The climb up the Poitina Pass is quite a drive climbing what appears to be a vertical cliff from below and the Coaster was in third gear for most of the way, fortunately there was the occasional part where I could pull over to let the long suffering cars through but once near the top the views over eastern Tasmania were magnificent.
We stopped at Cramps Bay on the Great Lake for lunch where there is a village of fishermen's shacks but not much else. Reckon it would be EXTREMELY cold in winter but we were having a beautiful day. The Great Lake is about 3000+ ft above sea level and the area is covered in snow in winter.We continued on to Lake Arthur (must have been named after me) and stopped at Pumphouse Bay but decide it was a bit early to camp and moved on. We saw a sign to sculptures in the middle of the bush at Steepes and turned in to find a display of sculptures attached to rocks just in the middle of the scrub. It was a little like Stone Henge in the UK but was dedicated to the people who protect the Steppes country both now and in the past.
As we came down out of the mountains the scenery changed dramatically into fertile plains and rolling hills. We passed through Bothwell and on the spur of the moment decided to checkout a camp site at Kempton where to our surprise we ran into Alan and Mazie who had pulled in for the night and we were followed into the camp by folks we had camped with at St Helens. This really is a small island.This town has done us proud with a beautiful camp site, they sure know how to attract the RV traveller in Tassie.Had a call from Allan and Maureen and they are currently up north at Batman Bridge checking out the Tamar region.
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