LEODESTRAVELOZZ

20160330 Stopping at St Helens the largest town on the north-east coast of Tasmania and it is known as the fishing capital of Tassie.  We stock then head to the laundry mat, what a brilliant idea a laundry mat attached to a café and the meals a quite reasonable but I settled for a coffee while Des roamed the town.  We left for the Bay of Fires and camped at Swimcart Beach with many camp spots scatted all along the beach shore. OMG the sun is shining, there’s no clouds and the wind has dropped and I can finally soak up some sun in the beautiful Bay of Fires while enjoying a nice cold beer. Our camp on the edge of the ocean and it free, free, Queensland needs to smarting up with camping that’s for sure. I walked along the beach which stretches over 50 ks and it has been named the hottest travel destination in the world and is regarded as one of the most beautiful places in Australia. As I turned each bend on the beach it brought me closer to a unique rock forma...

20160328 Driving through St Mary's then onto Lagoon’s Beach campgrounds only it didn’t appeal to us, so we left to check out Falmouth mainly because of the name before settling into a great camp at Diane’s Basin on the edge on an inlet and the bonus is we are the only one’s here. As I’m the fire bug I go in search of wood and returned to strike the fire and settled in for a night full of piss and laughter. We sat outside around the fire watching the sun go down over the lake and got merrily pissed while laughing at whatever came out of our mouths. 29-03-2016 After a funny late night we didn’t show our heads till after 10am, still feeling a bit fuzzy from all the alcohol we consumed. Des recovering from our big night, he reckons it was around 2pm when we went to bed and he’s certainly feeling the after affects, the big sook. We need to walk off the hang over so off we go in search of some more wood, a chain saw would be good, w...

20160323 Dear old Fingal, well! what can I say, it has certainly seen better days, but it was once a thriving town when in 1852 gold was discovered at Mangana just 10 km from Fingal, the discovery is regarded as the first discovery of payable gold in Tasmania. The people you meet on the road, Ya! you made it Dave. There’s no hotel in this town Dave looks like you’re roughing it tonight but don’t worry Des is cooking dinner for us. Leonie: I found a B&B in town,  Dave: I’ve never done a B&B,  Leonie: Wait till you meet her she looks like Kathy Bates out of Misery,  Dave: now you have me worried,  Leonie: Um! by the way you can’t get in till 9 tonight because she at a meeting (more like preparing your bondage). OWOWOWOW! The jokes kept on flying and Maureen, a camper join in on the fun. T hen we found out she has a daughter, Ooo! look out Dave, you better lock your door tonight. I text Dave: are you ok, are you strap...

20160321 Oatlands is situated on Lake Dulverton and is one of Tasmania’s oldest settlements with over 150 sandstone Georgian buildings, the largest collection of any Australia town and mostly convict-built in the early 1800's. Callington Mill is one of Oatlands main attraction, built in 1837 this Lincolnshire tower mill is the only operating mill of its type in the Southern Hemisphere. We camped on the edge of Lake Dulverton a popular fishing spot with ducks and swans and I can’t imagine there would be many fish in there as she’s pretty dry.  In the afternoon we would have a visit from the many ducks searching for fresh water left lying in a hole under the tap. Dry Stone Wall, has been a feature of the Oatlands environment since settlement in the 1820’s.  The tedious craft requires the patience that only a woman in this day and age seem capable of, has been revived in recent years with as many as 13 woman erecting walls in and around the Oatlands district. Th...