Edgewater Hotel (viewed from ferry on day 6)

I visited the Edgewater Hotel after exiting the Spirit of Tasmania with no quarantine checks by the Tasmanian authorities, at least not on my vehicle.
There had been a flyer with the tickets for a well priced breakfast at the Edgewater Hotel which was right next to the Spirit's port, so I decided with a long day's driving this would be the easiest place to go.
Breakfast was fine, well priced, nothing fantastically stellar.

I departed the port for the Spirit of Tasmania and despite my best written instructions managed to go in the wrong direction as I left East Devonport. But a quick U-turn at the first roundabout I encountered I was soon on my way in the right direction.

My destination was Tarkine Forest Adventures located in Dismal Swamp (just outside Smithton). It was my first destination because of its slide; a long slide down into the depths of the rainforest. I had seen it some years ago as a place to visit, and it had been on my list of places to visit the last time I was in Tasmania, alas it was one of the locations I didn't get to. I managed to get to Stanely last time (I saw the Nut and walked around on top of it), so didn't need to visit Stanely this time.
I had read some reviews, prior to going to Tarkine Forest Adventures, as I considered just not bothering on this trip. The reviews were all over the place, but consensus seemed to be that it was good, albeit expensive.
And I have to agree, I saw better, deeper rainforest later that day on my drive along the Western Explorer Road and later on during my trip on the West Coast Wilderness Railway.
The Tarkine Forest Adventures also left me with a cut on my finger, I'm not sure if it was from grabbing the bag (in which you slide down the slide on) or cutting it on the slide itself as my bag came up short on the slide; encountering a bit of dew and condensation on the slide as I slid down.
The cut was deep enough on my finger that even 2 weeks following had yet to completely disappear, and has left a minor scar.

Tarkine Forest Adventures is a little odd, expensive and weird, especially as I arrived just as they had opened at 10 am. At this time the café wasn't staffed and there were just two guys there and older man and a younger guy.

I don't know if I could recommend this place or not, it's certainly an adventure, but it's not a very well priced one and had I not wanted to visit the Western Explorer Road I'm not sure if I'd have swung around there. While it had been on my 'to see' list, reading about it prior to going had not really made me want to see it.