Today we are up v early (6.30…not the way we have been doing things so far…) and we are leaving beautiful Long Point to go to Cape Barren Island. This will be the longest trip yet and I am not sure if there will be internet connection when we finally get there. But today is the day we should be leaving the Tasmanian mainland....

Yesterday morning we walked along Wineglass Bay beach and exercised our legs – right leg, then left leg, coming and going because it was so very steep, and the sand so deep. It was just beautiful but we didn’t make up up to the lookout because we had to leave at midday and we had filled in our morning with odd jobs and dillydallying.

It has been brought to my attention by several eagle-eyed daughters and friends that I have missed out chunks of – well – words… the other day when I was writing about Triabunna I meant to put in a whole lot about the gallery/café. Triabunna is a small fishing/forestry town; one wouldn’t expect to find a cafe-cum-gallery full of beautiful and/or strange objets, for example, as I did write, a full-sized pot-bellied stove made of pure white felt. The gallery had delicious food and drinks, a fridge full of freshly made cakes and biscuits, and a whole menu of tempting delights. We only had coffee but we could have had Tunisian Goulash, or open sandwiches with all manner of fresh delicacies within. What I want know is – who goes to this café?? Who buys the artwork?? If you are making your way up the East Coast of Tasmania, I can thoroughly recommend this place; it was warm and cosy, with a friendly hostess, ready and waiting to feed delicacies to an appreciative public! (No sorry can’t remember what it is called…but it is in the main drag of Triabunna, which is…very small!)