Dare to be you
Yesterday we discovered that our right back wheel had only two loose bolts left… So it almost falls of! But here we are, in the middle of the desert some 50 km’s from the next civilisation, hardly any passenger and no means of communication. What can we do? Wait a day in the shade of a tree with temperatures around 45° and hope someone passes? Or keep driving and hope we can reach the cattle station to ask some help.
During the next days we have to drive a long distance from Melbourne to the Red Centre near Alice Springs, roughly 3000 km road along beaches, through deserts and some mountainous landscapes.
Christmas over here is something strange… We arrive in Melbourne late afternoon in temperatures of 40 degrees, full summer. That evening we discover the city in the Christmas theme. Lots of locations are transformed into snowy landscapes with the tin soldiers, lights and stars and bells everywhere.
Now we’ve tasted some of nature’s delights near Hobart it is time for us to leave and discover another natural spot of the Island, Freycinet Peninsula at the East Coast.
We embark around 7 o’clock in the morning at Devonport and drive firstly through the quarantine checkpoint… Without our fruit and veggies (a couple of carrots, onions, peaches and ginger) from the esky on board we continue. These checkpoints can frequently be found at the state frontiers to diminish the spread of non-domestic plants and animals, here in Tasmania they control quite thorough.
On the Road 
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