{"id":1023,"date":"2021-01-16T20:46:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T09:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arnobrok.com\/blog\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2021-01-17T19:07:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T08:07:13","slug":"nsw-tasmania-trip-14-16-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arnobrok.com\/blog\/blog\/2021\/01\/16\/nsw-tasmania-trip-14-16-january\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW – Tasmania trip: 14-16 January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thursday – Little Hartley<\/strong>
Today we packed up the van and the car and started what we hope (ie Covid permitting) will be our trip to Tasmania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We booked our ferry trip on the Spirit of Tasmania<\/a> for 29 January but we will need to be in Covid low risk zones for 2 weeks prior to arrival in Tasmania to avoid 2 weeks enforced (and expensive) hotel quarantine, as there have been some cases in the greater Sydney area. As the current situation can change on a dime, we are just taking it day by day and aim to just enjoy more of our own state again while we slowly make our way to the ferry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We started this trip camping for 2 days at our friends Phil & Debbie in Little Hartley (which is not classified as \u2018Greater Sydney\u2019 and hence outside the risk zone).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drive took around 3 hours via the Bells Line of Road, such lovely scenery through Kurrajong and the Bilpin area of the Blue Mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We enjoyed a delicious dinner prepared by Deb, and played Carcasonne, which we taught the grandchildren Elijah and Lil; they caught on pretty quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday \u2013 Little Hartley<\/strong>
Today our friend Lyndon drove up from his home, and joined us for an overnighter in his van, as we hadn\u2019t caught up in ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We took Lyndon\u2019s 4×4 to the local swimming hole (Hyde Park) as ours would not have cleared the deep holes in the track there. Lil and I had a nice dip \u2013 the fairly fast streaming River Lett made for lovely clean and fresh water. Arno & Lyndon had a good old chinwag on the sunny rocks. Top spot!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hyde Park waterhole<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hyde Park waterhole<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Deb & Phil\u2019s veranda with its perfect view of Mount York provided the best place for a fun evening after the roast dinner – with Lyndon supplying the most beautiful honeyed whiskey from Young (noted, so we can make a stop there!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saturday \u2013 Lake Wallace<\/strong>
Said goodbye to our friends and headed for our next free camp (less than an hour\u2019s drive!) at Lake Wallace. Lyndon checked the place out too for a potential future camp, and then headed home again.\u00a0 Lake Wallace is attached to the Wang Dam, and a beautiful spot for day trippers and campers alike.\u00a0 It\u2019s quite a large area with plenty of cycling opportunities and non-motorised water sports, and various people were kayaking and supping on the lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A lovely sunny, though windy day, we took the bikes to get to know the tiny town of Wallerawang, which has a population of just over 2000, and an altitude of 898m above sea level. It has a cute historic railway station and we stopped at the pub for lunch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n