We've just spent the last 3 nights at Campania and 3 nights at Oatlands before that. We took a day trip up to Campbell Town and saw the Red Bridge and the convict trail as well as some fantastic historic buildings. It is incredible how much history Tasmania has managed to keep, the majority of the towns down here have at least something older than 100 years. Campbell Town has a row of bricks along the side walk with each brick representing a convict, labelled with their name, age, crime, prison term and the ship they came on. Some of the terms were pretty severe for the crime – 7 yrs for stealing linen.
Last Friday, Geoff went for a job interview at Kingston for a 3 week shutdown at Cambridge. He got the job pending a medical which he has to go for on Tuesday in Hobart. The job doesn't start until the 21st so we still have some time to go sightseeing.
While we were at Campania, they had a youth group at the hall we were camped behind and the organiser invited Erin to join them on Friday night. She had a great time, they played Laugh Olympics and she made a few friends her own age. On Saturday night she was invited to stay at one the girl's places and even joined her for her morning newspaper run this morning.
We drove through Hobart today, picking Sunday as the least busy day to drive through the city towing a 23' van. There is no going around Hobart. We drove through last Friday without the 'van and managed to end up in the wrong lane and had to turn left when we didn't want to. That lane didn't get us again today – we were ready. Even the huge logging trucks drive through the city everyday; it's madness.
We are camped tonight at a park just north of Kingston where people walk their dogs. I can't keep Erin away from them, she comments on every dog as it goes past, some she's even asked the owners if she can pat their dog.
