We had decided that if we could get into a good van park near to Hobart or Janes house we would accept the invitation so kindly offered by her and Marcus to join them for a BBQ and evening with friends to celebrate NYE. We got into Barilla Big 4 so we had a nice cooked breakfast with fresh eggs from Terry and Madz then packed and got ready to head towards town. We were in no hurry and had only 1 hour to drive but it was getting HOT fast and the sun had a real burn to it early. We said our farewells to Terry and Madz and promised another visit in years to come it was a great place to stop and visit.
As we headed back we noticed a shop selling a dozen fresh oysters for $8.50 so we stopped and bought James a dozen. We made it into camp by midday and set up fast to get out of the sun. We had to wash and as it was so hot we did that straight up and got it hung out in the sun. With the space we had and as we were only staying 1 night we decided not to put up the awing so we opened every window in the camper and got comfortable inside.
It was no hotter in or out of the camper so it did us fine. I then finished my book while James watched a movie and we had a short nap. The washing was dry in no time so we then got ready had cool showers and headed into Hobart to have a look around and then onto Janes for the evening.
Hobart is a beautiful city very small but it has everything and the old buildings are just stunningly beautiful. We drove past all the yachts that were in the Sydney to Hobart race and managed to sneak as the last car down the water front before they closed it for the night’s festivities. We then made our way back across the bridge slightly east and into Jane’s house.
Also celebrating at Janes house were her cousin Emma and her friends Tanya and her daughter Nic, Leanne, Jo and Alana. To say we had a great night was an understatement. Marcus was in fine form hitting the Cougar hard and straight up with the ladies mostly drinking Champagne James and I had a couple of quiet Seeds but the company and humour was like we had known each other for a long time we all laughed and joked for many hours. We were named the foreigners and they all wanted to hear our stories of our travels and laughed at us historically when we spoke of our adventure from Cradle Mountain to Cockle creek, I even had to ask them why they were looking at us as if we had 2 heads we were not the ones who lived here.
Marcus cooked up a storm on the BBQ and it was finally starting to cool off when we noticed a HUGE storm coming. The lighting was very impressive as were the large dark clouds surrounding it all. We could see the rain coming and oh boy did it come. It only probably rained for about 30minutes but it bucketed down. We were then all so much cooler and we made our way back outside to enjoy the rest of the night.
Leanne, Jo and Alana all said farewell and not long after Emma decided to leave. Marcus’s cousin Lee then showed up with his partner Bec and they were staying for a while and we decided to see the New Year in back at camp so we also said our thanks and farewells and headed “home”.
Us2martins mixing it with the locals in Tassie.
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