BusTed in Lilydale Falls then HOME

Hi Everybloggy,

Well, these falls in Lilydale were an unexpected delight.

Really easy to walk to, and two lovely little drops.

There was ample stairs to climb up and down.

Plus the chance to get up close and personal with the water and take yet more amazing photos.

Another bonus was we got to stay overnight in the carpark.

 We left there and spent the next few days in Latrobe, where we went to a market at the 

'Axemans' Hall of Fame'.

We met a delightful lady by the name of Christine, she had really nice watercolours for sale and also ran classes. Needless to say we were in, so Tuesday she picked us up from our bus in Forth and drove us to her studio for an afternoon of painting.....nice.

It was a really pleasant afternoon in Kindred.

We spent the next day catching up with new found friends and packing the bus up to leave.

As you can see by our map highlights, we covered heaps, but not all, we had to leave some things to see when we come back.

We can honestly say we had the best time in 

TASSIE.

Loved it.

 So now, its back on the Mainland and this is our last blog for a while.

We will spend time with our family and friends..(that means you). Oh and that four letter word WORK, yes I am going back to work for 8 weeks.

Also we will be making new photobooks and writing novels.

So if you are up Tuncurry way term 2 give us a bell, and pop on in to visit us.

It has been so much fun sharing our adventure with you, on the 12th of April it will be our one year anniversary of living on the road...Its gone so quick.

So, sometime in July we will be off again, Darwin ??? South Australia ??? Queensland??? Who knows which way the wind will blow us next.

Love To You All

Till next time

From

Ellen and Michelle

and

BusTed

xxxx

BusTed in Legerwood

Hi all,

While we were travelling around Tasmania several of our fellow travellers would ask in worried tones if we had driven on the Queenstown 99 bends and the Tasman Highway from St Helens to Scottsdale. Well, as you know we'd managed the 99 bends so now it was the Tasman Highway.

It was beautiful, the weather was bleak and rainy with a lot of cloud cover so we couldn't see any views but with all the foliage damp and hugging the road it was like our own world.

The road was very bendy, but Theodora takes hills slow so it wasn't scary at all.

This fish painting was just before Derby where we stopped overnight. Cleverly done eh?

The camp site was next to the river on the main street of Derby. It is a quaint little town with a tin mining history. We visited the old school which has been converted to a Museum, really interesting.

Heading on the next day we stopped at Ledgerwood where the stumps of the old trees have been carved into sculptures as a war memorial.

The old railway station had been converted into a BBQ picnic area. Unfortunately the bus was running a bit late.

Phew.. thought I'd missed it.

The Bridstowe Lavender Farm at Nabowla had finished flowering but the rows of plants were still impressive. 

One more Blog then we're home.

Bye for now

Michelle and Ellen.

BusTed in Cosy Corner

Hello all,

We had a short pause in a little place called Diana's Basin. We camped on a swan breeding lake. There must have been over 50 black swans, so graceful.

The Basin was fed by the water from Diana's Beach which was on the other side of the outcrop of land. Beautiful.

After a quick visit in St Helen's for supplies we headed out for a few days at Cosy Corner. Talk about beautiful places, this one was magnificent, also the water wasn't too cold.

This place is on the coastline near 'The Bay of Fires. It was named by the explorer, Captain Tobias Furneaux in 1773 who saw  fires of the aboriginals dotting the beaches.  The orange colour is a lichen growing on the rocks it is a photographers heaven.

Here am I but.......

where is Michelle?

Not a bad place to spend a few days.

Reminded us of home.

Till next time

Michelle and Ellen.