CAMPSITE # 67 - Hobbling back to Hobart

Site : Treasure Island Caravan Park

Caravan Park Rating : 4 / 10 

Facilities : The park itself wasn't that flash, we were camped right ontop of our neighbours. The best thing going for it was the bathrooms, you had your very own toilet/shower room and you didn't have to pay any extra for the shower!!

After experiencing an extremely wet night followed by a slushy pack up the next day, you know it's not a good sign when you go to turn on the radio for the weather up date and you hear the weather guy say (excuse my french but I'm quoting so it's allowed) "Well, Mother Nature, you're really starting to piss us off.

We couldn't bare Bruny Island any longer. Don't get me wrong, possibly a beautiful island given perfect weather conditions but our conditions were certainly far from perfect. It just wouldn't stop raining and to top it off it was soooooo ridiculously windy. Just plain unbearable. So, we decided to leave Bruny and make tracks to Hobart and attempt to cheer up our fellow Troopie driving, rather glum friends, Jess and Dave. They were experiencing mechanical issues. Unfortunately, I guess when you drive as many k's as we all do, sometimes these machines just need a little TLC. They were having issues with their starter motor and were stranded in Hobart. And just when we thought we were leaving Bruny to get away from the crappy weather, would you believe... THERE WAS SNOW ON MT WELLINGTON IN HOBART!!!!!! 


Summer? Summer? Do you Tasmanians even know what that is? Or do you just jump on a plane and come to sunny Queensland when you can't tolerate another miserable 'summer'? Having said that, Tom and I are certain that the 2nd most common number plates we've seen since being in Tassie are Queenslanders (following tassie number plates of course). Perhaps Queenslanders don't experience enough 'winter' during winter so they come to Tassie, in summer. Confused much? I certainly am.

Don't let the rainbow & blue sky mislead you..

it certainly didn't stick around for very long...
the gale forced winds made sure of that!

When the weather will not obey, you must find an alternative. And mother nature had it all planned out, she wasn't trying to piss us off, she was sending us to Mona. This is an art gallery that has only been opened for a number of weeks. An art gallery like no other. As you enter the gallery, you are briefed by one of their staff members on these iphone devices that act as your guide to all of the art in the entire gallery. Very new age and very chic for me as a Gen X / Y. However, we did feel sorry for the Baby Boomers & pensioners who didn't want to take 'one of those thinga-me-whatsits' and asked for a brochure instead. 

A "Fat" Car... a real life Porsche!!!

Tom's favourite... mechanical light installation

My favourite... the "step up 2" writing is compiled

of thousands of drops of synchronised water