LennyGeorgi

One of our first trailer testing weekends involved a trip to the fabulous Lake Pedder. There were a few minor issues in getting underway and the bus found it heavy going when ascending steep hills but otherwise it was a good (albeit slow) trip. The weather forecast was almost perfect (low to mid 20's and slight winds) and we had expectations of some paddling opportunities. Lake Pedder (including the canal that links it to Lake Gordon) is Australia's largest freshwater lake. Our two kayak trips, however, only allowed us to cover a very small corner of Pedder! Of course, we also found time to visit and walk across the Gordon Dam, one of Tasmania's highest dams plus visit the Serpentine Dam, which provides the spillway for the two lakes. The ex-Hydro town of Strathgordon now has ... read more

Since returning from our previous adventure, we have been thinking about what we might do next. After careful consideration, we decided to add a trailer to the bus and put kayaks on top. A tinny with a small outboard motor was a consideration early on but getting it off and on the trailer was an issue and there seemed to be lots of rules about licenses with each of the different states having different regulations. So kayaks seemed like the best idea. We had some minor issues with the amount of "stuff" that we had inside the bus on our last trip. The walkway was sometimes a little congested and it usually meant that we had to "unload" the bus when we stopped to have easy access to all parts of our home away from home. ... read more

Tasmania is a small island with a population of approximately 500,000. Of course, being an island there are quite a lot of beaches... Sometimes I think there is a beach for each person in Tassie. If you go to a beach, it's "crowded" if there are more than ten people.... We are lucky... Of course, living in Hobart, we spend our summer weekends relatively close to Hobart. There's no point driving a few more hours when you have a huge choice of beaches just a relatively short drive away. There are favourite places we go to for a weekend and we make choices usually based on the weather forecast and what other activities we might plan to be doing. Our favourites include: Drip Beach near Cygnet Randalls Beach and Middleton Beach down south. Bruny Island has ... read more

We had a really fabulous Christmas break travelling over to the West Coast. We spent our days walking, watching the sunset, and visiting Hydro dams. Very peaceful and relaxing. It's a special place, the West Coast of Tasmania and the people are a special group too; very resilient and capable. Of course, it cops a fair amount of criticism for the weather (lots of rain) but when you get a patch of good weather, there is hardly a place where you would prefer to be. Our first night was a bush camp near Derwent Bridge. From there, we drove ever closer to Queenstown, but this time with a difference. Previously, it has always been a rush getting from one place to another. This time was different - no rush. So we stopped and did all the ... read more

Hello Folks, We hope you enjoyed reading our travelblog posts. We had a lot of fun. During our six months of travelling, we covered all the states and major territories of Australia. We drove more than 30,000 kilometres in the Coaster and the Cruiser (excluding all of the tours which were mostly water based). We took more than 10,000 photos (and most of them were OK!) To cover the trip adequately is difficult but on the blog there are over 150 posts with more than 50,000 words and 1,000 plus photos. We have now rejoined the community of Hobart and have commenced preparing for return to more "normal"? life. There will be another blog coming which will focus exclusively on the birdlife we have seen on our trip but firstly a little break. Cheers Lenny and ... read more