Hobart Town again
Not sure if it was the dodgy Strathgordon food but we both had a minor gastro thing the day after eating at the workers mess. It was quite a warm day which translates to really hot inside the camper trailer. The march flies outside the tent were the size of small Splendid Wrens which meant that we really couldn’t safely leave the tent, so we didn’t have a very nice morning.
In order to slightly pamper ourselves we decided to get a cabin in a caravan park outside Hobart – our only other experience of such a thing had been quite OK. But this one was awful, really awful, it looked like it hadn’t been touched since it was first delivered by the park-home manufacturers in 1978, and was parked next to a very busy road. With us both feeling a bit fragile, we were not a little disappointed, but hey, at least it had a toilet, which was important at the time.
After another night down south of Hobart (to check out a block of land that Kate and Pete were in the process of buying) we finally got to Hobart, where we stayed for a night with Aidan & Dale & Angas & Mara. They have a beautiful house near the water in Taroona, and we were there for a Hobart-style-heatwave, so there was even swimming at the beach to be had, for us only the third time in our time in Tassie. While we have wandered along many beaches, it has been rarely warm enough for two West Australians to swim.
It was so good to be with a wonderful family, in a beautiful house, and to have conversations that are so much more interesting than your idle travel/campsite chatter.
Nic: For example, if one more woman says to me in a caravan park laundry ‘The washing never stops for holidays does it?’ I think I’ll scream! I shouldn’t be so harsh, I realise they are just trying to break the ice, but I get a little jealous of Tim coz he at least has fishing in common with most of the blokes. It’s as though all women have in common to talk about is laundry, but I’d be much more interested in talking to old fellas about fishing trips.
Tim: And honestly I don’t really give a toss whether you think your Mickey Thompson Desert Stormers are better than the BFG All-Terrains on our Elsie. F’cryin’ out loud - they are only tyres! What did you SEE whilst you were driving??!!
In order to slightly pamper ourselves we decided to get a cabin in a caravan park outside Hobart – our only other experience of such a thing had been quite OK. But this one was awful, really awful, it looked like it hadn’t been touched since it was first delivered by the park-home manufacturers in 1978, and was parked next to a very busy road. With us both feeling a bit fragile, we were not a little disappointed, but hey, at least it had a toilet, which was important at the time.
After another night down south of Hobart (to check out a block of land that Kate and Pete were in the process of buying) we finally got to Hobart, where we stayed for a night with Aidan & Dale & Angas & Mara. They have a beautiful house near the water in Taroona, and we were there for a Hobart-style-heatwave, so there was even swimming at the beach to be had, for us only the third time in our time in Tassie. While we have wandered along many beaches, it has been rarely warm enough for two West Australians to swim.
It was so good to be with a wonderful family, in a beautiful house, and to have conversations that are so much more interesting than your idle travel/campsite chatter.
Nic: For example, if one more woman says to me in a caravan park laundry ‘The washing never stops for holidays does it?’ I think I’ll scream! I shouldn’t be so harsh, I realise they are just trying to break the ice, but I get a little jealous of Tim coz he at least has fishing in common with most of the blokes. It’s as though all women have in common to talk about is laundry, but I’d be much more interested in talking to old fellas about fishing trips.
Tim: And honestly I don’t really give a toss whether you think your Mickey Thompson Desert Stormers are better than the BFG All-Terrains on our Elsie. F’cryin’ out loud - they are only tyres! What did you SEE whilst you were driving??!!
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