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...have I done? Back in Dorrigo now after 3 months travelling as a gypsy in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania. I've hit a bit of a 'flat spot' and I'm not absolutely sure what I'm doing. Once again I am parked in a lovely place with bird and water sounds but for reasons I'm not sure of, I don't feel my brilliant self. I have a little garden outside my door and I'm sure, when I get some kind of wind break, I'll enjoy being outside more, cooking, painting perhaps, writing, reading. When the garden is gone, the house is gone and you're not travelling there are a lot of hours in the day to wonder....'what will I do?' Anyway, enough of that, I just wanted to let you know that it isn't all 'beer and skittles' living this life of a gypsy in a tiny house in a van....beautiful as it is. I still have the vision of women sharing land - each with a space for their 'tiny' mobile dwelling and sharing a common kitchen/laundry/chat space. My trip home from Melbourne was fast! Good ole Apple Maps got me out of the city and back onto country roads quick smart and without any problems at all. Good job I had the E Toll thingy though as it did beep a couple of times. Well worth it though. I love country driving, the quieter the road, the more I like it. I stopped for one night at the Showgrounds of a very small town, paid my $5, had a cold shower and then slept in 30 degree heat - and it wasn't even summer! No wonder it was a small town.
Before that... I camped by a lovely river in Cambelltown on the Midland Highway. The bridge was built in 1838!
On the road (slideshow) and before all that... I drove via the lakes area of Tassie. That was cool..literally..brrrr The following (slideshow) is ...somewhere in Tasmania. Not quite sure where. I will have to go again. I have seen a lot in the past 3 months... mountains lakes rivers beaches dams orchards opium fields hippies :) I have seen wedgetail eagles up close - they are huge! I have seen trout leap out of the water - after the fishermen left! I have met lovely people and shared food I've walked in graveyards where families were buried together in the mid 1800's I've been brave loads of times and a little scared a couple of times. I've been very cold and hot at times too. I've been in quiet places, noisy places, busy places and places of solitude. I've spent many $100's on fuel and driven through.. fog/rain/sunshine/mists/rainforests/mountains busy highways/cities and country roads I taken over 1000 photographs I've been gifted..... award winning olive oil a star a penknife USBs of movies garden fresh vegetable three times Phew!! No wonder I feel a little strange at the moment. It was a BIG 3 months! Sometimes I have felt like a duck... calm on the surface and paddling like all **** under the water! So 'Vancamerawoman' can now move on into 'vancamerawomen'. I would like to add short stories, with a photo or two, from any gypsy women who would like to share. If you have travelled, camped out, had an adventure as a single woman, please send me your story and I will include it in the next monthly 'blog'. All the very best, Clare For more of my photos from this adventure, available to buy if you'd like to, (from postcards to posters), please go to: https://www.redbubble.com/people/colinsart ...Apples. Stewed with a cinnamon stick, 4 cloves and 2 allspice berries is a very lovely breakfast on a rainy, cold day. Fantastic crunchy, juicy and sweet apples are $1 a kilo from roadside stalls. I just can't resist. So every now and then I have to stew the ones that leap out of the basket as I drive over the occasional bump or stop quickly. Little bruises don't matter when you stew them! So, where am I now? I'm just outside a place outside Ellendale (I Think). I was going to camp at the beautiful little town called Hamilton but the caravan owners, with their generator running, did not make that a place for me. That turned out to be a blessing in disguise didn't it? Now I am 15 minutes further on at a lovely free camp donated by the land owner.
And before I went to Russell Falls I was briefly in New Norfolk where I wandered around and bought a few food essentials. I should have gone to the chemist then instead of backtracking the next day to get some knee strapping stuff. The knee strapping seems to work though so it was well worth it. And...I called into a berry farm and bought the most delicious of 'first of the season' strawberries which are 3 bites each of yummyness. Almost all gone😊 Before that.... I visited a fantastic farm in the Huonville Valley and was lucky enough to stay the night and share fantastic food with the owners, the gardener, the chefs and friends. Woodfired pizzas and delicious ribs all cooked outside in the big brick bread oven. Wine, champagne laughter and good conversation. Brilliant! Then, after going back to Cygnet for the second time, this time for the markets, I moved on again and stopped at Gorden by the waterfront but it was way too windy for me. Took some nice photos though! Next I headed for Hobart where I met up with a friend who took me to Salamanca for lunch and then for a drive up Mt Wellington. I found myself a nice little spot near the Glenorchy sailing Club and stayed there two nights. I even managed a sunrise shoot and a trip to Bunnings for glue and sandpaper...well you never know do you? Sunrise, my view from inside the van and David (legs) and his Puli, a dreadlocked dog And last but not least a slideshow .... join me on the road. From where I was last episode to where I am now. Sometimes the windscreen is grubby, sometimes it's raining. all the best, Clare Oh... why do Wombats shit square poos? Is it to make building little wombat mud brick houses easier? |
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