Sunday 26th November 2017
Today was a bit of a dreary driving day. We woke to rain and were lucky to have a small window of opportunity to chamois dry and pack up the tent. We decided against the cruise on the Gordon River and the train through the gorge in favour of doing this on a nicer day.
We headed of to Hobart, via Queenstown, Brady’s Lake, Tarraleah and New Norfolk. It was pretty miserable so we didn’t do much sightseeing outside of the car. The views were still beautiful but would have been better on a nice day. Oh well, that’s the life of the traveller, you are at the mercy of the weather gods.
Well as we headed towards Hobart and the weather didn’t improve we decided on a B&B for tonight’s accommodation. We know we are soft, but the benefits of staying in a couple of freebie campsites we can now justify our stay in a nice warm house with a comfy bed and inside bathroom. Go the softies.
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- Steam train that runs through the gorge.
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- Lake Strahan
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- Boats in the harbour at Lake Strahan
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- A dreary day at Rinadeena on the way to Hobart
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- Bradys Lake
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- Mountains near Brady’s Lake
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- Tarraleah Hydro Electricity
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- Lookout at Tarraleah
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- Pipes descend down the mountain..
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- ..to the power station..
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- Look how big the pipes are.
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- Part of the hydro electricity system
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- Home in Tarraleah. They were all very similar weatherboard homes painted in pastel pinks and blues.
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- Church in Tarraleah
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- Soft bed in Hobart city for the softies.