Hi Folks,
A mercifully dry night at Lilydale with only a couple of showers.
We packed the slightly damp swag, breakfasted and headed towards Golcona for a house inspection. The agent having fractured his ankle during the week was unable to attend so we were hosted by the owners. The house was different, constructed of cut log and mud/cement mortar/render. It was set on 15 acres of fairly hilly terrain with mostly natural bush and some gold mines from the turn of the century. One of these provided a permanent water supply to augment the rainwater tanks. Apparently Forest the mining company have been conducting assays. While we looking the owner advised us to check for leeches. Of course Susan had one on her shoe which raised the adrenaline levels.
We departed towards Launceston and did our debrief. Not a house for us, not that we are looking that seriously. We drove through Launceston and up the Bass Highway
We then travelled to our camp for the night at the Riana Pioneer Park
I noticed what appeared to be dried blood on the bag of Susan’s trouser leg just below the knee. This prompted a quick leg inspection for sucking critters and a memory of feeling something strange there at Deloraine. The theory is this was a bloated leech falling off. She checked the rest of her body in the toilet block later with no other hitchhikers apparent, which is just as well since I don’t want them dropping off her and attaching to me in the swag tonight!
Unfortunately we are at the edge of the communication network so this blog publishing will have to wait until tomorrow when we head back to Burnie. Having not heard anything to the contrary we will be meeting our Helpex host there tomorrow afternoon to spend a few nights working in the Tarkine at his retreats. This may be out of phone range so don’t panic if we appear to have vanished from the electronic world.
Cheers Simon
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