Wednesday, Feb 11, 2015 at 16:04
Greg,
You haven't given a date as to when you are coming, so weather dependent, off boat 6.30ish in the morning, have a look around
Devonport, then head along the NW Coast, won't mention the smaller towns, but some are worth at least a drive through.
At
Burnie, stop at the Cheese Factory for a tasting, there's a whiskey place near by,you never know you may want to leave some of your foreign coinage here (lol), no stopping from
Devonport it will take you no longer than 45mins to get to
Burnie, about 50ks.
Stanley is a quaint little town, a trip to the top of
the Nut is worth while, there is a cvp on the foreshore at Stanlet, and
free camping at Black River just before the turn off to the township,
well small donation.
If this far along the coast, would suggest a trip to Marrawah, and down to
Arthur River, plenty of camping here, and you can do a boat trip up the
Arthur River, have a look at the "Edge of the World", then you could do the Western Explorer road to
Corinna, you will be to long to go on the Fat Boy, so turn left and travel to
Waratah, and end up on the Murchison Highway (MH) some 60 ks south of
Burnie, or drive from
Arthur River to
Couta Rocks then left on the Rebecca Road which will get you back to Smithton.
Down the MH to Rosebery, then swing right to
Zeehan, the museum is worth a look, also the spray tunnel (but i haven't been there) then on to
Strahan, if in to
free camping (little charge) the
camp at Macquarie Heads is worth a go. Also a trip on one of the boats up the
Gordon River, sometimes they will take you out through Macquarie Heads in to the Southern Ocean.
The road from
Strahan is twisty, but slow and steady, not a problem,
Queenstown is the next town, believe you can
camp on or near the only gravel footy oval in Oz (my Dad played on it), or some ks out of Queeny there is
free camping,
Lake Burbury.
Travel to Derwent
Bridge,
camp at
Lake St Clair for a charge or
Lake King William for free, seven ks or so out of Derwent
Bridge is "The Wall", if you don't stop and look at anything else, stop and look at this, it's a must.
From Derwent
Bridge you come to Tarraleah, Ouse, if it's lunch time the Lachlan Hotel puts on great meals, you can't jump over them, take a doggy bag in,
Hamilton then
New Norfolk, at this stage you are 45 minutes from
Hobart, but depends if you want to go west to
Lake Pedder,
Strathgordon, it's a sealed road, but hilly, may be better to CVP in New Norfolk and do a day drive.
Hobart to the Huon Valley, would suggest the cvp in
Huonville, green grassy sites and friendly people run it, more like a
farm stay, day trips to Cockle Bay,
Ida Bay Railway, Hastings Caves, and
thermal pool.
, take yu toggs.
Then south east to
Port Arthur,, back to Sorell, and up the East Cost, takes a couple of hours from Sorell to
Swansea, longer if you have stops,and you will, on to
Coles Bay, and Freycinet Peninsula, at least walk to the top of the
hill that over looks Wine Glass Bay, wonderful, tale water with you it's a bit of a climb.
On to
Bicheno, some 40ks north of
Bicheno, call into the Ironhouse Point mini brewery, good beer and food,
well was when we were there a few months back.
Then
St Helens, out to the
Bay of Fires,
free camping, by now you could be running short of time, head to Scottsdale,
Bridport, along the coast to
George Town, down to the
Batman Bridge, left to Exeter, and right along the Frankford Highway which will bring you out at
Devonport.
I haven't covered the middle at all, but if you have time, you can change direction from any of the highways and be in the Midlands with in a couple of ours.
Hope this helps, travel safe, and enjoy our piece of Gods country.
If in the Huon Valley, and i can be of any help 0418517131
Barry
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