{"id":27131,"date":"2022-02-11T19:50:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T08:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=27131"},"modified":"2022-03-04T11:27:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T00:27:02","slug":"the-leven-valley-drive-tasmania-%f0%9f%87%a6%f0%9f%87%ba-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=27131","title":{"rendered":"The Leven Valley Drive, Tasmania \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Date: 10th February 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Travelled: 95 kms from Burnie to Lake Gairdner, Tasmania.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Visited: The Leven Valley Drive and Leven Gorge &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stayed: Lake Gairdner Camp, free, <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/y6jrF3XupsR7a19TA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">S41.48343, E146.05925<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Budget: 13 days @ $0 per day.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>We enjoyed a quiet evening in the free stop at Burnie, just the sound of waves breaking on the shore behind us.  Pam has been Googling swimming pools and Burnie has a heated 50m so we have a coffee and head to the pool.  At $2.50pp for seniors a bargain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pam\u2019s happy as she can spend 20 minutes in the shower washing and conditioning her hair.  We head to downtown Burnie only to find parking meters everywhere so we give that a miss and find a Woolworths a few kms up the hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our plan is to return to Cradle Mountain for another walk tomorrow, but rather than just drive down the B18 we decide to follow our guide books tour through the Leven Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/B28D24AD-7DE8-49FD-AA21-E2B31FB2D9CD-1024x768.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/B28D24AD-7DE8-49FD-AA21-E2B31FB2D9CD-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"27133\" 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https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/8F2BC5D0-CE77-4170-9FA1-9AB1560DA502-2731x2048.jpeg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">We lunch at the JK Lee Memorial Park<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Its a rambling drive through beautiful farmlands.  It seems very isolated country, we pass through numerous little villages with no services.  In fact during the whole drive we only pass one shop an IGA come servo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/B6A7E571-C5B0-4C51-BDF9-FB10FE21F275-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/B6A7E571-C5B0-4C51-BDF9-FB10FE21F275-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"27138\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/B6A7E571-C5B0-4C51-BDF9-FB10FE21F275-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?attachment_id=27138\" class=\"wp-image-27138\" 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https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/7662282F-9722-4202-A638-563D71F02234-2731x2048.jpeg 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A quick unplanned stop at Preston Falls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/EF0ADFDA-A5CD-4FBE-8EE9-6485B00DEF76-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/EF0ADFDA-A5CD-4FBE-8EE9-6485B00DEF76-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"27141\" 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https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1B542E78-AE00-40F0-98B4-945D80462F93-570x760.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/1B542E78-AE00-40F0-98B4-945D80462F93-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Back on the road we continue on to <a href=\"https:\/\/parks.tas.gov.au\/things-to-do\/60-great-short-walks\/leven-canyon-lookout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leven Gorge<\/a>.  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This involves 697 steps in a single flight.  My legs get sore again just typing this.  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Not as easy as it sounds unfortunately we need to backtrack some 10 kms before crossing over to Wilmot Road before making our way south to the free stop on the edge of the lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael + Pam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: 10th February 2022 Travelled: 95 kms from Burnie to Lake Gairdner, Tasmania.&nbsp; Visited: The Leven Valley Drive and Leven Gorge &nbsp; Stayed: Lake Gairdner Camp, free, S41.48343, E146.05925\u00a0 Budget: 13 days @ $0 per day. 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