TASMANIA - ST HELENS TO SCOTTSDALE - 'BIKING, HIKING AND WATERFALLS' - 8 TO 10 APRIL 2022

 8 APRIL

ST HELENS TO PYENGANA

After a mountain bike ride at St Helens, we stopped for lunch and drove inland.

We weren’t sure where we would stay but we took a turnoff for Pyengana. The area was mainly dairy farms and the pastures were very green and lush. There was a free camp at the recreation grounds and we settled there for the night.

A great camp area surrounded by farmlands.

We lit a fire that night.

9 APRIL

PYENGANA TO BRANXHOLM

We woke to a mist shrouded morning which gradually lifted throughout the morning.

We drove to the end of the road to St Columba Falls. It was a relatively short walk through temperate rainforest lined with large ferns to the falls. The walk had some very steep drops in sections. The falls were impressive and very high. The water dropped and cascaded on its journey downwards. It was very close so it was difficult to see the falls in its entirety.

We stopped at the Cheese factory for brunch then journeyed onwards to Derby.

At Derby, we checked the mountain biking and the camp areas and decided to go a little further to Branxholm. We decided to stay there and had a good free camp site and a fire.

10 APRIL

BRANXHOLM TO BRIDPORT

We left Branxholm and doubled back to Derby where I had a fun and exciting mountain bike ride on the green tracks and one blue. The blue was a ‘wow-I-did-it’ track. It tested my biking limit. The tracks ended in a long tunnel with various coloured lighting and darkness in parts.

We drove to Scottsdale where Jacinta and I had a long bike ride on the rail trail track. It was an easy ride with changing scenery from farms, forests and a huge logging yard.

Next stop, Bridport.