Ross is one of Tasmania’s Finest Historic Towns, and what a lovely, tranquil place it was. Streets decked with all the joys of Autumn as my car rode over the “famous” Ross bridge and into this enchanting wee settlement, north of Hobart. Marina and Joseph first mentioned Ross to me. Until they had, I Read more about Backpacking in Australia: Touring Ross, Tasmania[…]
I’d never heard of Frankston either and it’s just not touristy or anything. But I love places like that, totally out of the way, totally un-obvious and worth a look for an extra memory. It wasn’t really on the way out of Melbourne for me, but a wee bit south, on the east side of Read more about Road Trip Part 2 – Sunset in Frankston[…]
I’d heard of Byron Bay quite a few times. I’m not really sure what struck it out to me as a “must stop at” location on my East Coast Road Trip, but it was a given. I even went so far as to make it a definite over night stop, and somewhere I wanted to Read more about Cheeky Monkeys – The Party Town of Byron Bay, Australia[…]
The 10th June 2010 came round rather quick. Aged 30 and living in the land under down under (Tasmania) I was attempting to mix my working life with my lifelong hobby – watching football, the greatest game on planet earth. It was going to be tricky. In the run up to the World Cup Read more about World Cup Opening Match at Wrest Point, Hobart[…]
First time round it wasn’t all that pretty. I ranked it as dull and claimed I was uninspired. That was on a two day summer visit to the Tasmanian capital back in February. However I since returned to Hobart twice after that (in May, and then in June) and suddenly realised I was wrong at Read more about Backpacking in Tasmania, Australia: Hobart Revisited[…]
Well the road trip finally began, and I have to say I believe it began at Coles Beach in Devonport. That was where I stayed manys a night sleeping in my car while living in Tasmania. From here in June 2010, I left behind Tasmania on a four state road trip north to Queensland. 5 Read more about Australian Road Trip Part 1: Leaving Coles Beach, Devonport, Tasmania[…]
We didn’t stop at this remote location on our railway through the Tasmanian wilderness. It was once a train stop known as Campspur, but it’s no longer a stop. There is a platform there but no station. Steel house structures remain to show where the “campsite” and buildings (rather huts) once were. What Read more about West Coast Wilderness Railway Part Six – Campspur[…]
I camped up in Poatina, a tranquil mountain village for a few weeks while working on broccoli season. I’ll detail more on the actual mountain village itself some other time, just a few photos and details of the camping… My tent cost me just $15 and $5 for a camping mat. I haven’t camped out Read more about Camping in Poatina[…]
Art is not something I particularly dig to be honest. I hardly ever visit art galleries and do find quite a lot of paintings over-rated, and some forms of art totally irrelevant and actually stupid, rather than clever. Which is why Sheffield came as a particular surprise. Growing up in Northern Ireland you really Read more about A Town Of Murals: Touring Sheffield, Tasmania, Australia[…]
These three places are all great, but sometimes it’s nice to condense things a bit, given my over-elaborate posts on here from time to time. So here they are on one post. Basically they are places near the Tamar River and north of Launceston in Tasmania. I went on a mini road trip to Read more about George Town, Low Head and Batman Bridge, Northern Tasmania[…]