Tassie Holiday

subybrumby · Post by **subybrumby** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:40 pm

Not sure if this is the correct place for this but:-

I have just come back from a 2week 3day trip around tassie...Loved it.

Went round in a maui camper and saw lots of L series down there...they love their subies.

Went through Cranbrook and thought of Matt ??with his "jet boat" but the wife said, " keep moving, its a subie free holiday" ????

I thought the east coast was great and you have great beaches all the way up to St helens. Lucky buggers!!!

I'll be back!!

bluesteel · Post by **bluesteel** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:15 pm

how can you come down and not visit any of us :O

the next one will have to be a suby friendly holiday

gad you liked the place tho

MY_STI · Post by **MY_STI** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:05 pm

Great to hear you enjoyed yourself. Come visit us next time!

What did you think of the camper?

Subybrumby's Wife wrote: keep moving, its a subie free holiday

Devestated. Trade her in on another model.

madmat · Post by **madmat** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:28 pm

i spent 3 weeks towing my camper all over tassie with the OBW (outback wagon) it sure is a nice piece of land but you could see the scares on the locals where the head had been removed.

LOL

subybrumby · Post by **subybrumby** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:17 pm

Thanks fellas...yes I will do a trip and catch up with some of you...The camper was a VW Maui..plenty of grunt..5speed and looked like a five cyclinder diesel.

We went from the airport to sorrell and then to port arthur and straight up the west coast. Climbed up the track to see wine glass bay (puff Puff) and went right around. Froze my butt off at cradle mountain and saw the spirit tasmania come in a Devonport. People were real friendly and helpful specially when we got lost occassionally. But we did all tourist things and yea the camper had everything we needed. Helen at Maui at Hobart airport looked after us and away we went. Camped first night at Seven mile beach after buying supplies.

I used the first aid kit to get out a splinter and because I opened the seal on the kit, I had to buy it. Thought that was a bit odd but what the heck, now I've got a first aid kit in the brumby.

Saw a couple of blokes camped on the beach at the Chain of lagoons near St mary's in an L series. Wondered if it was anyone on here.

It was all good...a few more rest areas on the roads would be good and I also realised that you don't have any of the giant roadhouses that dot our highways up here.

But sat on the beach at Mayfield beach with a glass of red and went straight through the camp chair...yes I'll be back ...

Bumpty · Post by **Bumpty** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 1:45 pm

Nice job, How far up north did ya get?

subybrumby · Post by **subybrumby** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 7:35 pm

We went Launceston, Burnie right to Stanley, up the Nut and through to Smithton and then we drove over to look at the Windfarms at Woolnorth..went to the end of the bitumen up to the gate.

Then back down to Zeehan, Strahan and through Queenstown and then Hobart.

BRUMBERTY · Post by **BRUMBERTY** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:29 am

subybrumby wrote:sat on the beach at Mayfield beach with a glass of red and went straight through the camp chair ...

Red wine will cause that...

Mayfield is a superb beach, you have fine taste in drinking spots!

subybrumby · Post by **subybrumby** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:54 pm

Thanks mate, would have liked to have stayed there a bit longer but had to keep moving, only had 14 days to go right around plus down to huonville and Franklin areas. Snug beach etc.

Bumpty · Post by **Bumpty** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:29 am

If you remember passing Boat Harbour on your way from Burnie to Stanley (Boat Harbour primary school) thats where I live, inland of the highway a bit.

subybrumby · Post by **subybrumby** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:13 pm

Yes, I do remember. They were doing the road up around there. And they grow a lot of spuds in that area if I remember correct...or toward sheffield maybe.,

You sound like a friendly bunch..I sorry I didn't get to meet some of you...I will have to come back I see. Thanks for all the interest on this post. I've got a mate living on 60 acres near St Helens and he took me up to the pig pub. The pub in the paddock at Pyengana. What a blast, where they've got pigs that drink beer. My mate loves it down there...

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BRUMBERTY · Post by **BRUMBERTY** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:13 am

Bumpty also has fine taste in drinking spots...Boat Harbour is a gem.

I may have to frop in.