All better - back to normal

During the few days spare while the troopy was getting fixed Dave and I decided to take advantage of the V6 magna to go up Mt Wellington. Instead of taking an hour in the 3.5t vehicle in 2^nd gear it only took 15minutes in an automatic...we forget what ‘power’ feels like. On a clear day the mountain looks out to the whole of Hobart, Bruny Island, and the far ranges and luckily that afternoon we were spoilt with a beautiful day, rainbow, and snow on the very top. It was extremely windy but hey...snow fights were still a must in the middle of summer.

Finally our car had been fixed with complete success. It was the starter motor that was the issue and thankfully now we can call her ‘reliable’ again. After $400 we set off towards the western side of Tassie heading firstly to Mt field National Park which is known as the oldest NP and having some of the tallest trees in Tasmania.

That night we stayed at Hamilton Common and amazingly bumped into Tom and Amy on their way to Launceston to meet up with Amy’s mum. Whenever we magically meet up it’s always a recipe for good food and good company. I should mention more of Amy’s amazing cooking including chocolate mud pudding, dumplings, and last night apple and black berry crumble (apples were free from the tree near the campground and the blue berry’s are free everywhere in Tas – there like a weed). This is all cooked using a Cob which is a small oven that heats up by coals. This girl should be rewarded with a medal, the amount of great cooking she does with limited equipment in the fricken bush.