Road Trip - Nor-West Tasmania

Well, we have headed off on another road trip. We are staying in a tiny town called Stanley in nor west Tasmania for 10 weeks with lots of road trips.



We came across from Melbourne to Devonport in the Spirit of Tasmania



There is a bay in front of us, but sadly the owner wasn’t interested in talking to a T3/T25. Oh well.

Stanley is a “one pub town” - but it’s a good one



Stanley is at the foot of the Nut - a volcanic plug


Coming into winter, so getting quite cold and blustery.
Am guessing a bit like costal Scotland?

Got our bikes, so doing lots of day rides with the dog (also called Stanley)

 

I like the perfect positioning of the bike mirror reflection...great looking place.

 

Great idea. I grew up in Melbourne and didn’t even think of popping over to Tazzy. Loads of missed opportunities while I was there.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,And I never got smarter just older

 

Went for a drive out to Arthur River and Marrawah yesterday.

There is a beach there called “Edge of the World”
It is the longest stretch horizontal of water to land.
15,000 km to Argentina. You are below Africa.







There was petrol there, but a bit of a hike to the next place

What sort of distances is it between fuel stops over your way?



The pub had a good feed


And my wife managed to spy this little fella on the roadside while driving
He was waddling along on the road side but had “balled up” by the time we got a photo
Hopefully we changed it’s mind about walking on roads

 

Walked up to the top of the Nut yesterday

There are pademelons everywhere here.
Got a couple good shots of them. They are like a small wallaby that is only in Tasmania



There is a sea eagle that likes up the top.
Just haven’t been able to get a picture yet

 

Looks awesome Barry




Those distances between fuel stops…

 

Wow, never heard of these guys before. Something new in just about every corner in Australia and they’re still finding new stuff all the time.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,keep making us jealous with your pics

 

Went back out to Marrawah to watch some surfing

https://surfingtas.com/50th-anniversary-2025-rip-curl-west-coast-classic/

The roads down to the beach were horrendous. 4 wheel drive and nowhere to turn around.
OK the first day- but gave up the 2nd time as the road was that bad



Surf didn’t look the best.
We saw on competitor had a kombi in the camp ground

 

Went back out for a drive in the Tarkine again - this time on the eastern side to a town called Waratah.
The pub there is the Bischoff Hotel.



Bit of a quirky sense of humour down that way




Drive down was fantastic

 

Went for a walk around the lake after lunch



And there, swimming around without a care in the world was half a dozen platypuses.

In all my travels, I “think” I have seen one.
And that was a fleeting glance that I convinced myself it was a platypus.

Photos don’t do justice, but we watched these swimming around and diving for half an hour

 

And last night we went up “the Nut” for sunset.

Padymelon everywhere

 

Uk road trips have suddenly become a bit lame by comparison

 

Fantastic sky tonight

 

Penguins



This one is on the graveyard shift with his Pady mate

 

Went for a boat trip on the Arthur River today.
This is the river that flows out at the “Edge of the World” (see above)

2 families of sea eagles there



no idea how my wife managed to get this picture with just here iPhone

 

Sheds!!

We joined the local run club to keep in shape from all the food I’m eating. Maybe the beers as well. Maybe.

Anyway, a new friend invited us around for drinks.
A real decent home brew stout.

But his shed is made of dreams.
My wife and I are now planning what we can do with ours.
Love the Scaletrix race set


This our shed from a few years ago.
A fair bit of landscaping added including a fire pit out to the side.
But got a heap of ideas

 

Travelling around there is lots of road kill he in Tasmania.
Doesn’t seem to get picked up either.

Not to worry - it gets put to good use

 

Lots of options