roadtrip – Kieran Campbell

Tasmania Day 14: Zeehan & First Impressions of Cradle Mountain

Sunday 20 June 2010Sunday 20 June 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Meet David Yesterday was Australia day. Obviously we did our bit as temporary residents of the red island continent and had a few drinks in one of Strahan's pubs and so next morning I woke up crumpled up under a duvet in the driver's seat of the car with David…

Tasmania Day 13: Australia Day in Strahan

Monday 31 May 2010Monday 31 May 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Burbury Dawn Waking up to the quietly moody atmosphere hanging over Lake Burbury, I had two surprises awaiting me. Last night, I'd left my camera running the black-frame noise-reduction for the 23-minute long exposure I did of the Milky Way over the lake, and it was great to dig the…

Tasmania Day 12: Lake St Clair & More Western Wilderness

Sunday 30 May 2010Sunday 30 May 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Lake St Clair Now that I'm writing about Tasmania 4 months after it happened, and I've left what notes I wrote about it back in Bright, some of these days' posts might be a bit vague. It's funny how much I can forget about what I've done on my travels,…

Tasmania Day 11: In to the Wilderness

Saturday 29 May 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Razorback Ridge Our short time as civilised back-packers was over this morning, as I, as usual, annoyed Kevin until he woke up so we could make the most of the day that promised to take us into some of the most pristine land in the world: the Tasman wilderness world…

Tasmania Day 9: Tahune Airwalk & Hartz N.P.

Tuesday 25 May 2010Tuesday 25 May 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Tahune Forest Airwalk After 2 nights sleeping in a proper house we were probably getting a little bit too comfortable with our new-found high-quality living, and it was already getting harder to wake up at a decent time to do anything with our day. Liz worked remotely for her employer…

Tasmania Day 8: Dossing About Round Huonville

Monday 24 May 2010Monday 24 May 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Life of a Backpacker I was a bit surprised to wake up slightly hungover from the meal and pints from last night, so it was yet another slow start to a day for me. My GPS logger had been playing up ever since we got to Tassie and had got…

Tasmania Day 7: Skipping Bail for the Beach

Monday 24 May 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Fortescue Bay Breaking out of the rich atmosphere of the tent – rich from the three of us having nachos, cheese and dip, with about half a bottle of tabasco added, before going to sleep – we took stock of our surroundings that we'd stumbled into the night before. We…

Tasmania Day 6: Passing the Capital & Heading to Prison

Sunday 9 May 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Pirates Bay Feeling pretty crap from what was the worst night's sleep ever, we got to the information centre at the head of the Freycinet Peninsula to find the weather wasn't looking that great. We'd planned on doing the overnight hike round the peninsula, which meant camping somewhere near the…

Tasmania Day 5: Douglas-Apsley & Bicheno

Saturday 8 May 2010Saturday 8 May 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Bay of Lagoons Sleeping in the car overnight disposed of our usual morning routine: me putting off getting up for an hour, spending the next couple of hours trying to get Kevin up before the morning was over, then spending the next half hour packing the tent and stuff back…

Back in Sydney

Thursday 22 April 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

My week of sleeping in the boot of my car was over – I was back to a nice bed, regular shower, and good food in the comfort of my auntie and uncle's house in Sydney. Since I arrived in Perth in August I aimed to be in Sydney for…

Finishing the Blue Mountains

Thursday 22 April 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Now that I'd spent a few days charting the less travelled corners of the Blue Mountains, it was time to hit the main drag and see the big ticket attractions, not that I was really sure what they were. I'd came to rely on the CAMPS road atlas as, not…

Megalong Valley

Wednesday 21 April 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

After the lack-lustre dawn at Kanangra Walls I headed back through the Jenolan caves and onto Rydal where there was a campsite which offered a much needed shower. In hindsight, I shouldn't have bothered paying the day-entry rate of $4 and just ran to the showers while I used the…

Blue Mountains Roadtrip

Saturday 27 March 2010 by Kieran

Kieran

Even though I'd been given a driven tour of the route I should take out of Sydney the night before, I still - as expected - somewhere near the CBD didn't find my way onto Broadway, starting 15 minutes of stopping, reading the map, heading off for a few minutes…