Tuesday, April 26, 2011

The next four legs.




Devonport to Melbourne and a mad dash to Adelaide.



The sun goes down on our Tasmanian leg of the tour. 
We hit the Barrossa Valley  with Nic and Kris.
Karen and Kris sample the local wine. 

 We all try some Charlie Melton wine.

 NO more wine!!!!!!!!!

A great Easter Sunday BBQ with Ray and Carol, Dave and Colleen, Nanna and Poppy Tractor , Nic and Kris and our special Adelaide buddy Sam.


 South Australia - some flat bits.



Semaphore Beach. 

 Boys, throwing rocks and picking up sticks.

Semaphore Wharf. 


 Locals just hanging around.



The Henley Beach Bike ride to Glenelg.








 What a magic day?
 Waiting at the Glenelg Lock. 
 Harry retraces his footsteps on the first beach he ever walked on - Glenelg S.A.

Should we go for a swim????? 
NAH - the swell is too big. 
 Resting for the ride home.

 Dodgems.
 Sam looks to bump Jackson and Harry.


 Ice creams all round.

Sam demolishes his ice cream.

Saturday, April 16, 2011

The East Coast is tackled. Hollybank highlights.

Eagle Hawk neck. A convict check point. 

 The chippy van at Doo town, these were the best fish and chips I have eaten - Richard.
 The blowhole at Doo.

The rock formations were pretty spectacular. 
 Port Arthur.
The prison cells.
The Harbour is beautiful.
 This was very sad to think what these guys were put through. Very cruel.


Harry and Jackson complete their Port Arthur Quiz.

 We are quite pleased to have come here and discovered what the convicts went through back in the early days.

The Commandant had the best living conditions, his house was pretty special.
 The ship which takes you to a variety of spots around Port Arthur.
 The seperate prison was absolutely cruel. No noise whatsoever, even from the guards.
The prisoners had to attend church and would be put in their own cubicle for the service, not mixing with other prisoners.

Maria Island was our next visit.
Here we meet the Cape Barren Goose.
We caught a water taxi to the island with our bikes and our friends the Granshaws - Noel, Deddie and McKenzie. 

 The silos were build for a concrete works in early 1900's and are still in good order.
 Painted rocks formation.
Luch time and Jackson hits the playground. 

 Our first wombat.
 Richard finishes a bike ride on Maria Island.

Relics from another time.
 The jaw bones of a sperm whale.

 Kate's berry farm was a sensational lunch stop.The chicken pot pie was demolished in quick time.
Harry's strawberries and ice cream tasted great.
Jackson polishes off some scones and jam with a bit of cream.



Coles Bay - Freycinet National Park. 
This is the view from our caravan site.


Our bush walk to Wineglass Bay. 


Halfway up the Wineglass Bay walk.
Jackson relaxes after a heavy climb.
The Wineglass lookout.
Looks beautiful live.

The wallaby followed us down to the beach.

Hollybank treetop adventures.


We climbed up to the top of the canopy.
The 420 metre long flying fox, it was absolutely magic. 
The starting point for the shorter 200 metre flying fox. 


 The cloud sations were you land whilst doing the cable flying.
The safety clips keeping us safe.
 A visitor, the blonde echidna.
 Karen has style.
 Jackson hanging about, 24 metre up in the canopy.
 Richard and Harry travel together, Harry was too light to go on his own, you need to weigh 35+ kg.
 Our group hangs out on the cloud station.
 We are fairly high.
Before the big 420 metre trip, Karen , Jackson hit 75-80Km/h and Harry and Richard with the extra weight hit 85km/h.