Lillico Rodeo, Leven Canyon & Mt Roland- Tasmania.

We leave Evandale in rain and strong winds, gusts up to 120k, we had to pull off the road as we could not see where we were going! It was very scary and we just went to the nearest caravan park at Longford.
We head to Forth to camp and have an afternoon out at the Lillico Rodeo, apart from the cold this was a great afternoon. A great competition, with falls, slips, trips and some real cowboys!!

Fast & furious Steer roping!

Hang on Cowboy!

Oh yer!

Extra points for style!

Ride it Cowboy!

Whoops!

LEVEN CANYON

Leven Canyon is Tasmania's deepest limestone gulch(narrow & steep sided ravine, marking the course of a fast stream), with challenging terrain.

This is a dramatic Canyon, with the river roaring & twisting 275m below. Cruickshank's lookout was our first look at this Canyon, absolutely amazing including the surrounding wilderness. We take the forest stairs (697) through a very pretty fern walk to the Edge Lookout. Spectacular views of the Canyon walls close up. Onto the Canyon floor walk, which is full of smooth boulders and small waterfalls.

The wilderness of Tasmania.

Steep sided ravine.

The Leven River 275m below.

Leven Canyon.

The floor walk.

Smooth & rounded boulders & rock formation.

Steve on Leven River footbridge.

A stop off at Kaydale Lodge gardens for fresh homemade bread & jam - just yummi!

A few hours exploring Tasmazia, getting lost in a 8 different mazes, finding the middles eventually, I was sticking to Steve as I knew there was no hope for me if I lost Steve! Exploring the Lower village of Crackpot, a whimsical model village! This was a fun, light hearted day.
We also went to "Nowhere else" Mmmmmmmm! A drive & lunch at Hell's gate dam.
Lake Barrington is well worth a look, a National rowing lake. 20k long. Used for rowing, skiing & canoeing competition's & run by the National Parks.

Devil's Gate Dam.

He's a big boy!

Old & very Aussie.

Steve at the Hobbit house!

Me at the dwarf house!

The Embassy of Great Britain.

The Embassy of France.

A maze with Lower Crackpot in the distance.

MT ROLAND.

Camping at Sheffield, we are constantly looking at the stunning Mt Roland (1233m). We decide to do the walk to the summit a 4-6 hour walk. The track follows a vehicle track for a few kilometres, lots of small creeks and waterfalls, very green ferns all around, lots of bird life, pademelons, wallabies and snakes. We saw a small snake on the way up and a 3m plus one on our return. A scramble the last 60m up some very large boulders to the trig point, gives 360 degree views of the surroundings, including Cradle Mountain, Barn Bluff, Bass Strait to Valentines Peak and the Dial Range.