Wynard

What a wild and windy day it has been today, I left Strahan and followed the road up to Somerset which is on the Tasmanian North Coast. I took the road to Zeehan then took the C252 road via the Reece dam, the road actually goes over the top of the dam wall, I tell you what I have seen more dams in Tasmania than any where else on the east coast of Australia.

After I went across the dam the road winds up through some very wild country side and also through some pine plantations, Tasmania is certainly a place of contrasts wild untouched wildness for miles then on the same road clear cut forests and pine plantations.

I rode up the Murchison highway which of course is an interesting bike road with the corners and good quality, today it was drizzling and very windy so add that to a temp of 10 degrees and the wind chill factor of the bike moving and it made for a very chilly ride.

I had intended on riding on to Stanley however I decided to stop at Wynard in a caravan Park called Beach Retreat, the lady that runs it is very nice and it is right on the waterfront I would recommend it there phone number is 03 6442 1998 and the address is 30b Old Bass Hwy Wynard Tasmania 7325. They have camp grounds and a Backpackers lodge as well as self contained cabins besides a great view.

I had wanted to ride over to the Nullabour and on to Perth however It looks like I will have to put off my plans for that side of Australia until another time. I have already covered 10,000 km and that means two services for my Spyder that combined with the fact that accommodation in Tasmania due to the weather and with fuel at $1.50 per liter at most petrol stations consequently my budget has blown out a little.

So when I get back to the mainland, I will head out along The Great Ocean Ride up to Adelaide then up the Stuart Highway to Darwin, back down to Tennant creek and over to cairns and back home, at least I will have covered the east coast and the center of the Australia. So I have another seven weeks left of travel to do hopefully it will be warm enough to camp at caravan parks and the rain will stay away.

I figure that WA is not going anywhere and I will tackle that side of Australia in a year once I have saved up some more cash. I am not disappointed I have had the best holiday with so many memorable moments so far and I am sure there will be many more moments on my trip up through the Center of Australia.