All to Ourselves

Today was all about the Bay of Fires, starting at Binalong Bay and ending at Gardens Point. Binalong Bay is only a few kilometres from St Helens and the road to it and to Gardens Point is all bitumen and mostly two lane - easy driving for the motorhome. There are some gravel roads on the points past Binalong Bay which we found an easy drive if you went slowly - there were a few corrugated spots. 

Photo opportunities abound in the Bay of Fires, so named because the first European sailed by at a time when the aborigines had a few fires lit. We'll let our pictures do the talking.

Binalong Bay:

Skeleton Point (reached by gravel road and a 15 min return walk):

Lunch stop near Gardens Point (note - we recommend the St Helens bakery for great bread rolls):

The view at lunch:

Gardens Point:

A beach all to ourselves (near Gardens Point). It is hard to imagine a beach this beautiful on the mainland being deserted:

On our way back to St Helens, we called into Mohr & Smith for great coffee and even nicer cake before taking a walk near St Helens marina. East Coast Village Providore is next door to Mohr and Smith and it was recommended to us for its range of Tasmanian food producers. Unfortunately it closes at 2pm on Saturdays, so we won't have a chance to browse.

There were around 30 black swans on the water near the marina: