Longford to sailing back to the Bigger Island

saying good bye

My Last entry for a while as in the morning we sail for the Bigger Island, since our last entry nothing much has happened we travelled from Longford on tuesday after a 4 day stay there due to the weather which was wet and cold. did no more freecamping as we would have had no heating so the last week has been in caravan parks.

Athough while in longford we did visit mount Ben Lomon and upon getting 7/8 up the mount to get to the top we would have had to travel along a stretch of road called Jacobs Ladder this stretch is so narrow and winding and it is one way only, it zig zags straight up the mountain and I woud have attemted it but it was to wet and Dangerous and walking also was out of the question,

Ben Lomon Mountain

anyway we did have a nice drive up there.

The next day we visited a Mansion called Woolmers

All of the above are of The Mansion and the grounds

The oldest surviving Wooden Water Wind Mill Pump in Australia

This picture shows the old, in between and New pump stations

One of the last mansions completely left as it was over 150 years ago. the last person alive here only died in 1994 and he left everything to a trust he set up and it administered by the State. Absolutely fascinating and we spend almost half a day there if in Tassie a must to visit, there also is a Rose Garden with every variety of roses one can imagen.

The Rose Garden

Biankas friend in the Rose Garden

Wednesday we decided to go look for a freecamp near Devonport but after some difficulties we decided to head for the Abel Tasman CP where we have been for the last 3 nights.

While here, we traveled to Burnie once more for some Cheese and a quick look see if we could get something for the van.

Today we washed the Van and Prado and got ready for embarking in the morning. so for this Chapter in our Travels. So we say cheerio untill 10 days from now when once more we are on the road to AnyWhere.

Bianka & Sig