A great night’s sleep on The Spirit of Tassie put us in good stead for today’s travels. We woke @ 5:30am for a 6:30am disembarkation. The absence of rain on our arrival into Devonport was appreciated. It was a chilly but not freezing start where we made our way to Ulverstone, Penguin, Burnie and Somerset. We visited Ridgley as it was the town where Steve’s Dad Laurie grew up.
Not far after Ridgley we found ourselves in the beautiful Tassie country side as we rode towards the Hellyar Gorge, dry roads resulted in lots of enthusiastic air fist punches with a ‘how good is this?’ going through our minds.
From the end of the 25km Gorge ride we made our way onto Tullah via the McIntosh Dam, a few good photo ops here.
After Tullah we headed further south towards Queenstown and then the final desination of Strahan. The windy road that lead us from Queenstown to Strahan left us feeling a little weary so after a meat pie and drink/relax in the park we made it onto The Wilderness Lodge, Strahan. Brian the owner greeted us and this accommodation already had won me over, old styled cottage with a beautiful view over the Gordon River. Tonight we’ll head into the town centre for some dinner and a drink!
Tomorrow – Strahan to Hobart!