We woke up at 5:30 with the van rocking like crazy in the wind. There was thunder, lightning and gale force winds outside so we had a quick shower and decided to hit the road and head inland. We were camping right on the water’s edge at Devonport.
As we were traveling to Railton we heard that there had been very strong winds, blowing down houses, trees and powerlines all over the north west of Tassie. Just as well we headed inland so we escaped the worst of it.
We got to Railton and it was raining quite heavily so we parked in the public carpark and had breakfast. By the time we finished breaky the rain had stopped so I could take some pictures of the topiary. The whole town is creating all different types of topiary in their front yards. We then drove to Sheffield in between the showers and sunshine. This town has just about every spare wall painted in murals. There is also currently running the International Mural competition with around 20 international painters completing their mural to be awarded Mural of the year. Great paintings were being produced.
We then drove through Gog state forest on the outskirts of the Cradle Mountains to Moles Creek.
As we were traveling to Railton we heard that there had been very strong winds, blowing down houses, trees and powerlines all over the north west of Tassie. Just as well we headed inland so we escaped the worst of it.
We got to Railton and it was raining quite heavily so we parked in the public carpark and had breakfast. By the time we finished breaky the rain had stopped so I could take some pictures of the topiary. The whole town is creating all different types of topiary in their front yards. We then drove to Sheffield in between the showers and sunshine. This town has just about every spare wall painted in murals. There is also currently running the International Mural competition with around 20 international painters completing their mural to be awarded Mural of the year. Great paintings were being produced.
We then drove through Gog state forest on the outskirts of the Cradle Mountains to Moles Creek.
We then went to Tendarra Tassie Devil park where we came face to face with heaps of Tassie devil's. They are quite friendly as you can see from the pictures. We viewed the animals in between the blistering cold showers then warmish sunshine.
We then went to Chudliegh to check out about 40 different varieties of honey. Wasn’t keen on the Wasabi, chilli and raspberry honey. Some flavours were pretty unreal.
We then headed to Elizabeth Town and Ashgrove Cheese factory. It was here that we came across many cows painted very brightly. Apparently different groups entered in the Cow Art competition. I particularly liked the Moo cow and the Cows with guns. There were around 30 plus cows all painted differently.
We then went to the Anvers Chocolate factory and taste tested quite a few different types of chocolates and truffles.
After honey, cheese and chocolates we headed to Burnie and we were hoping to find a caravan park that is not located right on the beach in the wind as the wind is still blowing quite hard. Luckily we found one that is down in a valley between the beach and the mountains and we are out of the wind but the temperature is quite cool. Around 10 degrees at the moment.
We then headed to Elizabeth Town and Ashgrove Cheese factory. It was here that we came across many cows painted very brightly. Apparently different groups entered in the Cow Art competition. I particularly liked the Moo cow and the Cows with guns. There were around 30 plus cows all painted differently.
We then went to the Anvers Chocolate factory and taste tested quite a few different types of chocolates and truffles.
After honey, cheese and chocolates we headed to Burnie and we were hoping to find a caravan park that is not located right on the beach in the wind as the wind is still blowing quite hard. Luckily we found one that is down in a valley between the beach and the mountains and we are out of the wind but the temperature is quite cool. Around 10 degrees at the moment.
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