Strathgordon!!!!!!!

If you don't make the effort to get here you will never know the enjoyment and pure relaxation we had while we were here for our short time ( we left the van back in Hobart :)).
I had not a lot of expectation of what we would see here apart from the spectacular lake Pedder ( read greenies or trout fishing heaven ) .
The day started off with me waking early although amazingly I had a good night sleep ,surprising considering the speedway strip alongside the Hobart show grounds and the night time loading shipping container loaders across the way .
The weather looked fairly average in the states capital so we ,sorry I decided to head to check out Lake Pedder -Gordon dam and StrathGordon.
Along past New Norfolk we stopped in Maydena for for a quick lunch and a ride on the "rail riders which are pedal powered rail carts Ej and mum in one behind us and Shahla dash and myself in the lead car , we took off fairly quickly in enthusiasm but were soon caught up at a little hill as the others were being pushed by a converted ride on mower rail car .
The line had some great views with a little history around and we stopped at the next siding to look in the history shed and take a walk on a cut path and viewed some thylacine cutouts to get the imagination going.
On the way back dash and I never stopped once from pedalling even uphill while the others brought up the rear .
On to Lake Pedder and the Gordon dam with its power station , what an amazing creation this was with three generators and a massive wall 130 metres high and 80 metres thick at the bottom
We didn't climb the wall or stairs as we are chicken shits much to the kids disappointment but we got some photos thanks to dash.
We decided to book a cheap room at the chalet which is the former power station area and there is only 8 staff there now to keep the power station going .
The managers were extremely helpful and made our stay magical .
We booked for tea although we were pretty much alone except for two other couples who we chatted with most of the night over a bottle of wine and drinks tea was great even though the chef had the day off and the owner cooked for us .
The chef had worked in bendigo at the rising sun for awhile so that made for an ice breaker and soon the managers and us came to the conclusion if they ever wanted some time off we could run the chalet for them .
It was a fairly late night when we got to bed.
What a great day and ideal location.