We've been asked to work over easter, so when we were given four days holiday within our holiday, we went west young man. We sped past a coal powered, smoke belching monstrosity on our way to the roaring forties wind farm, and the contrast was dramatic to say the least. The threat to the avian population from the rotating bird slicers is so great that we had to be warned about the presence of eagles on the road outside the wind farm. The western half of the island is the least developed, the wettest, the windiest and the most scenic. A local brochure suggests that the scenery has more in common with that of New Zealand than with the rest of Australia. We have been a little hampered by driving a hybrid car (now 45,208 kilometres on the trip, @ a reducing 5.8 litres / 100 kms )and some of the western highways are really only suitable for 4x4's We did however visit the Tarkine wilderness, although did not attempt the famous 'road to nowhere' and we did some bushwalking in the Walls of Jeruselem national park. It has been a pleasant surprise to see some of Tassies famous wildlife alive and well rather than squashed at the side of the road. A going away party has been organised for the 29th of this month, and after a week with Mum and Dad in Tassie, next stop is Perth ! (maybe)
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