Arriving home to Tasmania

After our few nights and days in Bendigo we headed to the Port of  Melbourne to catch the ferry, The Spirit of Tasmania home to the Island of Tasmania. The trip takes 1 hour 40 minutes approximately from Bendigo to the Port of Melbourne.
We had a good run through the traffic and over the Westgate Bridge arriving in ample time to get inline to go onboard when the time came.

The first photo is of Bass Strait. The second one being the building of  Station Pier, both photos taken a few years back so therefore not this trip.

So this is the end of our holiday in 2019. I presume I will follow with more photos of our Tasmanian trips before Covid-19.

Above, The Spirit of Tasmania, the cabin we had which has an ensuite and even though there are two extra beds the cabin is single occupation only.

Above is the Quarantine Station at Devonport, Tasmania where every vehicle under and through.  Caravans are checked by the men inside and out, boots and bonnets of vehicles also.
What are they looking for?
Guns, drugs, food, flowers, soil and so on, things that are not permitted into Tasmania.
The link to bio security Tasmania which is a good site to visit and to know exactly what is permitted and what is not permitted.

We had breakfast at Christmas Hills Raspberry Farm near Elizabeth Town and we passed this ground tank (watering hole or dam) along the way.  Below photo and above is a small pond at Christmas Hills Raspberry Farm. A link to the menu is here .

We drove past this pine plantation..it's about 100 klm from Devonport to home in Launceston, Tasmania

The evening view.

The evening we left Devonport was beautiful, not a breath of wind with a calm sea.
Photos are from the ship viewing the city of Devonport, Tasmania.

The Ship.

The journey began in winter on July 26, 2017 from Devonport on board The Spirit of Tasmania to destinations unknown but of course towns, cities in Australia.

Photos are to show the way on board the ship and where the caravan and car are placed during the journey across Bass Strait which is approximately 441.7 klm (274.5 miles) and takes about 11 to 12 hours.
We always sail at night and have a cabin.

Up the ramp then down into the ship.

Here we are at the Lawn Cemetery at Devonport, Tasmania to visit my parents graves before we left as I do like to know they have flowers for the winter.

The Journey

We set sail for Melbourne, Victoria at 7.30pm, the other evening. The crossing took 10 & 1/2 hours. Was a reasonably smooth one, lucky we both slept rather well.

We had a cabin with an ensuite which was lovely and clean.

The call via the intercom in our cabin to arise from the bed was 5.50am, to be down below in the vehicle at 6.30am.  As soon as we were seated the vehicle in front drove off and so did we, no waiting.  There was just a little daylight.  This was excellent as we were able to get well up the highway before the heavy Melbourne traffic began.

The photo is of part of the dinning room on the Spirit of Tasmania.

Photos were taken with my phone.  I'm blogging using my iPad so I hope it's ok.