From Hobart to Mole Creek
On the road again today heading north. We
were supposed to be heading west, the original plan was always to head to
Strahan after Hobart, our plan was to do the Gordon river cruise in
Strahan. unfortunately after much
studying of the weather it was obvious that on the days we planned to be in
Strahan it would be raining. So we headed north than a little west to a place
called Mole Creek. So straight back up the heritage highway. First stop Oatlands, my friend at work Nita
had suggested that if we went that way, we should drop into the windmill so we
did.
The
Windmill
It was fantastic (thanks Nita) we did a
tour of the windmill and I was enthralled at the way the windmill worked and
how it crushes the grain and sieves it. It was really very interesting.
Needless to say we are heading home with some windmill ground flour. We had morning tea at the windmill, some
super yummy Scones, and then wandered down the street. When we were heading down to Tasmania a lot
of people said to me, you have to go to Ross it’s got gorgeous old
buildings….ect, and I did really like Ross but….. I loved Oatlands it was
gorgeous, almost every building in the mainstreet (and it was a long street)
was Georgian, sandstone just gorgeous. Throughout the street there were dry
stone walls….and lot’s of lovely little shops that you can have a look in.
Dry
stone walls
A lot of the buildings in this street had
plaques on them providing information about the building it’s age and history.
I would definetly like to come back and spend a few days in Oatlands.
The
main street of Oatland
As we travelled along we passed through
Campbell town again, we had a quick stop to give Marc a break as from the time
we left Hobart we were driving straight into the wind constantly.
The
red bridge
We arrived at Mole creek, mid
afternoon. Mole creek is the loveliest little town. We decided to pop into the
local Hotel before going to the caravan park, the locals were so friendly I
would have happily stayed and chatted for most of the afternoon. The caravan park was a cute little camping
ground, and we set up next to the little creek.
The
paddock behind the caravan park
The
creek we camped beside
We had a lovely afternoon beside our
campfire.
Catch
you later
The Knights
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