Tasmania mania
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After leaving Mt. Gambier we had a nice easy trek along the Great Ocean Road, which seems infinitely smaller than it did last time but still stunning. Unfortunately, every single day since we left Mannum we've had horrendous weather. Every night we've had storms, high winds or both, and the tent is becoming more repairs than original canvas.
We popped in to see Jason and crew again since we had a bit of time to kill, and then made our way to Tassy. After a lot of fun trying to guess our way through Melbourne's hilarious signposts, we found the ferry port and then had a surprisingly easy and smooth crossing over the Bass Strait last Monday night. We arrived in Tasmania, or as it's known round here - 'mainland Australia'. They say the big bit above it is the northern island.
We sailed overnight and arrived at 7am in Devonport. After a quick breakfast and a bit of planning, we set off and immediately Tassy's reputation as being a beautiful place rang true. Within half an hour we had mountain's on one side, surrounded by rolling green hills. Stunning.
We travelled through a town called Sheffield to one of the big tourist draws here, Cradle Mountain. Here we learnt how they've cunningly designed Tasmania so that you can't see any of it's natural beauty without paying an extortianate fee. We had a nice walk round Dove Lake at the foot of the mountain and then continued on to a town on the north coast called Stanley. This small town is built at the foot of an enormous rock that blasts out of the earth called The Nut. It's hard to explain, it just looks odd.
We left Stanley and made our way down the west (which is barely inhabited) to a nice little fishing village called Strahan. Then it was through a mining town called Queenstown (aka Mordor as somebody's written on the sign, since the mining industry has destroyed all the vegetation on the surrounding hills).
The winding highway through the national parks led us to Hobart, where we're currently staying. We've been to the Cadbury's factory today and stocked up on cheap chocolate, and tomorrow we're going to experience the markets which Hobart is famous for.
Can't put photos on here right now but Tasmania really is a nice little island really removed from the mainland Australia. It's climate and scenery is more like England so it's a nice way to spend some of our last time in Oz.
After leaving Mt. Gambier we had a nice easy trek along the Great Ocean Road, which seems infinitely smaller than it did last time but still stunning. Unfortunately, every single day since we left Mannum we've had horrendous weather. Every night we've had storms, high winds or both, and the tent is becoming more repairs than original canvas.
We popped in to see Jason and crew again since we had a bit of time to kill, and then made our way to Tassy. After a lot of fun trying to guess our way through Melbourne's hilarious signposts, we found the ferry port and then had a surprisingly easy and smooth crossing over the Bass Strait last Monday night. We arrived in Tasmania, or as it's known round here - 'mainland Australia'. They say the big bit above it is the northern island.
We sailed overnight and arrived at 7am in Devonport. After a quick breakfast and a bit of planning, we set off and immediately Tassy's reputation as being a beautiful place rang true. Within half an hour we had mountain's on one side, surrounded by rolling green hills. Stunning.
We travelled through a town called Sheffield to one of the big tourist draws here, Cradle Mountain. Here we learnt how they've cunningly designed Tasmania so that you can't see any of it's natural beauty without paying an extortianate fee. We had a nice walk round Dove Lake at the foot of the mountain and then continued on to a town on the north coast called Stanley. This small town is built at the foot of an enormous rock that blasts out of the earth called The Nut. It's hard to explain, it just looks odd.
We left Stanley and made our way down the west (which is barely inhabited) to a nice little fishing village called Strahan. Then it was through a mining town called Queenstown (aka Mordor as somebody's written on the sign, since the mining industry has destroyed all the vegetation on the surrounding hills).
The winding highway through the national parks led us to Hobart, where we're currently staying. We've been to the Cadbury's factory today and stocked up on cheap chocolate, and tomorrow we're going to experience the markets which Hobart is famous for.
Can't put photos on here right now but Tasmania really is a nice little island really removed from the mainland Australia. It's climate and scenery is more like England so it's a nice way to spend some of our last time in Oz.
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