Bruny island part 2

Gosh, we had a windy night. Being so exposed the van was buffeted on all sides. Not just the wind but the rain...relentless. We still thought it a great place to have stopped and the isolation felt somewhat reassuring. No one in their right mind would drive all that way to Cloudy Bay, a good 11km just for the fun of it.

Next morning (Sunday) the first stop was down a 19km dirt track to the Cape Bruny Lighthouse. With the rain, the track had become more of a red sandy sludge and the motorhome changed colour from white to orange. Somehow that would have to be cleaned off before returning it to the hire company Monday morning!

There must have been a fire through here judging by those blackened trees.

Plenty of wildlife to avoid

Back along the track and yet another layer of sludge to add to the motorhome, a relief then to reach tarmac again. 25km further and we came to Adventure Bay where we were told white wallabies could be seen. Setting off along the shoreline in search, in the distance Ian spied Dolphins.

Following a track away from the beach we found wallabies, loads but not a white one to be seen.

This paler than the rest but definitely not white. Found this on the web. Click here

 With rain on and off we called off the search to head back to Bruny Ferry. Typical that when we sat waiting for the boat to arrive the sun made its appearance.

So tomorrow we fly back to Sydney. Another stopover at Lea scout campsite to do the final packing and more importantly, get rid of the orange over the white paintwork. No more posts, for now, next post should be when we fly to Darwin to take the Ghan to Adelaide. Well we live in hopes that the trip will still be on. All we can do is keep everything crossed.

Near to the toilet block

And wildlife,

Scarlet Robin

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New Holland Honey Eater.