The next chapter of our mini Tassie road trip continues... Thankfully the possums hadn’t followed us and there were no more possy performances from above to keep us awake last night. We just had the cacophony of kookaburras to herald a new day, but at least they waited until 5:30 before they started laughing at... Continue Reading →
Thanks Darl
Well, we decided it was time for another outing, just slightly further afield than our own neighbourhood and so we hopped in the recently purchased car and headed back up to Cradle Mountain for a weekend of peace and plodding. Steve was very excited to be taking the recently purchased car to the spiritual home... Continue Reading →
Shhhh, Quiet Please, Island Sleeping
January 7, 2021... a delayed post! For a person who’s a card carrying member of the Scaredy Cat Flying Club, I’m never in a hurry to get on a plane and leave terra firma, so the decision to head off for a trip to Flinders Island was taken with some trepidation…yep we’d get to see... Continue Reading →
Thumbs Up To The Thumbs
“Are we going up there?” I asked, pointing to the towering, tree covered hill before us. “I thought we’d already climbed three,” came Steve’s reply. “I guess that’s the third,” I said, as we forged on. After a top day on the bikes cruising around Maria Island, we decided to do some rambling, which in... Continue Reading →
Underground, Overground, Wombatting Free
“Wombaaaaat!!” I announced, with a face-shattering grin. “One, two, three…seven…eight… wombats everywhere!” I could not have been more stoked and excited to see not just one of these elusive, furry, dumpy, waddling little animals, but dozens of them. Oh, happy day! When we walked around Cradle Mountain earlier in the year, I had been on... Continue Reading →