Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Happy Hour Again

This is one of the activities we love to participate in...'happy hour' while we are camping. It's suprising how enjoyable it can be to sit down in front of a warm glowing fire with a wine or beer and have a relaxing chat. Often we will sit in front of the fire to 9.30 pm before heading indoors.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Fishing at Moulting Bay

It was time to head off and do some more hunting and gathering for the nights meal.

Binalong Bay & St Helens Beach

The crystal clear blue waters of Binalong Bay & St Helens Beach. This is a magnificent area of coastline along the East coast of Tasmania. Wildlife abounds around every corner you visit.
A sensational place to have a holiday house.

Hunting & gathering - Moulting Bay

We decided to get back to nature by collecting our wood for the fire to cook on and keep warm as well as harvest some local oysters off the rocks at Moulting Bay (near St Helens). It was such a warm day that I decided to strip down to the waste...almost got flash-back into the camera lense from my lilly white skin.

Moulting Bay (near St Helens)

For Easter, we decided to stay at Moulting bay with some relatives and friends. This is a very popular free camp site that has no power or water, and only one toilet. You need to be fairly self sufficient to stay at this camp site.
After a very nice Easter lunch, it was time to settle back and have a nice cafe latte. As you can see from my cousin, it was very satisfying.

Cape Portland - Far North East Tasmania

At the end of this desolate road (and somewhat barren landscape), we found this beautiful beach with white sand, where you could do some camping and relaxing away from it all. Not too sure if I would go swimming though unless I had a very good wetsuit.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Heading towards the North East

Overlooking the hills and luscious green valleys towards Scottsdale.
For the first three nights, we stayed at a free camp site in Scottsdale. They provided free water and an amenities block (with cold showers) but no power.
The weather was great during the day but a very chilli 6 degrees during the night. Thank goodness for the diesel heater in our van.