Saturday, December 19, 2015

Lobster, Abalone, a ghost town and the wild west

Early morning on the west coast:  Green Point beach and Cape Grim (northwesternmost corner of Tasmania).


16 Dec 2015:


Today we woke up slowly ready to explore the wild west coast. We drove to the Arthur River – and crossed it – and then went to Sarah Ann Rocks where we saw some guys who had been diving for lobster and abalone. We then drove part of the Balfour track (a famous 4WD track) to Balfour (a ghost town), went on the little car ferry across the Pieman River, and drove to Zeehan where we camped.


Petroglyphs next to the beach at Nelson Bay on the west coast. They are 5,000-10,000 years old. On the west coast, all the petroglyphs are circles and shapes rather than animals or people, but no-one knows why.


Hugh with a freshly caught 3kg lobster.


Just out of the ocean! The ugly round thing on the right is an abalone.


The famous C249 road across the western outback.


On the "Fatman" single vehicle punt across the Pieman River - we just fitted!

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