After a beautiful day at Cape Naturaliste, the next day was a big disappointment, with smoke from a bush fire choking us out. It was not close to us, but the wonderful view we had was obliterated. So we headed south via the Bay of Fires to stay with Doug’s aunt and cousin in St Helens. Like a lot of people they have made the sea change, from Perth to Tasmania and loving it! We had a wonderful stay and explored the Bay of Fires beaches. Even though the Bay of Fires is defined by blue sea, white sand and red algae on the rocks, this extends all the way down the east coast. We have stopped at some amazing beaches all the way down to Freycinet and Swansea.
We spent a day exploring Freycinet National Park and stayed at Friendly Point at the Friendly Beaches. And once again couldn’t help ourselves and went down a 4WD track. Well this one was signed as a hazard, but it wasn’t as difficult as some of the other tracks we’ve been down recently…probably to stop litigation! Anyway after a stop at the beach we noticed the axle on the trailer was cracked…so some investigation under the trailer showed it was actually nearly broken through. This suggested that we should brace the axle with anything we could find…2 jack handles, 2 hose clamps and fencing wire! Eat your heart out MacGyver! We made our way out of the National Park extremely slowly and headed for Swansea for some welding repairs and blogging.
1. Map of East Coast of Tasmania, 2. The Gardens, Bay of Fires, 3. The Hazards (Granite Outcrop), Freycinet National Park, 4. Friendly Beaches, 5. Friendly Beaches, 6. 4WD Hazard Sign, 7. Broken axle on trailer, 8. Swansea, view from where I am writing this blog.
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