G’day all, Are we not lucky? In Tassie several days ago taking on the challanging Cold Stream Track, on the ferry to Melbourne, taking on the challenging Barry’s Way to arrive in Jindabyne for 4 days skiing before heading to the Gold Coast and onto Cape York…awesome!! We signed up for 4 days of skiing [...]
G’day all, We had planned this trip since getting off the ferry from Tassie as an alternative way to Jindabyne. Barry’s Way is steep, winding, slippery and for the most part single lane with massive drop off sections as you traverse the peaks of the Snowy River National Park. Leaving Buchan at around 11:00am it [...]
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G’day all, We left Foster mid morning and headed along the coast towards Lake Entrance. We are planning to explore this region over next summer and so it really was a quick visit on our journey to Jindabyne via Barry’s Way. The coastal strip of Victoria towards Lake Entrance is beautiful country…from what we saw [...]
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G’day all, Today we were happy to leave Tassie. The weather had again turned. We basically did a few routine jobs and waited to jump on the ferry. Getting there at check in time we finally learnt our lesson that you just end up waiting in line for a good hour or so. The best [...]
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G’day All, Our last day on Van Demons land after 5 amazing months and what a great way to finish the odessey and offroad 4WD adventure than a drive to Stanley and a walk to the top of the Nut. On the way to Stanley we stopped off at Wynyard and Table Cape. This place [...]
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G’day all, Monday morning of the Tassie LWE and time to say goodbye to our friends at the Tamar Valley 4WD Club. We had a great LWE with some fantastic offroad action and many a good chin wag with great people. We have been in Tassie for 5 months and to be completely honest have [...]
G’day all, We awoke next morning after another great evening spent with the members of the Tamar Valley 4WD Club. Today we were off to see the Caravan Park and river and the possibility of taking on the very challenging Wombat Flats track. The first stage of this trip was a scenic drive through forest [...]
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G’day All, What an adventure this turned out to be. We had arrived in Warratah a day earlier to snow and then headed off to Guilford (about 15klms away) and the educational hut to meet up with the Tamar Valley 4Wd Club. After Friday night drinks and getting to know the members of the club [...]
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G’day all, We will get on the band wagon and update you on proceedings shortly. We have tarvelled to Brady Lake, Roseberry, Queenstown, Zeehan, Strahan (Sarah Island), Trial Harbour, Granville Harbour and now Waratah. We have taken in many sites and had some great company amongst new friends and old. Now for today…snow…snow…snow. Coming from [...]
G’day all, We awoke early on Wednesday morning with a plan to travel to Waratah over the next couple of days taking in Granville Harbour. The winter weather in Tassie had definately broke and we were wondering how much longer we could last. Our only problem was a 6 week waiting list for the ferry. [...]
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