Friday 7 March
Jimsy and I seem to have the same sleep patterns. We were
both up soon after 6am and spent the morning quietly catching up on diaries and
photo sorts before the others got up at about 8am.
A late breakfast and goodbyes to the UTAS team and Gail,
Amelia and Brian before the bus set off for Launceston.
We had a detour to Liffie Falls with another detour because
the map was not as clear as it should have been. We walked through forest of
huge trees and giant tree ferns and saw lots of filmy ferns and bracket fungi.
Because there are no termites in Tasmania the old trees rot more slowly and are
very visible in the canopy as well as on the forest floor. There are many old
stumps left from hand logging days with the step hold cuts still showing.
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| Axe cut step holds in a huge trunk. |
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| Ian and Eucalyptus obliqua (50m tall - The Big Tree) |
Our lunch stop was at the Deloraine Deli which sold all
sorts of Tasmanian deli foods and bottled goods.
On then to drop off Lucinda, Matt and Jimsy then into town
to drop Julie and Garry at their hotel thus saying goodbye to the last of the
Curious Travellers. Ian and I then continued south to Hobart (2 more hours) and
home at last. We three then collapsed into bed by 8pm for a long long sleep.
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