Day 9 – Duck Creek and Itchy Bugs      

 Had a lazy morning this morning, taking our time to pack everything up.  I decided to make damper, which was bloody good, nothing could have been better.  We drove back out of the valley and back through Corinna, where we had to catch the barge across the Pieman River.  The barge was having some repairs done by some guys who looked like they lived in the bush and only came out once a year in a full moon or something.  It cost $20 to get across, which we thought was a rip off because we reckoned that if they didn’t want to spend the money making a proper bridge, then they shouldn’t charge the user to cross with the elcheapo bridge substitute, just like everywhere else.

 From there we drove down to Zeehan to do the Laundry.  We had a couple of loads to wash.  Jo stayed at the caravan park to look after it while I walked down to the shops for some food supplies.  In a couple of hours the washing was done, and dry, so off we went again, with a quick stop for some ice cream and petrol.

We headed back north again, towards Corinna, but turned off towards Granville Harbour, where we drove along the cost on some sandy tracks looking for a camp spot.  We found one near Duck creek that seemed great at first, until about the time we had the tent set up and we realised there were swarms of tiny little biting insects following us around everywhere.  You couldn’t help swallowing and breathing them in constantly, they were getting in our food, tent, and clothing and really bugging us a lot.  So when dinner was ready we went for a walk down the river to the beach where there were less bugs.

 We mucked around there a bit, and came back to the tent to hide away for the night.

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