This was a spectacular, but incredibly windy drive. St Helen's is quite popular resort, Binalong Bay, which is the major jumping off point for the many walks along the Bay of Fires. Beautiful, white powdery sandy beaches as far as the eye can see. Its called Bay of Fires because the first whitemen to land on the shores noticed a number of fires burning on shore due to the many aboriginal tribes living here. Today you can still see the middens the aboriginies created by piles and piles of mollusk shells over the decades.
Other highlights today were St. Columba Falls at the bottom of this beautiful rainforest, laden with huge tree ferns, sassafras, blackwood and myrtle trees. Fresh, lots of bird songs and wonderful earthy smells.
After stopping at a cheese-making farm, we continued to Launceston and got here late afternoon. Its only about 120 kms from the coast but because of the roads, it took ages. You get really tired from constant curves one way then the other and really start to appreciate the straight stretches!
Tonight, Friday Nov 27th is our last night on Tassie. Tomorrow night we spend back on the ferry to Victoria. From there I am heading to S.Australia to visit friends (from Banff who now live in Mt Gambier) for a few days.
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