Our last days.

We left Longford with Mole Creek our destination and as it was such a short trip we travelled through many back roads and saw interesting places. The scenery was very pretty with an impressive mountain backdrop and as we neared Deloraine we found the paddocks more lush and started to see dairy cows! Some of the roads were familiar as we travelled on them when we were in the area last year. 

We had morning tea at Deloraine near the pretty Meander River.

               

We arrived at the Mole Creek caravan park only to find it full! It was such a disappointment for us that Chris swiped the big bin hidden behind a bush and made a little air conditioning vent in his camper! This is the first time we've been disappointed like this with planned accommodation. After a discussion - and taking into account it was going to be very cold, we came back to Deloraine and are set up here with powered sites. We were very fortunate that we are now only 25 metres from the train line so we thought that at Longford the trains were loud but that had nothing on here!! We have no idea where the trains are from or where they are going but they are very loud and love to toot their horns at the wee hours of the morning! Our electric heaters were quickly out of the box to warm up our campers. We went for a tour around the area yesterday afternoon and found some lovely valleys with lots of dairies which made Chris happy! 🐄🐄. 

The afternoon deteriorated, becoming colder then rain set in, so we utilised the camp kitchen and cooked our BBQ there which was warmer than sitting in an annex. 

We were a little wistful as we heard from family and friends attending the Port V North game as we would have loved to be there. As it was we spent an anxious time listening to the last quarter! 

               

Today we headed out to the caves at Mole Creek and enjoyed a great tour of the cave - very spectacular! It was actually  warmer inside the cave than outside. 

       

           

We then visited a wild life park where Tasmanian Devils are featured and it was interesting to hear about these unusual animals. Seeing 90% of the adult population has been lost due to the facial tumour, places like this that breed Devils are becoming more important.

        

Tonight is pretty freezing and we are in 'our' camp kitchen all huddled around the heaters. We've just watched Dennis's slide show of our trip which enabled us to reminisce and remember all the many things we've seen and done. 

 

Tomorrow is our last day and this time tomorrow night Dennis Tops Darryl and I will be all aboard the Spirit of Tasmania on our trip back across Bass Straight. We hope it's another smooth crossing! ( as an addendum Darryl didn't feel sick at all whilst he was on the Bruny Island Andventure Cruise as the Kwells he took were actually diahorrea tablets!! He hasn't suffered with diahorrea at all!!) 

It's been a great holiday and now we feel we have seen most of this beautiful state. Chris and Merilyn will be spending a day without us as they are booked to go home Tuesday night. 

So this will be our last blog until the next adventure. Love to everyone from the Tassie Travellers!!  😘😘😘