We left Miles and headed for Theodore over the Great Dividing Range which is 400 metres above sealevel, according to our Tassie hills is not so great. We arrived at Theodore and set up at a free camp near the river there was a nice park opposite with shower and toilets. It was very crowded and we were lucky to get a spot, as some set up there for weeks. After settling in which wasn’t hard to do seeing that we had left the car and van hitched up, we rode our bikes 2klms into town for a look around, not a great deal to see. It was interesting to see how the town has recovered and cleaned up after the floods considering that most of the town was inundated with water. On our way back to the van we stopped off at the pub because we were hot and thirsty for a nice beer & shandy. We were able to view some photos of the flooding of the town, the barman explained to us how the pub was spared by only a few metres from being flooded. Outside the pub in the middle of the street there had been 2 light poles which had been removed to allow access for the 8 helicopters to evacuate the town, witches hats still remain upside down in the holes where they once stood.
We then moved onto Calliope where we spent the next 2 nights, then headed off to Bargara Beach Caravan Park for a week to enjoy the warm weather, beach and also to seek out a decent restaurant after being inland for all this time.
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