View from the hill
Prickly
Shelter in the Alpine Garden
Fungi
Farewell Scrub Chickens
Hi All,
A leisurely start to the day today, we had provisionally decided to drive toward Chudleigh and visit a couple of foodie places again and ask them to autograph my Providore book, this was to occur after Simon visited the Super Cheap store in Devonport, they had an irresistible 20% off everything sale.
Simon saved lots of money at Super Cheap mainly because he didn't buy anything! Well done....
I browsed a couple of stores looking for a protector for the mattress in the camper, several styles available but not what I wanted. Having spoken to other travellers they keep the bed made up and protected - saves a few minutes in the set up/pack down, and would also save us some room in the roof bag. The only problem we have is the dust that settles on the mattress, a waterproof fitted mattress protector seems like a better solution than the huge plastic sheet I use at present. Another project for the trip home.
After our puddling about it was lunchtime and then on to Chudleigh, however Simon had another idea to visit the Tasmanian Arboretum instead, as we had missed going there in November. It was a healthier option, and we wandered about for 2 hours or so, drinking in our last views of Tasmanian countryside, hard to believe we leave tomorrow. We have remarked several times that we feel quite Tasmanian, we certainly have a good appreciation of what the state can offer and the choice locations to settle here. Not that we have made that decision yet, we know there is more to see in this big country.
Kaye made us a wonderful roast dinner of chicken with stuffing, potato, sweet potato, beetroot, corn and peas, followed with dessert of creamed vanilla rice and rhubarb. Simon will be back on rations after tomorrow.
Kaye lead a general discussion of where to next, I wish we knew. I will update our profile on the HelpX site and see what eventuates. We still have a list of hosts who have asked us to visit, maybe a game of "pin the tail" will help us to decide.
Simon is already knocking out zeds
Night all
Susan
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