Tuesday & Wednesday December 3rd and 4th
December 3rd - Return to Port Sorell
We left St. Helens about 0900 and took the best roads North and East. It was cool and quite windy, wind warnings were for 100 KPH winds and I believe we experienced all of that on more than one occasion. there was lots of tree limbs and stuff on the roads to look out for and then there were the inevitable showers.
Australia has provided lots of cannon fodder for the British Empire over the years, they remember their contributions in every town and village. Every town has an RSL - returned Servicemens League, a place somewhat akin to our small town American Legion and Veterans of Foreign War clubs, but in Australia many of these clubs are the locus of social acivity serving drinks and food.
In St. Helens I took pictures of these two plaques in the center of town.
Not having any idea how they would tie into the park we would stop at the next morning.
These trees, Gum Trees, we know them as Eucalyptus, were all planted to honor the WW1 dead from this small village. The trees eventually expired due to/old age and have been carved to represent tghe individual soldiers.
Phil and Festar insisted on a dairy rich lunch across from this old General Store.
We timed our trip to hit a Wild Animal Refuge at feeding time, it proved quite informative.
This Wombat was quite friendly and the young man that led us through the park was very well informed and did a great job of showing and explaining all about the different wildlife.
Tasmanian Devils - Feeding on a road kill Wallabye.
Feeding a Grey Kangaroo
I had some opportunities to take some photos of the countryside while going to dinner, the North Central coast is quite agricultural and here are some pictures.
The white tubes shield Rasberries
A field of Pyrethria, used to make an insecticide Pyrethreium
This morning, Wednesday December 4th we startd with breakfast at the Chocolate Factory
I kicked off my day with a Hot Chilli Chocolate and a Chocolate Belgian Waffle
The lilly was fully gilded as the waffle came with Ice Cream, Whipped Cream and Hot Chocolate Sauce. It was damn good!
Brian was a little more restrained having bananas and bacon with his Belgian Waffle
We re-rode some of the roads we rode earlier in our visit as the weather was slightly better, at least it wasn't pouring all day, but it was cold again with temps as low as 4c today.
A few more Pastoral Settings of the Tasmanian countryside:
The Platypus is nocturnal and hard to view, this one stood out well.
Our route today
Brians Tenere is at the local dealer for a service, we changed the oil on the FJR tonight and fixed some pop rivets that had come loose on the panier hinges. Tomorrow morning we will attend to haircuts and retrieve Brian's Tenere before boarding the Spirit of Tasmania for our return to the Australian Continent and continuing our adventure. We have coverd right at 6,000 kilometers so far.
which were $26 AUD for two meals. At these prices one can't afford to eat at home.
