A Sampler Tour of Tasmania. Day 21 and 22

The ferry pulled into the dock in Melbourne before 06:00 but I wasn't able to drive off it until nearly 07:30 when I let the GPS app navigate me out of Melbourne to the Hume Highway. The weather was a typical Melbourne spring day grey, dreary, overcast and chilly. This changed the further north I headed as it warmed up and the clouds cleared. My first stop was the outbound service centre at Wallan where I refueled the car and had a bit of breakfast. Then it was back onto the nice boring dual carriage way highway for the easy cruise to Sydney. I stopped in at Holbrook for a quick lunch and found an unexpected submarine in the local park before continuing onto Goulburn for some more fuel. 

At this stage I knew I didn't want to try to get through Sydney and its Friday arvo peak traffic so I decided to stop at Moss Vałe for the evening. This wasn't such a good choice as the caravan park was a bit disappointing with no toilet paper or hot water in the men's amenities. 

I was up and gone by around 06:00 the next morning and once again the phone GPS app got me through Sydney with no problems. I stopped in at the fake Ayers Rock for some fuel and then continued north. The good road finished a bit before Kempsey but it still wasn't too bad a run. A quick lunch at Coffs Harbour and then the final run home. Once again with minimal traffic and no real delays. I pulled into home just on 17:00 NSW time. It had taken me 11 hours to travel almost exactly 1000 kms. A quick unpack of the car was followed by a collapse into the comfy lounge chair and then a hot shower and an early night in bed. Home Sweet Home.