens/blog-369117.html We checked in at the Hillcrest Tourist Park in St Helens in the early afternoon so decided to go back into town to do some food shopping for Christmas lunch as well as a few last minute presents. On Christmas Eve we went for a drive in the hills doing short walks at Blue Tier Reserve Goblin Walk Anchor Stampers an old Tin mine and Halls Falls. We stopped for some more cheeses at Pyengana http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Saint-Helens/blog-358433.html