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Submitted: Saturday, Dec 19, 2015 at 13:05
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Staying at the showground in
Hobart (really good)need some information i want to tow my 26ft van to
Strahan, how long does it take to drive over.Have been told could take up to 7hrs is this correct.
Thinking of stopping of at Derwent
Bridge and checking out the wall,if it takes that long to drive over can anybody recommend
places to stay around Derwent
Bridge.
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Reply By: rumpig - Saturday, Dec 19, 2015 at 22:21
Saturday, Dec 19, 2015 at 22:21
The Derwent
Bridge Hotel allows
free camping in the front gravel car park area, we camped there this time last year with another mate in our camper trailers..there was also a couple of motor homes did the same also. The pub does a good feed, but isn't cheap by any means. The Wall is
well worth seeing and I wouldn't miss it, I'd also leave the van at the pub or The Wall if you can, and go
check out the wood stave pipeline at the road that leads to Laughing Jack
Lagoon...amazing to see and free to do.
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Follow Up By: Motherhen - Saturday, Dec 19, 2015 at 22:51
Saturday, Dec 19, 2015 at 22:51
Our overnight stop was at a small
lagoon where that old wooden pipeline starts.
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Follow Up By: rumpig - Sunday, Dec 20, 2015 at 09:25
Sunday, Dec 20, 2015 at 09:25
The timber part of the pipeline starts about half way into Laughing Jack
Lagoon from memory, I recall passing a small
lagoon area on the drive in there that I assume you may be talking about. We lunched at Laughing Jack
Lagoon itself, there wasn't a real big area there for turning around with my camper trailer on the back.
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Follow Up By: Motherhen - Sunday, Dec 20, 2015 at 14:31
Sunday, Dec 20, 2015 at 14:31
Yes Rumpig, that is the one where we stopped. You can see the pipeline starting from this
dam clearly on Google Earth
Road to Laughing Jack Lagoon
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Reply By: wendys - Sunday, Dec 20, 2015 at 14:55
Sunday, Dec 20, 2015 at 14:55
We stayed at the
campground at Cynthia Bay, in the National Park - but our van was shorter than yours. Used that as a base for some day walks in the NP - can also do a ferry ride the length of the
lake.
That drop down into Tarraleah is really long and steep, so if you can avoid it, do so. We had the landrover in low range and a low gear, and the brakes were still smoking by the time we got to the bottom! The downhill section into
Queenstown is several kms long, but not as steep - manageable with lower gears.
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Follow Up By: Nomadic Navara - Sunday, Dec 20, 2015 at 22:25
Sunday, Dec 20, 2015 at 22:25
There is nothing wrong with the highway around Tarraleah, except for the drivers driving technique. If you take it steady and use your gears when descending you will cope quite
well. Or to put it in another way, learn to drive. There are thousands of vans being towed through there without problems.
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