Friday 31 January 2014

Tasmania Trip - Day 7

Day 7 - 31/1/2014 - Brisbane to Yarrie Lake

We were due to board the Spirit of Tasmania on the 5th of February so we didn't have much time to make it to Melbourne.  We also wanted to go via Canberra to visit the National Library for the Mapping our World exhibition so we had to put the foot down.

As it was a Friday morning the traffic getting out of Brisbane was a little bit lighter than a regular weekday.  It was a good thing that we were heading against the flow and had a fairly easy run out to Warwick.  We stopped at Warwick for a smoko break and the temperature wasn't too bad.  We had been watching the temps for a week or two prior as there was a heat wave crossing the country.  We were hoping that we would miss the heat wave on the way to Tas and were looking forward to some cooler weather there.

Unfortunately the cooler temps didn't last.  We arrived at Goondiwindi earlier than we had expected and because the temperature had hit 38 deg C and was staying there, we decided to just keep driving until it cooled down.  It was good to be in the car air con. Unfortunately the outside temperature didn't drop!

We arrived at Lake Yarrie at about 7pm NSW time, (we went forward an hour due to daylight saving time), and it was still 38 deg C!.  So we paid a whole $5 extra to use a powered site so that we could plug in and run the air con too at least lower the temp in the camper to make it a bit more comfortable for sleeping.

Campsite at Yarrie Lake

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Thursday 30 January 2014

Tasmania Trip - Day 6

Day 6 - 30/1/2014 - Unpack, repack and clean day

We had left the camper at my parents place in Brisbane so today was basically just a day to unpack everything that we had taken to Moreton Island, and repack it back into the camper.  We also needed to do a shop to restock with food and give the Pajero a good wash to get all of the salt and sand out of and off it.

Wednesday 29 January 2014

Tasmania Trip - Day 1 to Day 5

Day 1 to Day 5 - 25/2/2014 to 29/2/2014 - Moreton Island

The start of our Tasmania trip was going to incorporate our annual Australia Day at Moreton Island break.  Pretty much the one time of year when a group of Uni friends all get together for a catch up and a few drinks :-).  And a final chance for a bit of luxury and rest before camping our way around Tasmania.


Saturday 25 January 2014

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