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December 1, 2017June 13, 2018 By 2 Smiths

Wine on Wheels

It’s off to the Tamar Valley for a wine tour today.   ‘Valleybrook Wine on Wheels’ offers a number of tours of the valley – we picked the all-day tour which includes a lunch at one of the wineries. We are a small, but energetic group – 4 ladies and myself. The stops are all at…

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November 30, 2017June 26, 2018 By 2 Smiths

Barnbougle Golf, Lonnie (Tasmania)

One thing on Dick’s wish list was to play golf at Barnbougle, a highly rated links style course in Northern Tasmania. Our tee time is for 10:50 and we head over to the pro-shop after breakfast to make sure our rental clubs are in order and to inquire about a driving range. The groundskeeper is…

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November 29, 2017June 13, 2018 By 2 Smiths

Great Eastern Road (Tasmania)

Bicheno has been great – some nice wildlife tours, good seafood, awesome scenery, and a nice cottage to relax in.  After checking out, our innkeeper (Sandy) shares with us the nest of a pair of penguins who have been visiting their home for a couple of years. The parents are off hunting for the day,…

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November 28, 2017June 13, 2018 By 2 Smiths

Freycinet & Devils (Tasmania)

We follow up on laundry this morning and then head down to the local coffee shop for breakfast. I had pancakes and Dick had pouched eggs. We head down to Freycinet National Park, Wineglass Bay. We get our visitors pass and drive down to the trail head for the Wineglass Bay Lookout. After a quite…

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  1. Mary on 3/2 and 3/3 – At Sea to South GeorgiaMarch 24, 2023

    Thanks Carol, it truly is the only way we can keep track!

  2. Dick on 3/2 and 3/3 – At Sea to South GeorgiaMarch 24, 2023

    I'm clean! It was Mary!

  3. Carol McCafferty on 3/2 and 3/3 – At Sea to South GeorgiaMarch 24, 2023

    Absolutely fascinated reading your blog, you guys are so adventurous, my heroes. Thank you for all the time you spend…

  4. Kevin Elsken on 3/2 and 3/3 – At Sea to South GeorgiaMarch 23, 2023

    I read where Argentina is stirring the pot at the U.N. in regards to the Falklands. Dick, tell me, did…

  5. Wiley & Sue on San Antonio de ArecoMarch 2, 2023

    Fantastic pictures, thanks so much for sending

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