RICHMOND TASMANIA - WOW - OLD GAOL - CHRISTMAS WONDERLAND - FULLTIME TRAVELLERS - EVOLVE RV - RAM HD

THIS WEEK ON DNA. WE HIT THE TOWN OF RICHMOND ABOUT 30KM NORTH OF HOBART, TASMANIA. HERE WE DRIVE OVER THE SANDSTONE BRIDGE BUILT BY THE CONVICTS. THIS IS THE OLDEST SANDSTONE BRIDGE IN TASMANIA. WE WALK DOWN TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BRIDGE TO START THIS EPISODE IN RICHMOND. WE WALK ALONG THE RIVER WHICH THE BRIDGE CROSSES HERE THERE IS PARK BENCHES AND PLENTY OF DUCKS, YOU CAN STOP AND REST HERE AND WATCH THE DAY PASS BY. BUT NOT FOR US WE ARE HERE TO SEE WHAT IS ON OFFER. WE WALK UP A FEW STEPS FROM THE RIVERBANK TO AN OPEN PARK RIGHT NEXT TO THE OLD GAOL. THIS IS WHERE WE TOOK A STEP BACK IN TIME IT WAS ONLY $12 EACH TO ENTER, ITS A SELF GUIDED TOUR AND VERY INTERESTING, GEES THEY HAD IT HARD BACK THEN. THIS IS A MALE AND FEMALE GAOL AND AT TIMES IT WAS VERY OVERCROWDED. DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR AND VISIT HERE IF IN RICHMOND. THERE WAS A SMALL GIFT SHOP WHERE YOU PAY TO ENTER AND NIK GOT A LITTLE KENNY THE ECHIDNA AND EXPLAINS WHY. AFTER THIS WE HEAD ACROSS THE ROAD TO THE BAKERY, THIS WAS LIKE STEPPING BACK IN TIME. THE OLD BUILDINGS AND FOOTPATHS ARE BEAUTIFUL. WE GRABBED A PIE AND SAUSAGE ROLL AND OF COURSE A VANILLA SLICE. THERE WAS A MAN PLAYING THE HARP HE WAS THAT GOOD NIK GAVE HIM A TIP. AFTER HERE WE WONDERED THROUGH THE STREETS STOPPING AT LARDER & VIN HERE NIK TRIED SOME CHEESE AND BROUGHT A HUGE SOUR DOUGH, IT WAS LIKE WE JUST STEPPED INTO ITALY FOR A MOMENT. FROM HERE WE WALKED THROUGH THE SWEETS AND TREATS SHOP IT WAS FULL OF LOCAL ICECREAM AND ALL THE OLD FASHION LOLLIES, WE HAD TO GET OUT OF THERE QUICK SMART BEFORE WE BROUGHT THE WHOLE SHOP. WE WONDERED UP THE ROAD STOPPING IN AT A FEW PLACES BEFORE ENTERING THE CHRISTMAS SHOP. THIS PLACE WAS NIK'S HAPPY PLACE SHE LOVES SHOPS LIKE THESE. THERE WAS SO STUFF IN HERE EVERTHING YOU COULD THINK OF TO DO WITH CHRISTMAS. THERE WERE 3 FLOORS IN TOTAL, HERE NIK SAID SHE WAS MARRIED TO THE GRINCH!!! FROM HERE WE HEADED BACK OVER THE SANDSTONE BRIDGE AS WE MADE OUR WAY BACK TO SORRELL. HERE WE SHOW YOU WHERE YOU CAN GET YOUR WATER AND USE THE DUMP POINT. THIS IS WALKING DISTANCE INTO THE TOWN OF SORRELL IT IS RUN BY THE LIONS CLUB YOU WILL NEED THE APP TO PARK HERE AND ITS $15 A NIGHT. BUT THE DUMP POINT AND WATER A FREE. AFTER FILLING UP OUR WATER CANS WE HEAD BACK TO OUR BASE CAMP IN BOOMER BAY. THIS IS A GREAT SPOT $10 A NIGHT PER VEHICLE MUST BE SELF CONTAINED. IT IS ONLY 20 MIN DRIVE INTO SORRELL AND ABOUT 35 MIN TO RICHMOND. WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PLACE NICE AND QUIET AND IS DOG FRIENDLY OF COURSE. WE SHOW YOU AROUND AND THE SITES ARE HUGE. WE TAKE INDEE DOWN TO THE DOG OFF LEASH AREA AND LET HER HAVE A RUN. THIS IS WHERE WE END THE EPISODE. SO, GRAB A COMFY CHAIR A DRINK AND COME WATCH THIS EPISODE UNFOLD. CHEERS DAVE, NIK AND INDEE.