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Hobart March 2012

Cruising on Radiance of the Sea March 2012

looking down on the lobby.Wehave been on the ship for 3 days now and have explored most of it. The solarium is my favorite spot for reading and the hot tub.We went to a show on the first night and to the cinema today. Have fouind some good bars where the grog is resonable priced. The food is great, but we will roll of at the end of the cruise. More photos tomorrow.

Albany from the ship

Radiance of the Sea docked at Albany

A shot of our balcony suite.

one of the food carvings.

Dampier _ Red Dog

While we were staying at Karratha we went for a drive to Dampier and this is the statue of Red Dog. Have just been to see the movie, thought it was great, very funny and the music was fabulous, recommend seeing it!

More Barn Hill

Sunset over the ocean from our camp.



Our camp.



Historic cairn on top of Barn Hill.

Just a couple of parrots

View of the caravan park from the top of the hill.

North shore from the track up from the beach.

This ablution block is a bit primitive, no roof, toilets on the left and showers on the right. Hot water comes from black pipe rolled up in the sun, so get there early.

Out front of our camp.

The group doing Tai Chi every morning.

Our camp from the back.

The two rink bowling green, Bryon had a few games while we were there, Bryon is down the other end in this photo.

Bryon and Les Peacock showing off their bowls. A good time was had by all.

Barn Hill

Around the campfire at Barn Hill

Two campfires, one for heat & one to sit around.

Steve and Sue's camp.

Sue in what they call the Hoochy.

Me at the Sunday Markets. Sold patchwork bags, placemats etc.

Overview of the markets. Due to the transient population there was a different crowd every week.

This is Brian from Carnarvon. With a little bit of a shave I thought he was a spitting image of my granddad! What do you think family? Lovely fellow.

The two Brian's and Ricky the dog.

Me with Peter and Wendy Hill one happy hour.

Boab Prison Tree

Did a quick trip to Derby to see the prison tree, they take their boab's very seriously there as you can see the roads go around the tree instead of bulldozing it down.

This house including the roof has been built around the boab tree!

This is the prison tree, awful inside, I would hate to even get in it let alone stay in it!

Had lots of carving on it but unfortunately most were unreadable.

Gives you an idea of the size of it.

Geikie Gorge Cruise

Spent one night at Fitzroy Crossing and went on the cruise down Geikie Gorge. Was the first week it was open after the wet season and the staff were still digging everything out from under the mud

The water was spectacular

The cliffs down either side were awesome.

This is a Johnson's Freshwater crocodile. Loved this photo, he posed so nicely

Saw probably about 10 of these crocodiles during the cruise which took about 2 hours.

The cruise was well worth the cost, the guide was very well informed and we can recommend it.

Wolf Creek Crater

Did a day trip out to Wolf Creek Crater, to get there you have to go part the way down the Tanimi Road. Well that was an eye opener, I thought I had been on a rough road before but this one sure took the first prize! Thank goodness we were not pulling the van. Hope you can read the info on this info board.

This is the track up the side of the crater, pretty rocky but not too hard.

Awesome, the circle is the impact zone in the centre of the crater, there were people walking down the track to the centre and they looked like ants.

Looking around the rim to the left.

And to the right.

Was thinking of my Dad while we were up here as his & Mum's last trip was to here, was on his bucket list and mine too.

Coming down from the top.

Just in case you forgot where we were!

Can you believe this caravan!!! This was parked at an abandoned station house on the road into the crater. It even had an ensuite but it was so small I couldn't get a photo to show it.

Can you imagine pulling this around Australia. This was so cool.

This is the kitchen in the van, I kid you not, a real wood stove.