Tassie, the final chapter.

7 & 8/2. Went to visit our friend Gary, in St Mary's and had a cuppa. We then headed into the forest again.

9 & 10/2. We met up with our friend Mickie in St Helen's and have been invited to dinner. Fantastic.

11/2. We had a great time with Mickie and Knut. Sadly the weather was dull and we didn't get to see those beautiful colours in the Bay of Fires. It rained most of the night and we broke camp in the wet. By late morning we had left the rain behind us. There were a few more lovely little bays to visit before we started heading West again towards Devonport. Our last Tassie bush camp was great. No rain, wind, waves breaking, people, music or giggling girls!

12/2. It was a beautiful day so we drove along the coast west of Devonport then back to the camp site ready to get the ferry. Mickie had inspired us with some of her lovely photos of Sisters Beach!

13/2. We left Tasmania on yet another lovely day and had a calm crossing. We weren't sure we really wanted to get back home just yet given the awful weather still hanging over Queensland. We are tempted to head for Uluru!!

13 & 14/2. Drove till dark and camped up in the Murrindindi Scenic Reserve. This was an area devastated by the Black Saturday fires in 2009. We were so impressed with what has been achieved there and the camping area was superb. such a contrast to the bush camp sites in Tasmania which were usually scruffy with broken glass and rubbish. We had a great 10 km walk.

I woke up on Valentines Day to a tiny glass of flowers and a cup of tea. It was so sweet!

15/2. After about 70,000 kms with our truck we got our first puncture. Not bad eh!! We camped up by the Murray River. Only a couple of days till we get home now but boy it's got hot, 32 degrs and muggy. We aren't dealing with it very well, we're getting soft! I nearly forgot one of the most important mentions of the trip, we had lunch at Bonnie Doon! I never thought I would ever go there. The tranquility!! (For those of you who don't know about 'Bonnie Doon' please go and rent out the classic Australian film 'The Castle'. It is one of the best movies ever.)

16 & 17/2. Camped at the Murray River and Goobang National Park.

18/2. A long drive and HOME!!!