Huon River, Huonville, Tasmania.

The Huonville River is 174km long.  Looking on the map of Tasmania the river doesn't look long at all.

The mouth of the river is the Tasman Sea and I traced the Huon River to Lake Pedder in the South Western area of Tasmania. 

A post last March with photos of Lake Pedder is [here] 

 

So the day after we arrived in Huonville we headed off following a road we had never been on along the Huon River.  We didn't finished the drive because it was too late in the afternoon - a map below shows the 'teadrop' road we didn't finish.   

The photos were taken not far from the town of Huonville.

 

The Park

Tynwald Park in New Norfolk is a large area with  a few Soccer fields, football oval, playground and picnic areas.  We ventured there on a rainy day from the Caravan Park,
The photos are of part of the view there which includes the River Derwent.

At Huonville Caravan Park.

We heard about the 'train' at Margate so a detour was in order to visit this train that was advertised well.  Such a disappointment, only a few of the carriages were open for business, some were empty so certainly wasn't worth the detour to visit.
A good idea though, old carriages with business's inside..

Arrived at Huonville before lunch as we didn't have that far to travel. Went to the caravan park in Huonville which was just ever so beautiful.  Never have we seen such green, green grass.
The owners made us welcome, had a joke or two then set off to our caravan site.

Photos are of the caravan park and Mountain River that flows through the park.

Son setting up this caravan, ours to the right.

Each night we had a fire, and we often ate in the dark by the fire, depends on what we were having.

There is a Zoo not far from the park.  At the park there is a mini farm along with some Tasmanian Devils in an approved enclosure and all are fed at 4pm daily.

Water/Sea of Port Fairy, Victoria.

Water/Sea of Port Fairy. 
The Southern Ocean and a water surfer.  To his left there were many rocks in the sea.

Griffiths Island where the mutton birds are.  The Island lies at the mouth of the Moyne River.

Griffiths now has no permanent inhabitants, but is connected to the mainland by a causeway and is accessible on foot. It forms part of the Port Fairy and Belfast Coastline Protection Reserve and, as well as being a tourist attraction, is an important site in the context of the history of European settlement of western Victoria.

There are 80 - 90 species of birds on the Island.

Moyne River

Tamar River, Launceston, Tasmania.

The Tamar River is a 70-kilometre (43-mile) estuary which eventually flows into Bass Strait in Northern Tasmania.  It's a muddy colour river at times in some places but the blue sky makes it appear bluer than it is.
This River mostly faces north so it's either early in the morning or early evening that one can capture a decent photo without the sun being in the way.  We always like to be home at that time, lucky for me the day this was taken we were late.