Well the trip over was a little rough, so I'm told, as I managed to sleep all through it. We arrived at Devonport at 6am and were quickly off the ship, going through quarantine inspections, which took a while and then on our way. We decided to go to a local camp site, Girdlestone Park where lots of travellers stop for the night after arriving on the ferry or before joining the ferry. We found our friends John and Marion in camp here having arrived on the day trip and were joined by people we had met on the boat. (or is that a ship). I hear Alan and Willa are on the boat at the moment and will arrive tonight.
We went into town with John and Marion and bought some provisions and checked out the tourist information centre, came home loaded with tourist brochures. Allan has ordered the part he needs for the Hyundai and I have managed to break one of the levers on the awning so tomorrow Allan will have his part fitted and we will seek out the part that we need. I am atold there is a good caravan repairer in Ulverstone not far away. Our shower floor has also developed a hairline crack while will no doubt become a problem requiring attention.
Today we are taking things easy, and everybody seems to be taking the opportunity to tidy up or do minor repairs.
First impressions of Devonport is that it is much larger that we anticipated but not as green as anticipated. It is funny how you have have preconceived idea of what to expect. It was rather chilly this morning as we disembarked but the day has improved with just a nip of coolness in the breeze. The locals are running around with next to nothing on and think it's hot.
All being well we hope to head west (go west young man) tomorrow but just where we end up is anybody's guess.
You'll find Tassie is more ruggered than pristine if you are comparing it to New Zealand. I had a pre conceived idea that it would be like NZ cause alot of people told me that but where NZ is clean and Green, Tassie is Ruggered and Rusic, the true Australian way.
ReplyDeleteI had to laugh, when we were down there the locals were complaining about the January heat. It was 24 degrees that day. We thought it was wonderful!