Tassie 2023 - Mt Field (Still our favourite.)
7th-9th February Branxholm We are in a lovely little caravan park at Branxholm which is free and even has a free washing machine and swimming pool. It is a little bit noisy with logging trucks during the day but at night it's not too bad. Although there is a very annoying rooster up the road. We did the short river walk in town and then settled in for the night. The main industries in the town are the Sawmill and Hop gardens. Branxholm Campsite Ringarooma River. Hop Gardens The next day we drove to Tulendeena (formerly a station) which is the entrance to the North East Rail Trail it's a 26.2 km section to Scottsdale. It was a magnificent ride through the beautiful Tasmanian forest, fern gullies, and fern avenues through the granite cuttings. Heaps of wildlife hopping around as we cycled along. Wallabies, Bettongs, and even an Echidna. We met another couple en route who were from Darwin and had a nice chat with them at Trewalla Station. We ...