We spent 3 nights at Kingston and amazingly didn't get moved on; there is a 'no camping' sign there but it doesn't say penalties apply so we pushed the friendship a little and stayed. It was a nice spot overlooking the beach and Derwent River and it had good internet coverage for Erin to do her on-line lessons. She has 10 one-hour lessons each week for 6 subjects and has to attend, with her headset, and she can communicate with her classmates and teachers. We have found this very difficult in some locations due to limited coverage, sometimes it's okay for email and internet but not strong enough to connect to the school. We have also found Year 10 to be a lot more time consuming than Year 8 and 9 were and we're struggling to get most days finished by 5pm. I know that this would be about the same as mainstream schools if you take into account homework and assignments.
From Kingston we ventured down the coast to Woodbridge for a night then onto Gordon for 4 nights. There is a jetty at Gordon and Geoff managed to catch 5 squid before losing his favourite lure. The locals that were fishing with him went home empty handed so he was pretty chuffed. Sid and Bing collected blackberries from along the road for stewing and bottling.
Today (Monday) is a public holiday in Hobart and we found the Port Huon wharf deserted. We have camped just up the road and made use of their hot showers, lovely, we don't have to heat water up tonight. Mind you, having said that, I should point out that the said showers were in the men's loos and Geoff stood guard while us girls had our showers.
