Huonville to Adams Point Whale Lookout

Woke to a very foggy morning, lit the fire, did some washing and got going about 9 o'clock on our trip to Adams Point Whale Lookout which is the furthest south you can drive to any point in Australia.  

On the way we went through a heap of small towns including -

Franklin and saw no Charlie

Cairns Bay and saw no crocodiles

Waterloo and saw no Napolean

Dover and saw no white cliffs

Southport and saw no Tom Tate

Hastings and saw no Saxon troops

Ida Bay and I'da thought there'd be more people there

Catamaran and saw no double hulled boats

Cockle Creek and saw no Cockles (or mussels)

So on the whole it was a very disappointing drive???  NO WAY - got to Adams Point Whale Lookout and had a whale of a time!!

We had a great day, once again the weather was kind, heavy cloud but no rain, with the fog lifting shortly after we left town.  The last 20 kilometres from Southport to Adams Point was dirt and when we arrived home we bought a sponge to wash the car down and hopefully that's the last dirt road we need to drive along.

We stopped at Geeveston Town Hall, they have an art gallery, tourist information centre and a timber industry museum that was not only a great source of information but we knew Alan Osbornes' brother, John Osborne is an artist in Geeveston having retired to this beautiful spot in Tasmania after a lifetime teaching, the last 20 odd years on Stradbroke Island.  He 'paints' with linocuts and has works in art galleries around Australia and has a big body of work in Geeveston.  I've included just a couple for your viewing pleasure.

Coffee at The Wall of Lollies Coffee Shop where there were thousands and tonnes of lollies of every description, we went steady with the lollies but were tempted by a couple of chocolate delights.

On the road to Adams Point along a very windy road, came up against a couple of timber trucks but luckily almost no traffic to disturb the drive.  Information about Adams Point - there were once 5 whale stations in the bay at the height of the whaling industry, targeting the Southern Right Whale in the Southern Ocean.  There is a bronze whale sculpture at the spot, unfortunately there were no whale sightings on this day despite numbers exploding over the last 50 years.

Back to Southport for lunch at the Southport Hotel, a very new, modern building incorporating the local store and obviously a great asset to the small seaside township of Southport.  Had a tourist guide of Southport, walked the pier and headed home.  Got back to Huonville, bought some groceries and back to our house at about 5pm, ready for a quiet drink and a barbeque tea (after washing the car).  We're all feeling quite exhausted!!!

Just for your information - Sunrise 7.45 - so it's easy to sleep in; and sunset at 4.45 - so it's easy to declare beer time early!!

Our accommodation - an old homestead built in 1900 right on the Huon River.

The centre of Geeveston - art, info and history

Some of John Osbornes artworks

The timber industry is front and centre in this place

Noelene trying to make a get-away

Pam following suit

The whale

With friends

North view from the whale sculpture

South view from the whale

Vernon went THAT way!!

Down to the beach

Suppose I better get back....I have the car keys.

Little bay on the way back to Southport

Three girls and a stump

The Southport Pier

Views from the pier

There's our dirty car again

This is the culprit