Across to Hobart

We stopped at St Clair National Park, at the bottom of the Overland Track - 85k walk from Cradle Mountain. Here's 2 very happy people who completed it, we met them on the shuttle bus at the start…

Another beautiful walk through fern and bush

Next stop Mt Field National Park, with yet more beautiful walks

 

Flowers

Waterfalls

Beautiful camp ground under huge trees

Aah, relax

To the west

There are just so many beautiful places…

Riding and driving around Deloraine, with more yummy food producers to visit, and no we didn't pinch poppy seeds

Amazing murals in Sheffield (and a delicious scallop pie for Ian)

They have a competition each year to attract new artists

Just one of our many beautiful free camps

Cradle mountain Dove Lake walk

The Nut at Stanley, a short steep walk up, then around the top

 

And now at Strahan, with a warm, calm day for a cruise out to the Roaring 40's 

and up the Gordon River to the ruins of Sarah Island, with convict-made bricks still standing strong

The north-east

This week sees us stay at Frecinet National Park for 3 nights. Lots of walking and a few paddles in this beautiful area.

The view from our campsite

Rainy day walks are still good

Wineglass Bay, wirh a very busy track to the lookout,

and with only birds after a walk along the deserted beach 

 Drive next through Bicheno and stop at the blowhole 

Continue up to Bay of Fires, where the sea is aqua and the sand white, and little free campsites are tucked into the coastline. A beautiful place for a bike ride

Find a cafe with delicious coffee, cake, cheese and icecream, then a tiny township along the way that turned memorial trees for WW1 soldiers into works of art, rather than cut them down completely when rotting

Power and shower at Bridport caravan park then buy fresh caught scallops, just-picked raspberries and Jansz bubbles for dinner (zoom in for Mme Bollinger's very wise words...)

Tasmania 2nd December till 11th Jan

Ah, another holiday… 

Nice venue for first coffee, looking at last night's accomodation and transport. 

And first bubbles at free camp along the Tamar River. 

Cataract Gorge, Launceston

At the finish of 70k (actually 80 for us) bike ride along the beautiful Tamar Valley. Lots of undulations, overcast, 20*, and a light tail wind both ways, perfect :-). We seemed to be the only sensible people who stopped for coffee, and did it easily, just pleasantly weary afterwards. And girlfriends, double knicks are the way to go ;-).