Tuesday 14th April 2015 Judy was a little sad at leaving Canberra, there were still places to see and she enjoyed the people we had met. We hope to keep in touch with John & Ann, who are from WA. Maybe we’ll return to Canberra to complete our exploration at some future time. After our farewells we set off towards Yass, not really having an end destination in mind but knowing there was a good free campsite at Carcoar Dam, about 250kms north of us. Yass is a big town, the commercial centre for the many large farms around it. It was one of the early towns in the settlement of NSW and there were many buildings dating back to the late 1800s. Parking for our rig was at scarce and we only saw a ... read more

Tuesday 31st March 2015 We left Sale at about 1000 very pleased with the caravan park fees only $17/night for both nights with a power cost of $4.75. This park is well worth stopping at if you are in the area. First stop was Bairnsdale, a couple of hours away, and after a walk down the typical country main street, we went to Maccas for lunch as we are getting rather addicted to their toasted ham, cheese and tomato sandwiches! After this we stopped in at the Information Centre next door and a very helpful lady gave us some ideas of what to see and where to stay. After checking out the old church next door, the only thing worth seeing in the town in her opinion, we went to Cheap Auto Parts over the ... read more

Sunday 22nd March 2015 Today we drove the 80kms or so north to Richard & Carol’s place in Donvale for lunch. Carol is a good friend of Judy’s, they met in Perth when they were both having children and were close friends until Carole moved to Melbourne for her husband's job. We stayed with them on a previous trip and enjoyed catching up with them. After lunch we went for a drive in the Dandenongs which was along winding roads with lots of Sunday drivers. We had a coffee overlooking Melbourne, although it wasn’t a very clear view due to the smog and smoke below. A bit of window shopping followed in the nearby village, Olinda, before we returned to where we dropped them off and headed back to Somerville. Back in Somerville, John had ... read more

Wednesday 18th March 2015 The skies were grey this morning and rain appeared to be threatening but we have learnt that grey skies don't mean rain or much rain here in Hobart and the skies often clear as the day progresses so we decided to take the risk and drive the 90 minutes to the Mount Field National Park. The trip there was uneventful, the scenery changing as we followed the Derwent River upstream. Tasmania isn’t all green, as we saw where the paddocks had turned the same dry, brown colour we get at home. We passed lots of old buildings as well as hops farms so there was always something to see. On reaching the entrance to the park we found that it was divided into two sections and the one centred around Lake Dobson ... read more

Monday 16th March 2015 MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art, is considered to be one of the top attractions of Hobart. It is the largest privately funded museum in Australia and was founded in 2001 by Tasmanian millionaire, David Walsh. This was where we headed this morning. It is set in the Moorilla Winery about 20kms from Hobart on cliffs overlooking the Derwent River. There were very few signs showing where to enter the museum from the carpark and we wandered past the winery with its workers going about their normal business. An unassuming building near the cliff edge was where other people were entering through a curved metal façade. The museum is set with 3 levels underground, is a warren of tunnels connecting display areas. The displays consisted of static, electronic, mechanical, auditory, ... read more