Tarkine Drive

Hello!
Lovely hot days we are having! I like moving the sprinkler around the garden without turning it off!!

We really enjoyed our day drive around the Tarkine. There were plenty of short walks and different sights to see
We started back at Trowutta Arch to show Megumi this pretty little place

There was more of the smelly but cool looking fungi about and a few other quirky things

And cool shadows

A couple of years back we had some pretty intense fires in this area which was devastating.
The recovery is slow and its easy to see the effected areas. I am sad we never got down here before the fires – then again, seeing it afterwards might have been harder if I knew what it was meant to look like!

The Milkshake Hills reserve only reopened in the middle of last year.
Its a good place to stop for a picnic – now that I know there are free BBQ’s there, next time I’ll have to bring some snags!!!

The only drawback was the flies!!! We don’t usually get attacked by flies in our area, so these were a shock! Big blowies that honed in on you as soon as you stopped walking! Seems they are too lazy to follow you as you move. So I ate my sandwiches doing laps around the picnic area!!

There was a nice little walk around the area which we did before heading off the the next point of interest.

By the side of the road as we were tootling along, we came across another sinkhole! This one was really pretty. Lots of life buzzing about the water surface

Then we found a river, so we stopped… me to dip my feet…

And Jeff to stare at rocks…

Lake Chisholm was the next stop. A sweet little walk under the tall trees down to the lake which is actually a sinkhole as well!

Quite big for a sinkhole I thought! Although I am sure there are huge ones around the world!!

We actually went driving right past this as we figured we’d done enough for the day… then caught a glimpse of the view through the trees, so did a dodgy U-turn and scooted back for a stickybeak!
The sign said ’10 minute walk’ so dutifully locked the car and set out…
30 seconds later…

I swear Ruby would have made it in under 5 minutes!!
Anyway, the view up the river over the trees was lovely.

And last, but not least – another stop by the river.

Very uncharacteristically of Jeff – went in for a swim!! I was so jealous! The only reason I didn’t go in was because I was wearing denim 3/4 pants which would have either dragged me to the bottom or stayed horribly wet for the drive home.
Note to self… don’t leave home without swimmers!!

I am already plotting my return!

Hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend as well!
To those of you in snow – stay warm
To those fellow Australians who are cooking this summer – stay cool and hope we get some relief and rain soon!

Cheers