A short drive on to Arthur River, there are many camping options here, we opt for the campground south of the bridge called Prickly Wattle. Away from the busier van sites closer to the village. Our site is sheltered from the winds and very private, it feels like we are the only ones here. We have stumbled upon such a lovely spot – bring on the long weekend.

The river banks and beaches are strewn with driftwood – of all sizes. Its remarkable just how much is here – and the range of timber species is varied and exotic, we foraged for hours along these shores, and have a booty of character filled driftwood we hope to re-invent when we get home.

We found this Tee Pee along the beach…..

So then Leni & I made this one – at the ‘Edge of the World’ not quiet as big, but still fun. While the boys were having a men’s meeting with Ranger Fi and a few locals, they shared some yarns and made things from Kelp.

Here we collected our little pieces of driftwood to make our Oz in the sand, Leni made a heart while I worked on Australia….

We were so lucky to be here over the long weekend, Ranger Fiona had many workshops on and we attended them all. She was fab and we all got a lot out of the activities. First was radio tracking, as used for research on Tassie Devils & Quolls, then Art about Tassie animals, Kelp for Men, followed by Kelp for everyone later in the day, here we made craft from locally farmed Kelp. Gaz made a stubbie cooler, then later in the day we made a pocket knife sheath and baskets.

As this is the Arthur Pieman Conservation area, no wood can be collected from any of the parks, luckily the sandy riverbank was strewn with free firewood. So we loaded up the wood rack and headed back to camp.

Max & Leni cooked the Bangers for Australia Day lunch. The sun was shining and we had our best weather day yet….

And that night, while sitting around the fire just after dusk, Gaz & I heard some movement in the bushes behind us, to our surprise and excitement we saw it was a Spotted Tail Quoll (like the stuffed one max is holding above) They are an endangered animal and we didn’t think we’d get to see one in its environment. Very Special.