The East Coast

Overnight temperature - 2 Degrees Celsius.

It is time to leave Ranelagh, where we have been staying in Aunty Margaret's backyard. We have spent some time over the last week with some of my cousins Joe (and his son Isaac) and Leigh (and her son Jack).

Cousin Joe in his usual attire

Cousin Leigh

Jack with Rosa

Mum and Dad have joined us again for the journey to the northern end of the state travelling up the east coast. So we eventually made camp at Lagoons Beach, just north of the Freycinet Peninsular.

First Leisl and then Josie managed to catch tonsillitis so we needed a few days to rest and recuperate. There are few places we have discovered that could be more suited to the task.

The campsite setup	Sunrise at the beach	Lagoons Beach
Ahhhh the sound of the surf	Daniel supervising the kids	Sand dunes

The children loved spending time at the beach, playing in the lagoon (which was about 10 degrees warmer than the ocean) and building sandcastle cities in the sand. They also climbed every tree in a 1 mile radius and introduced themselves to the other campers children.

Playing in the lagoon	Sand buddies
Climbing trees		Meeting Joshua

Once the kids started to recover, we were able to visit some of the local attractions.

The blowhole at Bicheno	Sunrise at the beach	Coles Bay lookout
Watching Wineglass Bay	Wineglass Bay lookout	Wineglass Bay walk
Watch out for falling rocks	The Wineglass bay walking track is well made	Proof that Daniel actually came too
Cape Tourville lookout	Cape Tourville lookout	Looking back at Wineglass Bay
Cape Tourville Lighthouse	Sleepy Bay

Continuing our journey north along the East Coast, we stopped at St Helens and did our washing in the local laundromat. Then we headed for Musselroe bay in the state’s far north eastern coast.

This was the campsite setup. We deterred any possible neighbours by being almost 20 metres long and blocking the entrance. The next day, Karen declared she wanted to see the ocean that we had listened to all night, but couldn’t see from where we were. So we dropped the troopy into low-range four wheel drive (for the first time), and headed for the beach.

Karen & the kids the only ones on the Beach!