Once in a lifetime the moon and stars are set in such a way that when you look up to the sky in this particular night (December 9th) you see a sweet smile.

Darren with his Bushranger hero, Ned Kelly, a modern Robin Hood of Australia.

Leaving Melbourne on the Spirit of Australia heading towards Devonport on Tasmania. We took a day passing which took 10 hours on a calm sunny day just beautiful.

The two ferries making the crossing from and to devonport and Melbourne pass each other half way and so you get a great sight of the boat.

Dam just below Devonport. We set out for various daytrips from Devonport for the first few days as there was lots to discover in and around the area. 

This is a field full of poppies with huge signs on the fence saying do not pick poppies as it is not only an offence it could be harmfull to your health. The understatement of the year.

Stop over at Sheffield with its 50 or so murals in the town. On the brink of being a ghosttown the locals came up with the idea of a yearly competition for artists who wanted to paint a mural and now they have a thriving town with beautiful murals, great idea.

Christmas has arrived, we spend it in Tasmania, in Launceston. We wanted to go out for a special dinner or christmas lunch however all the eateries were closed so we made our own nice meal in the camp.

As you can see plenty of forest/wood on Tasmania and people make good use of it with a "firewood fence" which they will all or more use up over the cold winterdays and nights.

Lavender farm in Scottsdale just before the harvest. We had a good walk through the fields and had a coffee with lavender muffin in the restaurant, interesting.

Blowhole, mighty big waves crashed on the rocks and formed a natural spectacular.

The weather could not make up it's mind what it wanted to do, wind, sunshine and rain but look what the rewaad was; double the rainbow, double the pot of gold.

Our set up for the last 6 weeks of our travells through OZ, from which we spend 4 in Tasmania. Good little car and Yes it did all fit in albeit very tight.

Tasmania has some very interesting road signs, we were driving a car up this hill but I am sure the name was given to this hill by the early settlers who either walked or rode their horse up this steep hill.

The last day of the Year we spend in Hobart, the capital city of Tasmania. We took a courtesey bus in to town, had a look at all the different yachts, which had come in from the yearly Melbourne to Hobart race. Had a few drinks listining to street music, a dance in a pub and watched the fireworks over the harbour and ocean very nice ending of a spectacular year.

HAPPY HEALTHY 2009, may all your wishes be granted in the New Year.