On the Road Again. Yeehaaa!. Tazzie This Time.
We were last on the road in August 2017 but it feels a lot longer than that. Not a big gap in between trips really but it was a 12 month gap before that (apart from the little three week trip). I am not complaining though, we are blessed beyond measure.
We are embarking on a trip to Tasmania where we have 11 weeks of touring. We leave on Wednesday the 24th Jan and sail on the Spirit of Tasmania on the 27th, returning mid April.
I hear you say, "11 weeks is a long time for such a little state, what are they going to do for all that time"? In one way I see that could be right, but as I have researched Tazzie it seems like we won't get time to see it all, even in 11 weeks. Linda and I like to take our time and soak it all up and fortunately we have the freedom to do that right now. Several people have told us that eight weeks would be a minimum to tour Tazzie if you can afford the time, but three months is better. Another factor is that it is costing us $2,200 to get our rig over and back again on the boat so we can make up for that expense by spending a long time there where we can free camp and cheap camp, see it all (almost) inexpensively in the long run, and thereby not have to spend the money on taking the rig over again for another trip.
We are so excited now as we get closer to leaving and are packing the van. We have left ourselves enough time to get packed and organized which I am really happy about. Normally we allow a couple of days to pack etc, and be running around at the last moment and getting to bed late. Not this time, I am learning.
As we travel south we will meet up with sister-n-law Jan and bro-n-law Ross who will be heading north. They will have just completed three weeks touring in Tazzie themselves, amazing timing eh! We will be able to get a lot of tips from them and have a great night catching up.
Once in Tazzie we will have 11 days before we meet up with my sister Kay, and bro-n-law Derek, who are hiring a campervan and will travel around with us for the next three weeks. After they leave we will continue on seeing things we did not get to see and spending more time at places we really enjoyed.
We are also looking forward to catching up and spending time with friends, Darren and Maria and family who live in Hobart. We have flown in there twice to visit them and check out Hobart which were great times.
For those new to the blog who want to see previous trips and/or those who just want to go back over previous trips, the addresses for our previous blogs are as follows: First trip to NT, 2013, web address is www.firstbigtrip.blogspot.com.au; The web address for 2015 WA trip is www.secondbigtrip.blogspot.com; Web address for 2016 QLD trip is www.touringseqld.blogspot.com; and the 2017 QLD Gulf trip is www.qldgulf.blogspot.com; This latest blog web address is www.touringtazzie.blogspot.com. The web addresses are the best way to look up the blogs but you can also do a search on ‘Linda & Pete’s Travels’ and the relevant year but the QLD gulf trip needs July/August 2017 added and the Tazzie trip will need ‘Jan to April 2018’ added.
A few improvements to the rig since our last trip include a DC to DC charger which will improve the charge on the house batteries in the van and can keep the fridge running on 12 volt during the day whilst travelling and still have a decent charge when we arrived. I now have a new big shelf and a cargo barrier in the Landcruiser. That will save having to tie down the load to make it secure and the shelf will make things easier to have access to everything without having to pull everything out to get to certain items. My mate, John O'Malley installed most of that with my bumbling assistance but I surprised myself with how well it turned out.
I repaired a door on a drawer that came adrift on our trip to Lawn Hill National Park which was a rough road. We also repaired the awning from when the stitching came apart on part of it during a big blow that occurred at Merimbula earlier in 2017. Thanks to Jan and Ross for their assistance with that. So we are ship shape and ready to go.
Thanks for your interest in the blog and it will be good having you along with us on the trip.
So let the good times roll. Like I said, we are blessed beyond measure.
We are embarking on a trip to Tasmania where we have 11 weeks of touring. We leave on Wednesday the 24th Jan and sail on the Spirit of Tasmania on the 27th, returning mid April.
I hear you say, "11 weeks is a long time for such a little state, what are they going to do for all that time"? In one way I see that could be right, but as I have researched Tazzie it seems like we won't get time to see it all, even in 11 weeks. Linda and I like to take our time and soak it all up and fortunately we have the freedom to do that right now. Several people have told us that eight weeks would be a minimum to tour Tazzie if you can afford the time, but three months is better. Another factor is that it is costing us $2,200 to get our rig over and back again on the boat so we can make up for that expense by spending a long time there where we can free camp and cheap camp, see it all (almost) inexpensively in the long run, and thereby not have to spend the money on taking the rig over again for another trip.
We are so excited now as we get closer to leaving and are packing the van. We have left ourselves enough time to get packed and organized which I am really happy about. Normally we allow a couple of days to pack etc, and be running around at the last moment and getting to bed late. Not this time, I am learning.
As we travel south we will meet up with sister-n-law Jan and bro-n-law Ross who will be heading north. They will have just completed three weeks touring in Tazzie themselves, amazing timing eh! We will be able to get a lot of tips from them and have a great night catching up.
Once in Tazzie we will have 11 days before we meet up with my sister Kay, and bro-n-law Derek, who are hiring a campervan and will travel around with us for the next three weeks. After they leave we will continue on seeing things we did not get to see and spending more time at places we really enjoyed.
We are also looking forward to catching up and spending time with friends, Darren and Maria and family who live in Hobart. We have flown in there twice to visit them and check out Hobart which were great times.
For those new to the blog who want to see previous trips and/or those who just want to go back over previous trips, the addresses for our previous blogs are as follows: First trip to NT, 2013, web address is www.firstbigtrip.blogspot.com.au; The web address for 2015 WA trip is www.secondbigtrip.blogspot.com; Web address for 2016 QLD trip is www.touringseqld.blogspot.com; and the 2017 QLD Gulf trip is www.qldgulf.blogspot.com; This latest blog web address is www.touringtazzie.blogspot.com. The web addresses are the best way to look up the blogs but you can also do a search on ‘Linda & Pete’s Travels’ and the relevant year but the QLD gulf trip needs July/August 2017 added and the Tazzie trip will need ‘Jan to April 2018’ added.
A few improvements to the rig since our last trip include a DC to DC charger which will improve the charge on the house batteries in the van and can keep the fridge running on 12 volt during the day whilst travelling and still have a decent charge when we arrived. I now have a new big shelf and a cargo barrier in the Landcruiser. That will save having to tie down the load to make it secure and the shelf will make things easier to have access to everything without having to pull everything out to get to certain items. My mate, John O'Malley installed most of that with my bumbling assistance but I surprised myself with how well it turned out.
I repaired a door on a drawer that came adrift on our trip to Lawn Hill National Park which was a rough road. We also repaired the awning from when the stitching came apart on part of it during a big blow that occurred at Merimbula earlier in 2017. Thanks to Jan and Ross for their assistance with that. So we are ship shape and ready to go.
Thanks for your interest in the blog and it will be good having you along with us on the trip.
So let the good times roll. Like I said, we are blessed beyond measure.
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