North East Tassie

We had a bit of a look & shop around town in the morning waiting for the canoe rack to get welded. As expected the work was over priced and not as good as Snowy’s work but MKII canoe rack is a lot stronger but we will see if it lasts the test of time.
We drove to Launceston through all the little towns along the way. We were in need of some bolts so we drove around for a while to find the Nuts & Bolts shop. We cruised pass Aurora Stadium where we are going to watch the footy next week and then cruised through Georgetown where we had a great chat with two ladies at the information centre who had both lived in SA. Then on to Bellingham, after checking out a couple of spots on the way. The landscape has changed again and now but it looks like summer. A great little camping spot at Bellingham with a sign that says “There’s no Facilities, but there’s no charge”. We settled in and headed down to the heads for a fish. We tried for a while up and down with lures but didn’t have any luck.

Had a great sleep in, and were only woken by roasting feet, it was great. Anyway had to fit the MKII canoe rack this morning and it all fitted back on great.
Off again in search of another little piece of paradise and there are plenty of them in Tassie. We found Bridport on the coast, stopped in for a beer and then off to Waterhouse conservation area. Off the track to Black Lagoon and then down to Waterhouse Beach after a low range 4WD sand track drive of about 4km. Tina drove and we did have to stop to let the tyres down.
Lunch on the beach and another fish. There were Salmon here and we got 3 reasonable sized ones, two on the lure & one on bait. So with enough for tea I drove back, it’s a good track but did take a bit of effort. We are camping at Mathers Camp ground nearly on the far north east coast. We met some locals who were by far the friendliest people we have met so far and shared some of their beers and a good chat. We will try to catch up with them later at Beauty Point near the end of our trip.
The BBQ Salmon was great!!

The Weather is really picking up again and blue skies and a hot sun have returned.
We strolled the beach walking around a couple of bays. There was a real big fish head on the beach, must have been big and a dead penguin, this is second one we have seen. We have not mentioned the road kill yet but moist of Tassie has had plenty of road kill but the North East coast is littered with everything lots of possums and pademelons. We have even spotted a Wombat or two about every 50-100m on the roads.
It was a pretty lazy day but we did get some washing done. I headed down the rocks for a fish just as the tide was coming in. It was pretty windy and quite a large chop. I tried luring first but had no luck so I changed to some blue bait. There were plenty of bites with lots of smaller fish stealing my bait. I spotted some Flatheads and fished closer to the rocks. I caught 3 in the end but 2 were undersize, along with a good size mullet. The locals reckon that was bloody good cause not many people catch fish there anymore. The night has cooled but the wind has settled as well so it is a beautiful night.