Gismo Queen and her King

Day 3 - Thursday 30 December - Narawntapu to Gunns Plains

 Now that we were all mobile, it was time to pack up and set off. We were on the road at a civilised hour for the shortish drive to Gunns Plains. Just before Latrobe Paul came over the radio advising that one of our caravan tyres was a bit flat. We hadnt turned on the tyre pressure monitoring system and I thought I had noticed some flatness on the bottom but its sometimes hard to tell on differtn roads. So we pulled up in latrobe to put some air in the tyre and the Thomas’ detoured via the chocolate shop. However, as we put air in, i could hear it coming out. A bit more investigation revealed perished valve stems. Google told us therre was a tyre repair place in Latrobe. But there was no answer when I rang so we decided to try and get to Devonport, a mere 9km up the road. As we pulled out of town, the Latrobe tyre man rang back and indeed confirmed he was closed but recommended a place in Devonport that we made our way to, as I watched the tyre slowly deflate enroute. Pulling into the type place which was on the side of the a hill, the very helpful lady was more than happy to arrange for help, but needed to move on a caravan that was in the way. An hour later, the owner came to collect and we backed into position. We’d already told Lisa and Paul to keep going but it didn’t take long for the nice young man to replace all four tyre valve stems and pump them up to pressure. By midday, we were back on the road.

Our satnav took us a very roundabout way to Gunns Plains but we pulled into the wildlife park less than an hour later where Lisa and Paul had found us a nice grassy spot, although set back from the river because of all the caravans. The sun was shining and it was warming up quite quickly. We had a late lunch before making plans for the afternoon. Lisa and co were off to meet the wildlife so we decided to go for a drive. We headed to Leven Canyon, a 29km drive made all the better for the views of our campground in the valley as we climbed up and up. After parking and researching the two walks to the Canyon, we decided on what sounded like the shorter flatter one and came out at this amazing lookout. It was definitely a bit daunting stepping out onto the see through base with the Leven River (the same river we are camped on) hundreds of metres below us. What a view though! 

Places like this are such Tasmanian hidden treasures. There were next to no people here, the carpark was basic and small but boy, does the nature make up for it. Highly recommend this to anyone visiting the area. Back to camp for a cool ale and a yummy dinner of fajitas before we felt the need for a campfire despite it not being very cold. And it was just great to be back sitting around a campfire into the night.

posted by Tracey @ 7:51 pm