Tassie Adventure. Day 1

I got up at 5 am showered, put the last of my gear in the car and headed off at 5:30 am, powered by an Ice Break Iced Coffee. The weather was perfect for driving and there wasn't that much traffic on the road, so I was able to cover a lot of distance. The only really slow spot was Coffs Harbour and the odd toilet break. I refuelled the car and me at the fake Ayers Rock at North Arm Cove and stopped off briefly to catch up with some Overlander Forum friends camping at Norm's place for the weekend. 

Then it was back on the road heading to Sydney. I missed one turn early on but the GPS soon got me on track and it was an easy run out to the M7. The Hume highway is an easy drive and being able to cruise on 110 km/hr meant I was making good time. 

I got into Goulburn just after 6pm NSW time and checked into the local caravan park. I set the tent up and went off for dinner at Maccas before refuelling the car on the way back to camp. 

It wasn't until after the nice warm shower that I started to feel tired but now I'm ready for a nice early night in the swag.  I ended up covering about 1050 km during nearly 12 hours of travelling. Looks like the SPOT tracker is working fine now so it must have just been a battery problem. I'll head off early in the morning to Melbourne which is only about 650 kms away, so I should be there in plenty of time for the ferry loading which starts about 5:30 pm.