We will get down to Tassie one of these days when we can afford it.
I'd like to show Hylda where I was born down there. For that matter I'd like to show myself the place too since I don't remember anything of it due to leaving there so young.
Don't forget Ma, when you travel north if you pass by Sth Grafton way , Hylda has a cuppa brewing for you.
Cheers
Jon
-- Edited by Hylda&Jon on Sunday 26th of February 2012 04:23:11 PM
Ma said
08:59 PM Feb 26, 2012
Can you hear that??
Beth54 said
09:00 PM Feb 26, 2012
The silence????
the rocket said
09:02 PM Feb 26, 2012
yeh. for a second after I read it. now the neighbours are home. peace is shattered. rocket n strop
Ma said
09:04 PM Feb 26, 2012
No, not the silence the singing, or what supposed to pass for singing
Beth54 said
09:21 PM Feb 26, 2012
It's very quiet here. Just the wind in the trees.
Ma said
09:25 PM Feb 26, 2012
Do you mean to tell me that you can't hear the singing??
JRH said
09:31 PM Feb 26, 2012
Beth54 wrote:
It's very quiet here. Just the wind in the trees.
Beth surely you are not suggesting Ma is full of wind???????
Ma said
09:34 PM Feb 26, 2012
Don't ask Blue that question will you JRH you might loose one of you GET OUT FREE cards
JRH said
09:36 PM Feb 26, 2012
Ma wrote:
Don't ask Blue that question will you JRH you might loose one of you GET OUT FREE cards
Ma I wouldn't dare those cards mean a lot to me.
Ma said
10:16 PM Feb 26, 2012
Well it doesn't look like any of you are even going to have a guess at what you are supposed to be listening for so I guess I will just have to tell you.
The old saying goes: IT'S NOT OVER TILL A CERTAIN LADY SINGS and I'm singing up a storm.
We are in Devonport and will board the boat to go back to Australia in the morning.
Tassie is a great place, very scenic and people are exceptionally friendly.
We have had a great time with only a couple of negative days (on my part, midgies etc) and I am really pleased we took the extra time to have a look around.
Thank you to all the people we have met and the fellow nomads who extended their hospitality. Your friendships mean a lot and will endure.
Having said all that and it is with sincerety, I am ready to go home.
Only have 5 weeks before we are off again to Darwin and the West so have quite a lot of chores to be done before then.
Again THANKYOU TASMANIA AND THANKYOU TASMANIANS
JRH said
10:20 PM Feb 26, 2012
Ma wrote:
Well it doesn't look like any of you are even going to have a guess at what you are supposed to be listening for so I guess I will just have to tell you.
The old saying goes: IT'S NOT OVER TILL A CERTAIN LADY SINGS and I'm singing up a storm.
We are in Devonport and will board the boat to go back to Australia in the morning.
Tassie is a great place, very scenic and people are exceptionally friendly.
We have had a great time with only a couple of negative days (on my part, midgies etc) and I am really pleased we took the extra time to have a look around.
Thank you to all the people we have met and the fellow nomads who extended their hospitality. Your friendships mean a lot and will endure.
Having said all that and it is with sincerety, I am ready to go home.
Only have 5 weeks before we are off again to Darwin and the West so have quite a lot of chores to be done before then.
Again THANKYOU TASMANIA AND THANKYOU TASMANIANS
"Oh we ain't got a barrel of money,
And maybe we're ragged and funny,
But we travel along,
Singing a song,
Side by Side"
So glad you and Blue had a good time Ma.
Ma said
10:28 PM Feb 26, 2012
Thanks John we surely did. Now it's time to look forward to the next adventure and meeting more nomads including your good self
Gerty Dancer said
10:30 PM Feb 26, 2012
Thats gorgeous! I was really sorry to leave Tas, we sat eating fish'n'chips accross from the Ferry while waiting to board, and thought what a wonderful trip this has been. Safe and smooth crossing Ma.
Ma said
10:32 PM Feb 26, 2012
Thanks Gert I hope so too. Bit early at 6.30am to eat fish and chips.... Will have them for dinner tonight instead.
Gerty Dancer said
10:35 PM Feb 26, 2012
We did a night crossing, mostly because we didnt know where to spend the night before boarding. Both ways. We'd be better informed now, thanks to this forum, and save some $$$
JRH said
10:40 PM Feb 26, 2012
Ma wrote:
Thanks John we surely did. Now it's time to look forward to the next adventure and meeting more nomads including your good self
I am looking forward to that meeting Ma and I know a few others over here will want to catch up with you also, I Know Vic and Wombat are two looking forward to catching up.
Ma said
11:20 PM Feb 26, 2012
Maybe when we are closer to your area we could organise a get together and anyone else travelling through at that time could come along as well.
JRH said
11:48 PM Feb 26, 2012
Ma wrote:
Maybe when we are closer to your area we could organise a get together and anyone else travelling through at that time could come along as well.
Sounds like a good plan to me Ma, can't wait.
Cruising Granny said
11:48 PM Feb 26, 2012
Good luck with the calm crossing. Be it ever so humble there's no place like home. That's the advantage of travelling with my home. No matter where it's parked, it's home. Then when I go on the job, it is nice to get home, although I love my camp set up. Comfy cosy. Don't forget to present your passport and visa when you disembark.
Ma said
11:51 PM Feb 26, 2012
Cruising Granny wrote:
Don't forget to present your passport and visa when you disembark.
That's not as silly as it sounds Chris. One day it will come to that.
One the way over we had to open the van a second time, after the quarantine people had a look, for the customs people to check for stowaways. I kid you not. Had to lift up the bed and open the shower door. I didn't mind in the least. Oh and they also looked underneath the tug and van as well.
Cruising Granny said
12:15 AM Feb 27, 2012
So is there something we should know? Did you have alterior motives for such a long stay in Tassie? Are tassies inclined to stow away with mainland travellers in their bid to escape and slip through the authorities? Customs in Tassie? That's interesting. Quarantine I can understand. Did you stash cheese and spuds, or hemp illegally?
Ma said
12:32 AM Feb 27, 2012
Thank you Jon and tell Hylda I appreciate the offer but to switch the kettle off and save some electricity.
This trip we won't be going north through your neck of the woods.
We are heading south west from Ulladulla to Ariah Park and then heading for Broken Hill then Pt. Augusta and up the middle to Darwin then eventually over to the west coast.
Sure do appreciate the invite though. Thanks
Beth54 said
12:53 AM Feb 27, 2012
It took me awhile to get back here, but I would never suggest that Ma was windy! I might see her again one day and she might just pack a wollop!
I have fond memories of Tassie too, from many moons ago. Although mine was a fly/drive one of only 10 days, so maybe one day I'll get back there for a better look.
But for now, there's so many places that I haven't seen!
JRH said
12:55 AM Feb 27, 2012
Beth54 wrote:
It took me awhile to get back here, but I would never suggest that Ma was windy! I might see her again one day and she might just pack a wollop!
I have fond memories of Tassie too, from many moons ago. Although mine was a fly/drive one of only 10 days, so maybe one day I'll get back there for a better look.
But for now, there's so many places that I haven't seen!
Thankfully you have a good sense of humour Beth.
Firefly said
01:25 AM Feb 27, 2012
Hurry back woman, things to plan places to see.....
Thanks Fly. Very appropriate I reckon and a good version too.
DellieMay said
09:02 AM Feb 27, 2012
Hi Ma. Roger and I are off to Alice in a couple of weeks, via Mt Isa, Booroolooa, then out to Gem tree. Back home about 6 to 8 weeks after that. Hopefully, we'll be on The Stuart at the same time. Would love to catch up again. Got a loveeeerlyyyyyy bottle of red!!! Cheers Dellie
Ma said
06:11 AM Feb 28, 2012
Will keep in touch Dell. Would be nice to see you and Roger again.
We will get down to Tassie one of these days when we can afford it.
I'd like to show Hylda where I was born down there. For that matter I'd like to show myself the place too since I don't remember anything of it due to leaving there so young.
Don't forget Ma, when you travel north if you pass by Sth Grafton way , Hylda has a cuppa brewing for you.
Cheers
Jon
-- Edited by Hylda&Jon on Sunday 26th of February 2012 04:23:11 PM
Can you hear that??
The silence????
yeh. for a second after I read it. now the neighbours are home. peace is shattered. rocket n strop
No, not the silence the singing, or what supposed to pass for singing
It's very quiet here. Just the wind in the trees.
Do you mean to tell me that you can't hear the singing??
Beth surely you are not suggesting Ma is full of wind???????
Don't ask Blue that question will you JRH
you might loose one of you GET OUT FREE cards 
Ma I wouldn't dare those cards mean a lot to me.
Well it doesn't look like any of you are even going to have a guess at what you are supposed to be listening for so I guess I will just have to tell you.
The old saying goes: IT'S NOT OVER TILL A CERTAIN LADY SINGS and I'm singing up a storm.
We are in Devonport and will board the boat to go back to Australia in the morning.
Tassie is a great place, very scenic and people are exceptionally friendly.
We have had a great time with only a couple of negative days (on my part, midgies etc) and I am really pleased we took the extra time to have a look around.
Thank you to all the people we have met and the fellow nomads who extended their hospitality. Your friendships mean a lot and will endure.
Having said all that and it is with sincerety, I am ready to go home.
Only have 5 weeks before we are off again to Darwin and the West so have quite a lot of chores to be done before then.
Again THANKYOU TASMANIA AND THANKYOU TASMANIANS
"Oh we ain't got a barrel of money,
And maybe we're ragged and funny,
But we travel along,
Singing a song,
Side by Side"
So glad you and Blue had a good time Ma.
Thanks John we surely did. Now it's time to look forward to the next adventure and meeting more nomads including your good self
Thanks Gert I hope so too. Bit early at 6.30am to eat fish and chips....
Will have them for dinner tonight instead.
I am looking forward to that meeting Ma and I know a few others over here will want to catch up with you also, I Know Vic and Wombat are two looking forward to catching up.
Maybe when we are closer to your area we could organise a get together and anyone else travelling through at that time could come along as well.
Sounds like a good plan to me Ma, can't wait.
Be it ever so humble there's no place like home.
That's the advantage of travelling with my home. No matter where it's parked, it's home.
Then when I go on the job, it is nice to get home, although I love my camp set up. Comfy cosy.
Don't forget to present your passport and visa when you disembark.
That's not as silly as it sounds Chris. One day it will come to that.
One the way over we had to open the van a second time, after the quarantine people had a look, for the customs people to check for stowaways. I kid you not. Had to lift up the bed and open the shower door. I didn't mind in the least. Oh and they also looked underneath the tug and van as well.
Are tassies inclined to stow away with mainland travellers in their bid to escape and slip through the authorities?
Customs in Tassie? That's interesting. Quarantine I can understand. Did you stash cheese and spuds, or hemp illegally?
Thank you Jon and tell Hylda I appreciate the offer but to switch the kettle off and save some electricity.
This trip we won't be going north through your neck of the woods.
We are heading south west from Ulladulla to Ariah Park and then heading for Broken Hill then Pt. Augusta and up the middle to Darwin then eventually over to the west coast.
Sure do appreciate the invite though. Thanks
It took me awhile to get back here, but I would never suggest that Ma was windy!
I might see her again one day and she might just pack a wollop! 
I have fond memories of Tassie too, from many moons ago. Although mine was a fly/drive one of only 10 days, so maybe one day I'll get back there for a better look.
But for now, there's so many places that I haven't seen!
Thankfully you have a good sense of humour Beth.
Hurry back woman, things to plan places to see.....
A nice version me thinks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3gukPcR6Fg&feature=related
Thanks Fly. Very appropriate I reckon and a good version too.
Cheers Dellie
Will keep in touch Dell. Would be nice to see you and Roger again.