Until Next Time Tassie…

We (reluctantly) boarded the Spirit of Tasmania boat on June 5th (so yes, I’m still about 2 month behind in my blog posts as today is August 6th). We absolutely adored Tasmania and I know the dogs loved it too! There was however, one thing I think all four of us were looking forward to, warmer weather!

We arrived back in Melbourne at about 6:30am on the 6th June and drove from Melbourne to Albury. We found a brilliant off-leash dog park and the dogs had a huge run around with their new spaniel friend. Then we set up the tent at a local caravan park and relished in the warmer degrees. We cooked a big feast for dinner then tried to get the State of Origin game on our little radio, and we listened to the game as we fell asleep with the doggies by our side.

The rest of the drive up north was quick but fun. We stopped in at Wollongong and stayed with a lovely friend and her family. They were so welcoming and sleeping inside by the fire was a real treat. Then on to Coff’s Harbour where we stayed at a pet friendly motel for the first time this trip. The extra money spent (instead of camping) meant we only had to unpack about 10% of the stuff from the back of the car, so we could get away much quicker the next morning. We did a similar thing the following night where we stayed in Maryborough and aimed for an early morning get-away.

Boomsbury was such a relief to reach that afternoon! The dogs were very happy to be back in familiar territory and honesty, after such a long and tiring drive back up north, so were we! We stayed 2 nights here before continuing back to Townsville, where we had about 5 days to get organised for the next part of the adventure. Hinchinbrook Island!

The hiking tent test run, just a tad smaller than what we’ve been used to for the past 6 weeks.