Blogs from Richmond, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania

We came to Hobart at the perfect time... not! Our only full day here and it poured with rain for all of it, and the weather struggled to get over 15 degrees Celsius at its warmest. The warmth the rest of the country seems to be getting makes me jealous. What made it even harder was the comfortable bed we woke up in this morning, and that I was suffering from neck and back pain. Breakfast was in the restaurant this morning, and although pricey, offered a wide selection of cooked food, cold meats and cheeses, as well as your typical cereals, fruit, yoghurt and toast. Considering we're on holiday, we paid for the breakfast, though when we book hotels ourselves, we usually select the breakfast option when booking our room! By 9, we were ready ... read more

I cannot ever remember watching a colourful sunrise while being in the middle of a thunder storm. But that was our experience at Mayfield Bay. The sun rise was over the Freycinet Peninsular directly across Great Oyster Bay from Mayfield Bay. Must say we experienced unusual difficulties with auto focus because of the driving rain between us and the sunrise. However, by fixing the focus on infinity the problem was solved. Mind you, the camera still sounded like a concrete mixer and was tricky to operate. It was not long before we arrived at the little port of Triabunna. Many tourists travel from here by ferry to Maria Island, but for us, we have insufficient time/funds to do everything we see that we like. We were staggered at the number of motorhomes free camping here. Some ... read more

After leaving Merimbula we travelled to Lakes Entrance in southern Victoria which was a 270 km trip. It was a nice sunny day and the country side was lovely as it is mostly National Park country with a few small quaint towns along the way. At Lakes Entrance we met up with some friends of ours whom we met whilst in Cairns as they were parked next to us in the caravan park there. We had a lovely time with Tony and Gwen and they took us for a drive up to the small town of Buchan where there are some caves. Although we didn’t go through the caves we had a picnic lunch in the park near them where there were some fabulous old trees and the area was so picturesque. We had dinner with ... read more

We woke up to an overcast day with a forecast of rain and storms. We went up to the Information Centre to get our National Parks and Wildlife Pass and went for a drive. Our first stop was Richmond. We had a lovely walk around this quaint little town. We wandered up to the old sandstone church, St Johns, which had beautiful stained glass windows. When we left Richmond we drove down to Opussum. This was quite a long but very scenic drive. It is the last town on a ‘doglegged’ shaped headland that is South of Richmond. The drive is lovely, between the mountains and the river. We stopped and had our picnic lunch overlooking Seven Mile Beach - a beautiful spot. (unfortunately we had to sit in the car as it was raining) We ... read more