Day 21 Tuesday 17th February
Back home in Coffs today which will see me chasing up insurance and trying to recoup some losses from the breakdown which is significant. The repairs are going to cost $4000, booking changes on the ‘Spirit of Tasmania’ cost $60 so far, air fares home just under $700, another, $200 accommodation waiting for a flight, a week holiday to pick the van up, and airfares to do so similar to above. Probably then it will cost in the vicinity of $5500 to $6000. A lot for me but I guess it’s relatively minor when you consider the losses incurred by the people devastated by the Melbourne bushfires. We have seen some weather extremes on this trip. Heat wave conditions in Melbourne which contributed to the devastating fires to magic weather in Tasmania (12 to 24), although it is struggling through a major drought to flooding in the Coffs Region on our return. Well this ends this blog posting on this trip for now – and if you were following a long then I hope you found it a little interesting - will post more on the last week of the trip when it happens.
We had a great time and Tasmania is a beautiful place. Our problems occurred at the end of our trip so it did not impact on our holiday too much.