Tasmania Road Trip

 22nd Feb 2023 Today we plan to see the section of the Tarkine Drive that was not possible yesterday. It involves a backtrack of around 30 km south of Smithton to pick up the Eastern part of the drive.  The drive takes up South through Irishtown and Edith Creek before we reach the turnoff to the tourist drive, which runs through mountainous country, through rainforests and on sealed roads. The key feature of this drive is the Trowutta Arch, which we look forward to seeing. It is an easy walk through some incredibly old Myrtle Beech forests with giant tree ferns. The free ferns are obviously very old and huge There are very old myrtles along the track Soon we reach the feature of this walk, Trowatta Arch, formed by one of two sinkholes in the area.  Amazingly on our trip up the Western Coast we have seen huge areas of volcanic rock formations and basaltic deposits, which are now interspersed with sedimentary dolomite formations.  Trowutta Arch The pathways are incredi...

 21st Feb 2023 What started out as a reasonably straight forward drive from Strahan to Smithton changed complexion completely when we tough we might not take the traditional route towards Cradle Mountain and Burnie, but try out a rustic trail through Corinna. The turnoff os at Zeehan, so that is where our adventure began. We have been forewarned, via signage, that a ferry trip is involved and charges apply. There is also some unsealed road. The easy way The path we chose The trip starts well with a good sealed road surface, very little traffic, few towns and a variety of scenery. As we get closer to the Coast a huge wind farm comes into view, with substation and transmission lines heading off to somewhere. There isnt much here so who knows who is benefiting other than the coastal village of Cape Granville which is close to the farm and Corinna which is now within striking distance. Our good road surface has turned to gravel and remains so all of the way to Corinna. Soon we are gree...