“Alea boasts est” – Julius Caesar

Two hours and 550$ later, we are free to drive to the east of Devonport to file a application form Costa Exchange office which manages several farms. Little hope on this side because the completed forms accrue up to a good thickness. We set off on the road with our brand new gimbals towards Beaconsfield. Before arriving in this city known for its old mine which we will turn the outside, we cross the Rubicon River : the die is cast, plus de retour possible 😉 ! We arrive in the Tamar River Valley where we stop in a first farm to Holwell. Blueberries are not yet ready but the team if, very helpful owners give us other addresses and keep our phone number. The end of the day we found in Paper Beach Reserve, a small free area on a river.

Again on the road

Rubicon River

Ronald Beaconsfield

Claire in Beaconsfield

We spend Thursday morning with four young arrived late yesterday, English which was the anniversary, German and two French : Breakfast, barter commodities, information and films.

We finally set off on lunch strokes to cross the Batman Bridge and down the east coast of the Tamar River. We visit two bays of farms Hillwood, for an application form to fill, for the other they are not hiring because they operate with PYO system – Pick Your Own – that is to say that customers pick their own fruits. A firm further confirms that the cherry season is finished, as berries is greatly started and they already have their team for the coming apples in a month. The owner sent us north to Pipers River with a booklet all in Chinese but with a small image indicating a blueberry farm after her. It was only when we got there we realize that the image represents a bunch of grapes and not blueberries ! The harvest is not until April, but we will not have made the road completely for nothing – d’abord nous visitons 🙂 – because the station where we stopped for rubber wiper half price and diesel is very affordable.

Beach at low tide Paper

Aire de Paper Beach Reserve

Tamar River in the morning

Swans on the Tamar

Return south to Turners March, Looking firm noted on the map we are committed to a path behind a panel displaying Turners March Farm, but this is not the right. Mother, Dutch settled here since 1960 shows us the right way and finally decided to take us there after we have done around the house she built herself. We follow by car to Lilydale, almost ten kilometers away where the farm in question does only WWOOFing – World Wide Opportunities in Organic Farms – the opportunity to stay on organic farms, room and board in exchange for a few hours.

It is seventeen hours passed and we stopped on free area near Lilydale small waterfalls. There are toilets and there was a time where there was also free showers, closed today because of the abuse of certain. 🙁 Nous discutons avec nos divers voisins, especially those parked right next, a couple of Queensland who will call the first big spider that we find in the car, it is a Hunstman – Sparassidae en français – impressive but harmless – unless you do the provoquiez.

Ronald at the waterfall Lilydale

TS and Ronald on the area of ​​Lilydale

If the day was not productive for work, meetings and landscapes counterbalance all !

Friday morning, If we decide that go directly to the farms can be seen well, it's still a waste of time and money. Then we choose to call those which still list for ever hear the same response sorry : not need to labor.

Direction Launceston, the second largest city in Tasmania after Hobart Capital – Finally only 82 804 people – where we take several tourist information center and then to Centrelink – equivalent job center – when Ronald, as an Australian fits in order to have access to more jobs. With the names of different temp agencies pocket we drive to Scottsdale to settle on the area of ​​Northeast Park where cold showers located – ou chaude mais trois dollars les quatre minutes 😛 . The area is busy but the setting is nice.

Arrival in Launceston

Overlooking the Valley Scottsdale

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