Hi Folks,
The synchronicity of the phones was almost absolute when they rang the alarm call this morning. We hitched up the trailer and departed the motel for the pier and joined the queue to get on the boat. We were familiar with the procedure from our last trip in 2007. We selected a spot on the boat adjacent to a power point and settled in for the journey.
The trip was only notable for the unfortunate return of Susan's motion sickness. Probably the long motion of the swell rather than the choppy waters she has been ok with. Suffice to say she had to beat a hasty retreat from "Nanny Mcphee" in the cinema twice. However by the time we docked in Devonport after 9 hours on the water she was feeling a lot better and not surprisingly hungry.
We decided to adjourn to Sharkys a great little fish shop in Devonport we discovered last trip before going to a caravan park. This was a bit of a mistake. The fish shop was busy and by the time we had enjoyed our food and drink it was 920. Of course all the parks were now closed so we legged it down to Railton to a free camp for "self contained vehicles" only. Being law abiding citizens we slept in the front seat of the car rather than throw down the swag and be law breakers. Tomorrow onto, good question, Launceston for some shopping and towards Hobart. Our assignment at Nubeena starts on the 1st of Feb so we have a couple of days to get there.
cheers Simon
A warm up video for the cameraman of the Spirit of Tasmania leaving Port Melbourne and Port Philip bay. Many thanks to the ships announcer for his commentary :-)
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