Trial Bay Gaol Campground (an absolutely sublime campground and bay, but busy and expensive in school holidays) 3 glorious days of sunshine and swimming to salvage the last few days of our roadtrip - well that was the plan until we opened up our camper to discover that the newly repaired water pump was now leaking (thanks apparently to it not being tightened properly at the service centre. I mean seriously! I cried my last tears of disappointment and finally acc...

Campsite 23: Dandenong South Caravan Park (not recommended, especially when trying to set up at 9pm, doing so on the wrong site and having to start again, oh dear!) Oh, take me back to Tassie! We're on the mainland setting course for home but our hearts are still in the Apple Isle. Oh, for just another day of the freshest air in the world, the relaxed pace, the wide open spaces that are only 20km from civilization and a great cup of coffee. Just one more exhilar...

Campsite #17: Captain Cook Caravan Park (not recommended unless you like paying $1 for each cold shower on top of $28 for a patch of dust) - Wait for the Adventure caravan park to reopen. Yum, Yum, Yum, Wow, Wow, Wow. North and South Bruny are popular weekend holiday places for the locals, and we sure could see why. Our trip started with fresh-from-the-sea oysters with the most delectable homemade worcestershire sauce - picked up from the drive through and enjo...

Campsite #15: Mt Field National Park (highly recommended especially at $16 a night); Campsite #16: Barilla Holiday Park (not bad for a metropolitan park) WILDLIFE at your feet; walks at every turn; a new discovery around every corner. At Hamilton, we visited Australia's oldest church still in use. We felt so privileged to wander around the outside cemetery. Gravestones of pioneers born before Australia, others of settlers who died at the ages of 25, 28, 31 etc. ...

Campsite 14: Tarraleah Highland Park, Tarraleah Well, ours may well have been the fastest tour of Tassie's West Coast in history. We had planned to spend almost a week touring the old mining towns and world-heritage listed rainforest and rivers; but weren't that enchanted by what we saw. The scars of mining were red and raw. Queenstown looked like a napalm test site. A sad indictment of Australia's greed for natural resources at the expense of everything, includ...