Having Another Break

[Old.Tony]

Do you have any photos of your adventure you can share with us? And welcome back.

Thanks!

We have hundreds of pictures and movies. I'll post a few up, you won't see my Nav - just the motorhome. I'll add a little commentary to each one because some need explaining. I have NOT removed the GPS coordinates from the images, so if the forum software doesn't strip that, people are welcome to examine the coordinates and see exactly where the pics were taken.

Boarding the Spirit in Geelong:

Riding the chairlift in Stanley up to the top of the Nut:

One of the many waterfalls we visited. This was Dip Falls, at 41°2'5.2399999"S, 145°22'32.7299999"E :

Up on the west side of the Nut at Stanley (just west of the cemetary) is a penguin viewing platform. Photo taken using night mode on a Google Pixel 6 Pro (50MPx). Blur is because the little guy moved during the exposure.

I'll do two more posts each with 4 pictures.

 

[Old.Tony]

Photo of the mouth of Arthur River where it joins the ocean, the lookout was called "Edge Of The World". This place is absolutely wild and we loved every minute!

Decent car park at "The Edge Of The World". There were toilets and a dump point to the right of this shot, and BBQ facilities you can see in the distance.

We parked the motorhome at the Wrest Point Casino entry (Drysdale Rd) and walked up to the Salamanca Markets. These markets were HUGE, but you don't get to see much more than we've seen in any other markets anywhere else except for a few locally crafted things. "Typical markets", if you will.

How can you visit Tasmania (as someone who enjoys motorsport) without visiting Symmons Plains Raceway?

 

[Old.Tony]

Final post for now. Have an appointment for the little guy shortly.

Fur seals lying on the rocks. We had a couple of cruises that took us on the ocean side of the island, and these guys climb up on the rocks just out of reach of the orcas (which we did NOT see, thankfully).

New Year's Eve I thought I might park my tush in a quiet street of Bellerive. The owner of the house came out and told me it was going to get very busy - and it sure did! I took this photo standing on my bed with my head up through the hatch looking forward. Yes, that's a Gen 3 Starlink dish on the right and yes, it works while we're moving. We stayed here until the midnight fireworks had finished.

Down towards Port Arthur is a surprisingly interesting place called the Unzoo. They have these guys in there:

They're about the size of a cat, but you don't pat them, they bite and do NOT let go, they just remove what they've bitten. When they eat, they eat skin, fur, bone, flesh, everything. The Unzoo also has a bird feeding area and they're visited by green rosellas - I'd never seen one before, so I was pleasantly surprised to have one land on my hand!

If you haven't gone, it's really TRULY worth it. Take some seasickness tablets BEFORE you leave on the Spirit - we were tossed around quite badly during the night on the voyage to Tasmania, I was awake most of the night and could hear the front of the ship crashing into waves.