Thursday, April 30, 2009

Lake Gairdner, Central Tasmania

We camped at a place called Lake Gairdner, which is around 30ks from Cradle Mountain. A very pretty camping area, which would be sensational in the warmer weather.
We only stayed one night but that was enough for us. We woke up this morning to see the grass totally white with frost and puddles of water on the road that were totally frozen. The windows on the car were all iced up and the dogs water bowl was iced up. At around 10:00am, I tipped out the water from the dog’s water bowl and a 15cm thick ice block (the shape of the diameter of the dog bowl) fell out. Rani said that she can’t stand this cold weather any longer, so we decided to move a little closer to the coast. Hopefully the nights will be a little warmer than minus 3 degrees. I think it's time to purchase an electric blanket!