Tassie - Greens Lake (Vic)

Our time to head off again for a few months has certainly rolled around very quickly, does not seem that long ago since we came back from our last trip. We seemed very organised with our packing this year, actually it was too easy, must be getting it right at last.

We headed off on Saturday by 9.30am after first stopping in to say goodbye to Tan, Greg and the boys. Also to leave Doug with them for his holiday. It was a beautiful morning with clear blue skies making it a very pleasant drive to Devonport. We had arranged to meet our friends Pauline and Les to enjoy a light meal prior to boarding, a much better option than what is offered on board at the moment. Hopefully with the upgrades that will be taking place over the winter months there will be some improvement.

After another smooth sailing we were off the ferry by 6.30am, to be greeted with a beautiful sunrise and with very little traffic on the road our first stop was at the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial at Seymour where we enjoyed a good cup of tea and breakfast. We then went for a leisurely stroll looking at the very impressive Commemorative Wall dedicated to Service Personnel and the 11 Tracker Dogs who served in South Vietnam.

It was time to say goodbye to Les and Pauline and head to Greens Lake that is west of Stanthorp. We had planned to stay here for our first night, finding it such a quiet relaxing pleasant spot ended up staying an extra day. We are only a couple of hours north of Melbourne but have already swapped our Jeans and Jumpers for shorts and T shirts. We have had our first campfire even cooking our Tassie Lamb Chops on it last night and sausages and chicken tonight.

Along the way to Greens Lake we stopped at Rushtown a quaint little town with a very wide main street. Visiting the local IGA to grab some milk we were told to help ourselves to anything from one of the freezer's as it had broken down overnight and food was partly defrosted. We helped them out by taking a couple of Pizzas, Hash Brown's and Herb Potatoes. The Pizza's I cooked to have cold later, the Hash Brown's were still frozen so they went in the freezer and the Herb Spuds had half cooked on the fire last night and finished the rest off tonight.

Beautiful calm morning at the lake