Cycling Trip around Tasmaina and Flinders Island
Beach Walking Days
Tessellated Pavement On the way to the Three Capes we had a side trip to the Tessellated Pavement rocks. We have seen the same phenomenon in quite a few bays…
Power and Mud
I love raw power, simple power, power that requires, deserves and demands respect. What am I on about.....STEAM power. Old school traction and steam engines of all sizes, I love…
Cradle Mountain
It was a Gateaux outer shell with hoodie, Kathmandu jumper , long sleeve Mountain Designs thermal shirt, Kathmandu woollen t-shirt, Mac-Pac thermal singlet, Decathlon rain pants, Kathmandu long pants and…
Lotsa moving, stuff and things
Today started with a quick drive to see some of the world's most fragile looking creatures; however they are surprisingly rigid, with an exoskeleton much like a snail, or a…
New Boot Day
For those who trod the untroddable. Those who strive for confident grip. Those who insist upon silk linen, cloud like comfort in the harshest of Alby Mangle’s situations. I can…
Russell Falls
After a day of washing our clothes, the van and us, we decided to trek back to Russell Falls. It is just so beautiful and I wanted to try a…
How to do all the walks in one day
Today we strung a few walks together. Bella vista OMG, the Mt. Field area is sure to delight any bushwalker, mountaineer or nature lover. A few things we spied today…
Van Life
Mandy and I decided to mix things up a bit. We want to do many of the walks around the Franklin-Gordon National park, to the west of Hobart...ish. Weather investigation…
Island time
Travelling South from Lower Snug, a few choices were offered. Once again it was time to pull out the 'Map Out' app and see what the gradients were like. In…
Time to travel
The time had come for us to move on from our digs at the Alabama Hotel. It had been very comfortable, funky, reasonably priced and central to all walkable things…
Cherry cider
Juicy. Sweet. Unique. The thought of a wild cherry cider, sporting the name of my favourite word, ‘simple’, occupied my mind for two days before I bought one from the…