I adore Bruny Island. We had been waiting a good solid week to go there but the ferry - which only takes about ten minutes - was working overtime with the Christmas crowds, and it was a three hour wait to get on. Waiting til everyone had gone back to work was a good idea. We drove straight down to Cloudy Bay, where we have been a number of times before.

By drive, I mean drive along the beach. It takes 45 minutes from the ferry to get there and you can either stay in the free camp closest to the surf break or drive a few kilometers down the beach to the National Park camp which is gorgeous. We landed an ocean view - the best spot in camp!

Even a pademelon came to say g'day. I mean it doesn't get better than that for $10 a night. In the morning we took the Defender onto the beach to make breakfast (eggy bread and tomatoes and capers) and take some media for promotion of the awning that we got heavily discounted in return for some Instagram content.

I'm glad no one was around as I felt like a wanker taking photos of the truck all laid out like that haha.

We also swam in the cold bay - it's truly magical to swim there. It's a very calm corner and safe. Sometimes you see sting rays and a few people were going out in small boats to check their lobster pots. One guy brought in a huge fella with his little kids.

Even Jamie has started swimming with me which is awesome. It does wake us up and makes us feel better.

There were big black tail cockatoos, kookaburras, sooty oystercatchers, small wallabies, seagulls, and thankfully no snakes which do hang out there. I guess it's been to busy for them.

One thing that does keep the crowds down is people's reluctance to drive their caravans on the beach or the fact they can't in a hire van. We enjoyed a really peaceful few days there and to be honest wish I'd stayed longer, but we had run out of food and water.

With Love,

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