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- 29 de out. de 2023, 21:44
- ☁️ 5 °C
- Altitude: 938 m
- AustráliaState of TasmaniaKentishCradle MountainHoneymoon Islands41°39’15” S 145°57’39” E
Cradle Mountain
29 de outubro de 2023, Austrália ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
All I can say is wow! And I’m buggered.
Today was all about visiting Cradle Mountain. You can only drive into the National park under certain conditions. Everyone else has to take the shuttle bus. Come November it will cost $15 but until then it’s covered by my parks pass.
There is so much to do here and I wish I could stay longer. I had initially planned to walk around Dove Lake but at the speed I walk it wouldn’t have left any time for anything else. So instead I did two shorter walks, one to Glacier Rock and the other to the boathouse. The scenery is stunning and several park staff remarked we were very lucky to have a fine day and be able to see Cradle Mountain without it being shrouded in cloud.
From Dove Lake I took the bus down to Ronny Creek. This is where we stopped last night on the night spotting tour and is home to many wombats. Not nearly as many were out during the day as last night but I still saw quite a few. I walked up to Waldheim, a chalet that was originally built over 100 years ago. The original owners fought to make the area a National park. The chalet was an interesting look into the past. It must have been bleak and lonely in the winter.
I caught the bus down to the ranger station to take a look at the interpretive centre. It shows a film of a group walking from Cradle Mountain to Lake St Clair in maybe the 20s? I didn’t see the beginning of the film so I’m not sure.
Last bus back to the visitor centre. From there I went to Devils@Cradle to see the work they do there, I also learnt that quolls are carnivorous. Also all quolls are spotted but only spotted tail quolls have spots on their tails.
They do a lot of work with breeding to ensure the survivability of both quolls and Tasmanian devils. The devils are much cuter than their reputation would suggest.
I took a break in the car (so tired, just wanted to sit down) and then joined the feeding tour. The tour guide was very informative and the animals very cute. They’ve been hand reared to they were happy to have the guide in their enclosure.
It’s meant to snow here tomorrow so I may go back up the mountain to take a look if it does, otherwise I’m heading to Low Head.Leia mais
Viajante So cute
Viajante Looks interesting