Tassie Here We Come....

This trip started off as a dream about 3 years ago. We planned to take a trip to Tasmania for 2 weeks over christmas. With many things going on in life we postponed it 2 times and this year we decided it was the right year for us to take the trip we dreamed of for so long.

Back in June we needed to have some things to look forward to so booking our dream trip was what we set out and did. The dates were discussed and the 19th of December till the 3rd of January was worked out to be the dates we would travel.

We booked and then let everyone know we were going and that anyone was welcome to join us. Then the planning and researching began not only for where we would go and what we would see but how to best prepare the car and what needed to be done before we left.

As with all good things in life we left it to the last minute to get everything ready and if it was not for some very good friends (thanks Hammo) we would have not have gotten here with the car 90% finished.

So to get here we installed spot lights a air compressor, half a twine hot water shower system and a dual battery system with another battery still to be finished in the trailer. Oh yeah we also bought ourselves a new camper trailer. For those wanting details its a Oz Trail 12 off road version and we LOVE it.

So the last week we have been madly building finishing projects and packing. James has been a little stressed about the car while totally forgetting about the packing side of things. We managed to get about 6 hours sleep each night, which was just enough to get by and function.

So we packed and packed and sorted and packed and so far cant think of anything we have left behind but I am sure something will come up. We got to bed not too late last night and woke a the very early time of 2.30am and were on the road at 3.20am.

We had a very quick and easy trip down we both drove and snoozed and managed to only slightly get diverted getting to our destination, thanks to the GPS.

So here we go we are sitting in "The London Bar" looking at THE SPIRIT OF TASMANIA. We have found out where we are to check in and when and the predicted swell is only 3 meters so we are just so excited.

If we get internet access on the boat I will blog from there otherwise we will blog later tomorrow after we have set up camp and we will then post our rough plans for the coming 2 weeks.

Bye for now,
Us2martins.