Week 4

Day 22: Very over cast and slightly sprinkling, so we headed to Binalong bay, could see that the water would be beautiful on a nice day, but we wern't so lucky. The afternoon we went into St Helens and got to see every Tasmanians favourite sports event, Woodchopping. There were state and Australian representatives slogging away at the timber. It was fun guessing which were the men and which were the ladies. Went back to policemans point via The Gardens and through a rough track where Housie gathered firewood for the night.





Day 23: Overcast again and sprinkling, thought we would pack up and try our luck for better weather at Freycienat National park, when arriving at a camp spot at Friendly beaches they all looked to be filled, Housie found a park while Dec's and Al used the toilet. When they arrived back at the car, Housie had unhitched the camper. Al advised Housie that it wasn't a camping spot only a day area. With a shrug of his shoulders, the camper went up. Al wasn't happy at all about staying in the day area, but Housie tried to reassure her that it would be ok as we were only going to stay 3 nights. That night we were visited by wallabies looking for an easy feed.

 



Day 24: Housie put Al's mind at rest by packing up the camper and we then headed off to see WineGlass Bay, first stop though was Coles bay. Being there in the morning, the water was like glass and everything was quiet, really nice. Then we treked up the hill to see Wine Glass Bay, a beautiful view. We couldn't convince the kids to walk down to the actual beach, as they had had enough walking just heading up the hill.

 



As there were no real camping spots available in the area left due to being peak time, we headed off to Hobart and pulled up stumps at 7 Mile Beach.

Day25: As an early Bday present to Charli, we took the kids to Zoodoo at Richmond. They got to see Meercats, lions, tigers, Tassie devils being fed, Able to touch a python and a lace monitor, feed emus and camels. They had a top time. The best part was when we were looking at the lions, the male didn't like the reflection given off by Housie's phone, and jumped at the window. We all swore that Housie shit himself, but he denied it, even an asian guy was laughing and pointing, and Al swore that he said "it's so funny cos he fat!" After all the denials Housie soon snuck off to the toilets.

Afterwards we went for a drive through Richmond which has so many historic buildings still in great condition, it makes Morpeth look like a run down housing commision from the 70's. One of the bridges in the town was built by convicts in 1823 and is still able to be traversed by buses and trucks.

Day 26: Went for a look around the wharf area in the morning which is where the yachts end up at the end of the Sydney to Hobart, which was really nice. Then we headed up to Mt Wellington for the arvo. This Mountain sits at the west of Hobart city, giving an awesome view over the place.



On the way up to Mt Wellington Housie attempted to eat the biggest beef schnitzel in Australia, as Declan would say "Ha epic fail". The schnitzel was serve on a pizza tray due to the size and also came with chips and salad. He did get the pint down with ease that he had with the meal.





 





Day 27: Was a bit of a cruisy day with washing and shopping needed. The rest of the day was a drive down south of Hobart through Cygnet and Huonville, which were very very nice places.

Day 28: Headed off to Bruny Island for the afternoon, the kids were stoked that we could take the car on the ferry across only to be dissapointed that they did not have bunk beds like on the Spirit of Tasmania waiting for them. Once off the boat we drove to the south of Bruny to see the cape lighthouse. When we arrived it was blowing a gale. The kids were nearly blown over several times by the gusts of wind.Then they drove around to Cloudy beach, which would have been much nicer without the strong winds.