20160423 Tas Barrington with Martin and Sue

20160423 As we come to the end of our trip I look back over the last two and a half months and recollect how in ore of Tassie I was.  Tassie truly takes you back in time with the amazing little towns, the historical buildings and they all have that special story to tell of the history that once was, and let’s not forget the quirky creativeness that each town takes so much pride in. The weather has been absolutely wonderful with only two days of rain the whole trip, how lucky were we.  Tassie truly has four seasons’ in one day, one minute the sun is shining, the next it’s raining, then it’s freezing or windy then the sun shining again, so wearing layers is the go.  We found the Tassie people very friendly and so obliging not to mention the new travel friend we meet along the way and the many laughs we all shared.

We meet Martin and Sue at Fingal were all the campers came together under there awning as Martin had the only pot belly fire to attract us all.
Martin shown Des his cool man shed and on the RHS would be his brew, not quite ready.

 
One of Martins remote toys and he even has a tug boat to get the Turbo out of trouble.
Sue takes us on a tour of her lovely garden and look what I found, the beautiful fuchsia flowers, I would love to be able to grow them but they like the cold.
It was so funny watching Sue chase Millie around the garden trying to get a dead animal off her only every time Sue got close Millie would pick it up and run off.
After we all finished eating the yummy roast dinner Martin and Sue cooked we returned to Martins pot belly or travelers magnet for a few more drinks, we should get one Des, fat chance.  








I’m not very keen on carrots but after eating them at Sue and Martin’s I will never look back, they adding parsley to the carrots when cooking them and it was really yummy, try it.  But the peas were a different story, they stayed on my plate, Yak!

24-04-2016  Again we woke to a lovely sunny morning and our last day in Tassie with our new friends Martin and Sue.  We had such a wonderful time last night sitting around the fire and having a good old yarn, it was as if we had known these pair all of our lives.

Martin cooks us all breakfast, another of Martin's specialties, yummy.
The chefs special, fried eggs, melted cheese on a muffin roll, Mmm very good.

Passing the time of day while chatting and taking in the view.
Check out this view from there front yard overlooking Mt Roland, I recon we should do a house swap Sue, only in the summer.
Sue and Des just before he starts the truck to go HH (heavy hurling) ad Des calls it.  
We were lucky to meet the lovely Angela, Sue and Martin’s daughter before heading off.

Come on Sue one last photo before we leave, it’s always sad to say good bye when you find new friends, but hopefully we will meet again one day.
This is the landscape around Barrington where Martin and Sue live, just beautiful.
A cow’s life, looking over Mt Roland.
Mt Roland as we leave Tasmania

Location: Barrington TAS 7306, Australia

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