Sheep Herding

The drive from Strahan to Queenstown and on to New Norfolk is relatively short in distance but is full of bends and hills. It took us about 5.5 hours of driving time (plus breaks). There are only a few places of interest along the way but the scenery is varied and ruggedly beautiful.

Our first stop was at a lookout not far from Strahan for views over the mountains:

We drove through Queenstown - very sleepy and very obviously a mining town. There is a great lookout over the closed Ironblow mine on the road south out of Queenstown:

The colours in the rock face near the carpark are amazing:

I don't know whether the colours are formed by copper deposits - I've not seen anything like it.

Further lookouts along the route had great views of Frenchman's Cap:

And part of the King William Range:

Wild flowers lined the route:

We called into Lake St Clair for lunch - our echidna count was 8!

I love the moss covered ground:

The Wall in the Wilderness is a sculpture exhibit not far from Derwent Bridge. It is the continuing work in Huon pine of one self trained man and it is a must see. Sorry, but photos aren't allowed inside.

We had one last lookout to stop at which looked over the Tarraleah Hydropower works.

Our caravan site for the next two nights is located on a farm outside New Norfolk. There are chalets, a gypsy caravan and one ensuite motorhome site at Heimat Chalets - a pleasant change from the normal van park.

As for the sheep herding, we came round a bend at 90kph to be confronted with a mob of sheep covering the entire road - without a farmer in sight. We, thankfully, had enough room to stop and amazingly the sheep were herded by the motorhome through an open gate into a paddock.