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Tasmania

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  • Trip start
    September 14, 2018
  • Strahan

    September 18, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

    Morning Gordon River cruise on Spirit of the Wild. Visit to Sarah Island with guided tour. 5.30pm for show The Ship That Never Was. Finished day with dinner and drinks at the pub.

  • Cradle Mountain

    September 19, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C

    Left Franklin Manor. Beautiful place to stay. Drove Cradle
    Mt. Walked the circuit of Dove Lake. Overnight at Peppers Lodge. Down to -1 tonight.

  • Stanley

    September 21, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

    Left the cold at Cradle Mountain. Drove to Burnie to visit Helleyer's Road distillery. Visited Wynyard for lunch and on to Table Cape to the lookout. Finally on to Stanley. More great accommation at Stanley Village and penguins right out our back door.Read more

  • Stanley

    September 21, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

    2nd day in beautiful Stanley. Took cable car to top of the nut. Amazing views. Lime spider in Smithton on the way to the Edge of the World at Arthur River. Most westerly point of Tassie. Freezing cold and very wild. Dinner at the local golf club at night.Read more

  • Launceston

    September 22, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    Left Stanley after beautiful breakfast at the bakery. Went to Penguin. Nice beaches. Next was chocolate time at House of Anvers at Latrobe. Next was Ashgrove for some cheese then on to Launceston. Walked Cataract Gorge in the afternoon before dinner at Penny Royal.Read more

  • Launceston

    September 23, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    Best day of trip so far. Left early and went to Beaconsfield mine. Toured mine then on to Seahorse World and Platypus house and echidnas. Absolutely amazing. Seafood lunch then on to Bateman Bridge. Grindelward swiss village on the way home. Cheese and wine for dinner.Read more

  • St Helens

    September 24, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

    This morning drove to Lilydale for breakfast. Stopped on way to look at some waterfalls then on to lavender farm. Unfortunately not in flower. Stopped at Pyengana for some cheese and on to St.Helens. Happy hour at 5pm and dinner at local RSL.Read more

  • St Helens

    September 24, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

    2nd day at St. Helens. Breakfast at Lifebuoy Cafe. Excellent food. Spent rest of day at the Bay of Fires. One of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. Late lunch at Lease 65 for fresh oysters. Dinner at the RSL again.Read more

  • Freycinet

    September 26, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C

    Breakfast in St Helen before driving to Freycinet. On the way we stopped at a beach lookout, blowhole at Bicheno and Freycinet Marine Farm for more oysters. Girls are not sick of them yet. Overnight at Freycinet Lodge. Got upgraded room. Lucky us. Climbed to lookout over Wineglass Bay. Dinner at the bistro.Read more

  • Port Arthur

    September 27, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    Left Freycinet heading to Port Arthur.Beautiful breakfast then on to spikey bridge near Swansea. Lunch at Orford and on to Tesellated Pavers. From there to tassie devils near Port Arthur, Tasman Arch and Devils Kitchen. Ghost tour at night. Big day.Read more

  • Port Arthur

    September 28, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

    Early breakfast and on to Port Arthur. Spent 3 hours there including the island cruise. Next stop was Richmond for a beautiful lunch at Czegs Cafe. Aust oldest bridge then back to Hobart. 1 lap of tassie done. Chinese for dinner.Read more

  • Hobart

    September 29, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C

    Breakfast at Salamanca Markets. 2 penguins flew home for the summer this morning. Did the female factory tour near Cascade brewery (Her Story). Then drove to Port Huon and dinner at the only pub.

  • Port Huon

    September 30, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    First breakfast at home then on to Hastings Caves. Fantastic. From there we went to Cockle Creek which is as far south as possible to drive. Lunch at Southport at the southern most pub in Aust. Home for barby dinner and NRL grand finalRead more

  • Port Huon

    October 1, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

    Last day in the Huon Valley. Went to Tahune Adventure Park. On the way we visited the big tree. Largest tree in Tassie. At the park we did the air walk. More winding roads. Dinner at local pub again.

  • Hobart

    October 2, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Breakfast at home before visiting Geeveston on last time. Drive to Huonville for lunch at The Hairy Giraffe. Returned car at 3 pm. Extremely dirty. Overnight at The Lenna. Built 1874. Magnificent. Dinner at Ball & Chain restaurant.Read more

  • Hobart

    October 3, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    Last day in Tassie. Penguins flying north for the summer. Flight at 1.30pm. Had a fantastic holiday with great friends and amazing places.