The Rain In Tassie Falls Mainly on Doigs Donga

Hi Everyone,
Just when I think I have this thing beat, I find I don't.

As you might guess from todays title, it is raining. So I will just back track a little. This may be fairly brief, the first version was lovely and newsy, but then I lost it. just when I thought I had the hang of this blogging.
 I am very pleased to be getting feedback from you, it makes it worthwhile.
So after New Year with the motorhoming chapter at Bridport, I made my way to Georgetown. It turned out that an ex  of one of my patchworking friends  lived in Tassie and belonged to the Bridport group! After we worked out where we knew each other from (I hadn't seen him for about 20 years) it turned out he also worked with my late husband Doug in the then PMG. It really is a small world!
So I went to Georgetown and Graham gave me the old tourist trip, which was kind of him. It is a very lovley town . supposedly the oldest TOWN, in Australia.
 I camped behind the tourist information centre. Complete with toilet dump, which was handy.Then I doubled back towards
scottsdale through Lilydale, which just happened to have a very cute little Patchwork shop, I am doing quite well finding every patchwork shop in australia without the book. but it will make it easier thanks Lyn! So I camped at Myrtle Park beside a lovely rippling bubbling river. There are a lot of them. it was really very beautiful, I wish I had a better camera to take better photos. but the one I have will have to do.
Then I bypassed Launceston, as Doug and I had been there before, and headed off to Deloraine and finally Mole Creek to stay the night beside another bubbling rippling river! they are very soothing to hear the water running over the rocks.
All this driving is over mountain/big hills, winding, climbing, hairpin bend roads!  Half the time I don't even get into 5th gear let lone 6th.Thank god for automatics I say! I am sure my triceps and biceps will be rippling by the time I leave tassie! So at Mole creek there was not any phone service or internet, unless you hung out over the fence. which I had to do as I needed  to make a call about the motor home. (which is where I am headed for tomorrow). I was parked next door to a couple from Wyndham (but not someone I knew from 40 years ago.) Wow I wrote that slowly. 40 years ago! I can't really believe that.
So then I drove off to Alma  reserve beside... You guessed it! another bubbling rippling rocky river. There were a couple fom WA also and the wife was an enrolled nurse who worked at Murdoch. so that took care of another couple of days. On the way there I stopped in at Sheffield and finally got some gorgeous cherries, they are just coming in, and I also went to Tasmazia, a complex of mazes that was very interesting and I proved to myself that my sense of direction is still pretty good.
So Today packed up from Alma Reserve and drove into Ulverston to see if I could have a blood  test for my arthritis medication and had to go on to Burnie. well the heavens opened and it Thundered and Lightning, and just bucketed down.!! When I arrived at Burnie hospital, i checked out the van and discovered leaks! so this is why I am able to send this, as I decided to book into a van park for the power to dry out the van and charge up the batteries and send off my phone messages and internet access.
Now all I have to do is manage to send this and all will be well. so ends this version of doigs dongas travels!
 talk to you all soon
love vicki