Friday, January 01, 2010

On to Devonport...


We took a very relaxed approach to the morning and unfortunately and fortunately we had started running out of many things including gas so the planned cooked breakfast had to be postponed to lunch. We have managed to ration things so well that after tonight’s dinner we will have finished all purchased meat, milk, juice, cereal, bread snack foods drinks most vegetables and fruit. So we are heading home with a mostly empty draw and fridge. We did a good clean and sweep of the inside and outside of the camper as it went away even wiping the bottom so it is all fresh ready for next time. We carefully packed everything so we could get to what we needed for tonight easily and the rest is ready for the boat. We even took time to play with our new nurf balls which were a lot of fun (thanks Linda).
We pushed out of camp at 11am and headed through the scenic route up to Devonport. We drove past many lakes and small towns on and off gravel and through countless hairpin turns and up and over and down the mountains. The Great Lake is very impressive and it is HUGE again another thing we have been privileged to see due to the choice of roads. We passed through Deloraine and then took a quick stop in Latrobe to pick up some fresh cherries and raspberries to have for desert. We pulled into the van park and got our cabin just after 1pm and had that cooked breakfast/lunch.
We decided to do a cruise through Devonport and managed to pick up some cream to have with the berries and cherries and a few other things we needed had a coffee and muffin at McDonalds while we updated the blog with their free Wi-Fi. We now have renamed McDonalds as Wi-Fi it is the best internet access you can get anywhere in this part of Australia everywhere else in Tassie is Dial up.
We decided that a trip to the movies to see Avatar was a good idea so we are just showering and getting sorted to head back for an evening session in 3D. We picked up some Travel calm for the boat just so we won’t need it tomorrow.

Us2martins in Devonport counting down the hours .

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