Nearly half way between Victoria and Tasmania

[Bricktop]

Not at all.



However, I'd be confident in assuming Freud and brood are crammed in a plastic tent, huddled in sleeping bags against the Tasmanian cold, after abandoning sitting around the campfire setting marshmallows on fire due to the predictable Tasmanian rain.



Meanwhile, Bricktop and family will be finishing a delightful meal in a hotel restaurant before retiring to comfortable beds, ready to face the next day of wilderness exploration.

[Frood]

So we zip lined from various tree tops this afternoon.



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Our 6 year old looked a little green at the start but after some practice runs attached to my harness at the training area, she was all in and loving it 50 metres above the ground.



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I would post video taken of it but they all fully show her face and that's something we consider a no-no online.



Though we did do a massive trail walk earlier and came across an equally big fallen tree which they cut out so hikers could pass and that completely floored her. She's tall for her age and we have similar sized trees all around but she's never been able to walk between a cross cut.



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[Frood]

Not at all.



However, I'd be confident in assuming Freud and brood are crammed in a plastic tent, huddled in sleeping bags against the Tasmanian cold, after abandoning sitting around the campfire setting marshmallows on fire due to the predictable Tasmanian rain.



Meanwhile, Bricktop and family will be finishing a delightful meal in a hotel restaurant before retiring to comfortable beds, ready to face the next day of wilderness exploration.

Your confidence is a little bizarre. It was 17c today and super sunny. The little one refused to wear a jumper all through the experience and we're chilling at a hotel in Launceston for the night then departing towards the Southwest for a few days of wholesome goodness with the esky fully loaded.

[Bricktop]

Nice pics. Weather looks good.

[Frood]

It has been so far, except the last two hours into Devonport on the ship last night.

[Frood]

There is actually one guy on the radio here who spent nearly ten minutes reciting the TV guide at 12:45 in the arvo.



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[Anonymous]

Not at all.



However, I'd be confident in assuming Freud and brood are crammed in a plastic tent, huddled in sleeping bags against the Tasmanian cold, after abandoning sitting around the campfire setting marshmallows on fire due to the predictable Tasmanian rain.



Meanwhile, Bricktop and family will be finishing a delightful meal in a hotel restaurant before retiring to comfortable beds, ready to face the next day of wilderness exploration.

This is why we only like camping in our rv..



It gets cold at night in the mountains West of here even in the middle of summer.

[Bricktop]

Tasmania can be fickle, and the temperature can vary wildly from place to place. It has been known to snow in December.

[Anonymous]

Tasmania can be fickle, and the temperature can vary wildly from place to place. It has been known to snow in December.

It's been known to snow in December here too.

 

[Bricktop]

Hah. It's SUPPOSED to snow in December there!! :P

[Frood]

We stopped in Tullah for lunch this arvo near a bunch of small locomotive junk and a length of very rusty track. Apparently the population of 160 used the track to get in and out up until they put a road through. Most of the track is now submerged under a dam as part of the hydroelectric system which powers Tasmania.



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The town is pretty small with virtually no mobile phone reception. Their post office only allows for sending, not receiving, but it does have banking and bill payment services.



A bit of a run down place.



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Somebody left what appeared to be an old style prospecting pan in the train junk yard.



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[Anonymous]

What kind of tree is that?

[Bricktop]

I think you'll find it's an oleandor...



It's poisonous.

[Anonymous]

I think you'll find it's an oleandor...



It's poisonous.

It's kind of pretty though.

[Bricktop]

Yes. Its a nice tree.



It has a lethal toxin, but you'd have to ingest a lot of it and it's extremely unpalatable.



It's not native here though. It's spread throughout the world. Nobody knows where it originates from.