The Beautiful East Coast of Tasmania

Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee off to check out the fishing

Beautiful Dora Point in Humbug Nature Reserve

We can't catch fish but we can dance!!

Bay of Fires

More beautiful red rocks in Bay of Fires

Rob and Charlie trying to open Rob's door after Charlie locked it with his key which then wouldn't  unlock it!! Oh dur!!

Success but Kathy is warning Charlie!!!

Charlie doing his "Oliver Twist" thing

The "famous" Pancake Barn at Mt Elephant - they were yummy

The quirky sign

One of the beautiful bays in Freycinet National Park with The Hazards in the background

View in Freycinet National Park - you can just see Wineglass Bay in the distance

Charlie loves the serenity

A little echidna

Well after our house sit we headed over to the East Coast of Tasmania to catch up with our friends Rob and Kathy.  We met them at Humbug Nature Reserve and had a couple of days in a campground there before we decided to head just up the road a few kilometres to Dora Point.  It was a beautiful free campground and we were lucky enough to find a camping spot big enough for both of us as it was still the summer school holidays.  We spent about a week there and the boys tried their hands at fishing and we all also went out kyaking a couple of times because the water was crystal clear and very safe in the bay.

On the January long weekend the camping areas filled up very fast and we had a couple of guys and a girl ask if we minded if they camped next to us with their tent and boat.  They were locals from Devonport and went out in the boat and caught a great feed of flathead which we were invited to share.  So Kathy and I made a couple of salads and they cooked the flathead for us, together with some oysters and we had a great night with a few glasses of wine/beer.

From Dora Point, Kathy and Rob headed back over to the North West as they were leaving Tassie sooner than us and still wanted to see a few things around that area.  We headed south down the coast as we were catching up with our Tassie friends, Don and Miffy in Snug.  It was a sad goodbye with a promise to keep in touch and hopefully meet up again for more happy hours.  We really enjoyed their company and hope to be life long friends.

We slowly headed down the coast staying at a couple more of the free camping areas.  We decided to drive up Elephant Pass and go to the "famous" Mt Elephant pancake kitchen.  I am soooooo glad we didn't take the caravan up there - it is so narrow and windy with signs on some of the bends "long vehicles toot horn"!!  Charlie tells me to close my eyes - ok I will, just as long as he doesn't.  I grip the edge of the seat, my knuckles go white and I yell at him to keep both hands on the steering wheel when he waves at other drivers!!  Anyway we made it up (but of course we had to come down as well) and had a lovely savoury pancake.

We then headed off down to the Freycinet National Park and free camped at Friendly Beaches which again was spectacular.  The sound of the surf at night is just so relaxing.  We went into the lovely little town of Coles Bay and then out into the National Park where we did a couple of bush walks and saw some amazing scenery.  The weather was absolutely glorious and the water crystal clear.

After 2 weeks on the lovely East Coast, eating beautiful seafood, fish and oysters we headed back down towards Hobart and our friends where we stayed for 5 nights and did a few day trips from there but that will be the subject of a separate blog.  Until then its Adieu from The Wandering 2s.