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Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Smithton January 19th 2011

Smithton to Crayfish Creek Started the day with a cup of tea and hot spa. Special day! Reluctantly packed up in the company of the little Blue Wrens and some very small dark brown wallaby kinda critters (Pademelons. Lovely!). This has been a gorgeous, secluded accommodation and we already can't wait to return. We take a drive around some areas inland from Smithton that we are considering as an area we might like to live. One of them is called Irishtown, and is very pretty, but unfortunately the local football team are called "The Irishtown Canaries"...! (How are we supposed to get behind a team called that?) We make our way to Edith Creek and Scotchtown also. All good. A short drive back down the road and we are back in Stanley. There are many wonderful ... read more
Killer crayfish, Stanley (Hursey's seafoods)
Our caravan, Crayfish Creek
Lovely lighthouse, Stanley

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Smithton January 18th 2011

A stunning seaside drive through "our bit" of Tassie - Devonport to Smithton For the first time this morning, turned off the alarm and went back to sleep so had a leisurely rise at 8.30am. Lovely collaborative breakfast - I made stewed mushrooms, boiled eggs and Turkish toast, and Eric made grilled tomatoes with vine wrapped cheese, reheated some of last night's leftover potatoes and carrots and fried some slices of Polish sausage- is this the first time I have eaten carrot for breakfast? It was delicious! Reasonably speedy pack up, (hindered only slightly by having to fashion a sink plug out of the foil lid from a tub of yoghurt). Off to the supermarket for a few more supplies - bought four different types of apples and 2 punnets of gleaming, immaculate blackberries! Berries remain ... read more
Prettiest wooden church ever! Penguin
Beautiful cold southern waters!
Warning signs on poppy crop




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