It continued to rain while we were at Dip Falls and many roads were flooded when we made our way out to the coast again. We had planned to go to Hellyer Gorge via Yolla but the bridge was underwater so we had to stay at Wynyard overnight and hoped that the water would recede by the following day.
We made use of our waiting time by going to Somerset to get a few tyres repaired (one on the van had a slow leak and the one we punctured near Julius River) and a new tyre for the van to replace one of the spares as it had no tread left. We were very lucky as it was Friday afternoon and they fitted us in straight away. It probably helped that the road to Burnie was also cut so no customers were coming from that direction. 2 repairs and a new tyre for $130, pretty good I think, it would've cost a lot more at home.
Finally made it to Hellyer Gorge today and it was worth it. Absolutely beautiful. Different to Julius River though, not as much moss and lichen. Erin and I saw a few pademelons around sunset and heard more thumping through the undergrowth. We are staying here tonight and continuing further south tomorrow.
