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First big trip of 2017. We flew down to Hobart on Jan 1 and the plan was one week in a campervan with two of us, one week in a campervan with three of us, and one week in Hobart in an airbnb and it all went great!
The campervan wasn't ready until Jan 2, but there were only flights available on the first, so we flew down, and there was a concert on at Mona, so we went over to that (via taxi and uber - uber does not work consistently in Hobart). There was a bit of rain, but we still enjoyed the concert. One of the musicians from Mali that we like, Vieux Farka Touré, was playing. We stayed out near the airport at Travelodge. January is the peak of the summer travel season for Hobart and there was not a lot of hotel space in the city - that was one of the reasons I went for the campervan idea. Even the travelodge near the airport was expensive.
There was a chance that the campervan that could hold three people wouldn't be available, but we found out we could have it, so that was already a good start to our adventure. We picked up the campervan and drove to the closest big town and went to the grocery store and we lucked out that the market was happening and we found our favorite Tassie fruit - apricots and cherries - so we stocked up on everything and drove about two hours to our very first camp site, Dago Point (that could do w some renaming imo). At that point we were going by a book I brought from the library, Camping in Tasmania, and this was one of the five best in the area. It was on Lake Sorell. The lake itself is actually closed while they try to get rid of the invasive carp, this just meant that the lake was very very quiet and we could camp right next to the lake. There was hardly any other campers, it was free, quiet, beautiful and there were toilets. When we woke up the next morning it was very hard to leave, since I thought this might be the best place ever. In fact, one week later, after picking Sarah up at the airport, we brought her to this very spot, because it did end up being one of our very favorite place.
Here is my photo:
We managed to cook, wash up, make the bed and really enjoyed our first night in the campervan. It has everything you could want - small fridge, two burner gas stove, table, sink - and you get sheets, blanket, towels, dishes, pots/pans etc w the rental. Charles did lots of the work, like all the cooking and setting up the bed. It really was comfortable and it let us stay in remote empty quiet places.
The time we spent in the campervan really sold me on the idea. I could have spent 6 months in Tasmania in that campervan.
If you want to follow on a map here is the campervan journey - lots of backtracking!
where we slept:
Dago Pt - Sorell Lake
Liffey Falls (got locked out at 230 am)
Waratah - powered sites
Savage River near Corrina (no bathrooms!)
Derwent Bridge (no bathrooms!)
Triabunna (went to Maria Island for the day)-powered site
Mayfield Oceanside camping
Picked up Sarah at Hobart airport
Dago Pt again - saw wombat
Quamby Corner near Deloraine -powered sites and laundry!
Ben Lomond - mountain camping w lots of mozzies
Swimcart beach camping -swam in the ocean
Longford Caravan Park
Mt Field - Left of Field - quirky caravan park - walked to Russell Falls
Cockle Creek - as far south as you can get in Tas
more details in my next post.
The campervan wasn't ready until Jan 2, but there were only flights available on the first, so we flew down, and there was a concert on at Mona, so we went over to that (via taxi and uber - uber does not work consistently in Hobart). There was a bit of rain, but we still enjoyed the concert. One of the musicians from Mali that we like, Vieux Farka Touré, was playing. We stayed out near the airport at Travelodge. January is the peak of the summer travel season for Hobart and there was not a lot of hotel space in the city - that was one of the reasons I went for the campervan idea. Even the travelodge near the airport was expensive.
There was a chance that the campervan that could hold three people wouldn't be available, but we found out we could have it, so that was already a good start to our adventure. We picked up the campervan and drove to the closest big town and went to the grocery store and we lucked out that the market was happening and we found our favorite Tassie fruit - apricots and cherries - so we stocked up on everything and drove about two hours to our very first camp site, Dago Point (that could do w some renaming imo). At that point we were going by a book I brought from the library, Camping in Tasmania, and this was one of the five best in the area. It was on Lake Sorell. The lake itself is actually closed while they try to get rid of the invasive carp, this just meant that the lake was very very quiet and we could camp right next to the lake. There was hardly any other campers, it was free, quiet, beautiful and there were toilets. When we woke up the next morning it was very hard to leave, since I thought this might be the best place ever. In fact, one week later, after picking Sarah up at the airport, we brought her to this very spot, because it did end up being one of our very favorite place.
Here is my photo:
We managed to cook, wash up, make the bed and really enjoyed our first night in the campervan. It has everything you could want - small fridge, two burner gas stove, table, sink - and you get sheets, blanket, towels, dishes, pots/pans etc w the rental. Charles did lots of the work, like all the cooking and setting up the bed. It really was comfortable and it let us stay in remote empty quiet places.
The time we spent in the campervan really sold me on the idea. I could have spent 6 months in Tasmania in that campervan.
If you want to follow on a map here is the campervan journey - lots of backtracking!
where we slept:
Dago Pt - Sorell Lake
Liffey Falls (got locked out at 230 am)
Waratah - powered sites
Savage River near Corrina (no bathrooms!)
Derwent Bridge (no bathrooms!)
Triabunna (went to Maria Island for the day)-powered site
Mayfield Oceanside camping
Picked up Sarah at Hobart airport
Dago Pt again - saw wombat
Quamby Corner near Deloraine -powered sites and laundry!
Ben Lomond - mountain camping w lots of mozzies
Swimcart beach camping -swam in the ocean
Longford Caravan Park
Mt Field - Left of Field - quirky caravan park - walked to Russell Falls
Cockle Creek - as far south as you can get in Tas
more details in my next post.
