17th. February 2023
Drove to St Helens from Campbell Town, a mix of open plains and forests , but a nice drive. The thing is about Tasmania there’s almost a town over very hill unlike where we live where it at 2 hours to anywhere and at 4 hours to everywhere else. Today was the most scary wind I’ve been in in the van. The whole van is rocking and I hope it soon stops. Not only was it windy but very hot for Tasmania buy not hot for us of course. 30- 31 C is lovely weather for summer.
Binalong Bay is the most beautiful place , you can look over at the Bay of Fires , so named because of the orange algae on the rocks that make it look like a fire. At the boat ramp at Binalong bay it looks like a sea garden the water is as clear as crystal and all sorts of seaweeds are growing there for us to sea.
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Swansea |
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Binalong bay |
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Binalong Bay |
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The rocks at Binalong have the red algae like bay of fires |
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Blackberries |
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Leaving St Helens photos as we drive away.