Tassie trip.

8/1/12.
This is a different sort of trip for us, I'm not sure why it just feels different. We managed to get 40 Kim's past Goondiwindi on our first night, finding a dirt road and following our nose, so to speak! We parked up just of the road and sat down to a cup of tea. We were soon paid a visit by the farmer who's land we were on and who very kindly allowed us to set up camp. Turns out he holidays at Currumbin every year and was happy to chat and exchange pleasantries! It was a very hot, muggy and sticky night.

9/1.
Thanks to our new farmer friend we had a lovely walk down past his farm house to the creek before making tracks. When packing the tent up it's my job to put the beds right. One of the things I do is put the elastic straps on which pull the tent sides in when folding it up. Unfortunately when folding the bed up the elastic strap go caught up and suddenly sprang loose straight into my eyes. I didn't get time to close them it just hit my eye balls with a huge wack. Gee it hurt like hell. I was blinded for a while and they are still painful to touch (after 3 days). Anyway, after another full day driving we got to Goobang Nat Pk. it was a lovely stop with a variety of birds and wildlife.

10/1.
We had a good walk in the morning and the whole forest went berserk. Ghalahs and Cockies squawking so loudly it was amazing. Headed for Albury next. We found a lovely campsite in the Dalbry Nat Park near Wangaratta (about 75kms past Albury). It was a good stop but got wet and windy.

11/1
Little did we know then that it was just the start of a couple of days of very nasty windy wet weather. And now, sat in our cabin in Melbourne, we are quite daunted by the thought of crossing the Tasman in gale force winds!!!