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Happiness Is The Road
We had a lovely snug night. It was quite chilly this morning and we had our fleeces on first thing. We left Snug after breakfast. We were heading towards the Mount Field National Park and we had to drive back through Hobart. We started playing a game driving through called MSO. This stands for Murderer, Simpleton, Okay! We have noticed that the people of Tasmania are not as friendly as on the mainland and look quite scary. The murderers all drive utes like maniacs and have dark shades and ZZ Top style beards. The simpletons smell of BO and look hillbilly and thick. To quote from the internet:- ' Tasmania ranks at the bottom among Australian states on virtually every dimension of economic, social, and cultural performance: highest unemployment, lowest incomes, languishing investment, lowest home prices, least educated, lowest literacy, most chronic disease, poorest longevity, most likely to smoke, greatest obesity, highest teenage pregnancy, highest petty crime, worst domestic violence. It seems not to matter which measure is chosen, Tasmania will likely finish last.' Anyhow back to the game and the results were Murderers 22 Simpletons 16 and Okay 2!!! On the way to Mount Field we stopped at a Woolworths in New Norfolk. This place was very scary as it would appear to have more murderers and simpletons per square kilometre than anywhere else we have been to. Woolworths stunk of BO! After New Norfolk the scenery was wonderful and we had a good drive to the National Park. We went to the visitor centre first and got information on the walking trials and got a spot on the camp ground. The lady we spoke to, Jeannie, was absolutely lovely. She gave us loads of good information about the area and the wild life. She was the nicest person we have spoken to in Tasmania. We found our spot on the camp ground, a nice site amongst big trees and with proper toilets and showers, and went for a walk. We did the circuit walk which took in three waterfalls, Russell Falls, Horseshoe Falls and Lady Barron Falls. The walk was really lovely through forest with really huge trees. We came to Russell Falls first, a beautiful three tiered waterfall. It was then onto the other two falls on a path through the big trees and almost jungle like vegetation. This was one of the best walks that we have been on together. We had noticed on the walk that there were an awful lot of bees about. They were a proper nuisance at times. Unfortunately when we got back to the camp ground there were still loads of bees about. It was 4 O'clock and we had to hole up in the camper for an hour or so until the bees decided it was time for them to go home for their tea. Jay had to remove a few from the camper with the tea towel. When we emerged bee free it was a lovely evening and I started to cook our tea. We had Wallaby Spag Bol. We had found some wallaby mince in the supermarket and it claims to be low in fat and good for you. The wallaby meat certainly cooked up well and with none of the fat that you usually get from beef mince. It tasted delicious. After we had eaten our tea we did see some wallabies hopping about. We didn't let on what we had just done! When it had gone dark we wandered over to the amenities block. On the way we heard a noise and saw something dark on top of the bins. I shone the torch on it and we saw the cutest and cheekiest possum. He was obviously trying to get into the bins but gave us an 'innocent, I'm not up to anything honest look'! On our way back I shone the torch at the bins again. The possum was now on top of a bin with it's lid off and rubbish strewn across the floor. He was chomping on some chicken bones. It was hilarious!
By the way we both decided to ignore today the commercial nonsense that is Valentines Day. This is just a way of ripping off and extracting money from the sheep. Most people seem to go along with it. Most people seem forced into partaking as their partners will think them miserable *******s if they don't. Don't be a sheep and go along with it. If you love your partner you don't need a stupid commercial day to tell them and waste money on cards, flowers etc. You should be telling them that you love them every day.
By the way we both decided to ignore today the commercial nonsense that is Valentines Day. This is just a way of ripping off and extracting money from the sheep. Most people seem to go along with it. Most people seem forced into partaking as their partners will think them miserable *******s if they don't. Don't be a sheep and go along with it. If you love your partner you don't need a stupid commercial day to tell them and waste money on cards, flowers etc. You should be telling them that you love them every day.
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