Coles Bay Bushland Reserve, Australia Travel Journals & Blogs

Traveler Our time in Tassie
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- Mar 10, 2024, 9:35pm
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- Australia Tasmania Glamorgan/Spring Bay Coles Bay Coles Bay Bushland Reserve -42.123253, 148.28557142°7’24” S 148°17’8” E
Day 6
Camping is fun !!!!!!
March 10 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Today was a new experience day for us - Robyn has at times labeled this as her worst nightmare. But here we are sitting across from a tiny table with no internet and people all around us and it's 9:00 - I think we should be drinking alcohol like our neighbors.
We left our house in the countryside at around 9:30 and made it to Crusin and I dropped the car off.
We loved our time at the Wombat Studio - lots of wild life in the mornings and especially at night.

We got given the usual contractual stuff and then shown around the van. We felt it was pretty rushed.
But we got going heading north to Coles Bay - our first camp.
It was showery for most of the way.
We stopped at Sorell, where there was the last supermarket for miles and stocked up. Had hamburger and chips at a nearby McDonald's.
Arrived at Coles Bay motor camp at around 5 and given our park.
Had a wee woopsie while backing into the park - being guided back by a helper I didn't hear him call me to stop and we hit a log bank. A bit of damage to a bumper - covered by our agreement, so no real damage. Must keep an eye out for those situations.
Driving wasn't too difficult - but the roads up here are very narrow - I figured we had about 12/18 inches either side of the van.
We've stowed away our gear and it's quite tidy, but it is small inside and we will need to be kind to each other.
The weather forecast looks good for the next 3 to 5 days. Last night Hobart had its hottest over night temperature for 115 years.Read more
Traveler Sounds like fun. glad all is going well and you're not too sick with covid. Had some rain here yesterday and was cool in the morning. Do you sleep over the cab
3/12/24Reply
Traveler Trevs done his 5 days of drugs. I have a raspy throat and sniffles but keep testing negative. Maybe I'm just a negative person 😟
3/12/24Reply
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Traveler Tasmanian Familymoon
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- Mar 3, 2022
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 26 m
- Australia Tasmania Glamorgan/Spring Bay Coles Bay Coles Bay Bushland Reserve -42.12387, 148.2857942°7’26” S 148°17’9” E
Day 13
White Sands to Coles Bay
March 3, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
After packing the car the night before we were able to sleep in a little bit. Or so we thought. The sunrise this morning was so nice we got up and watched the end of it at 7am (see the photos). We packed the last of our stuff and hit the road by about 9.30.
We arrived at Bicheno just after 10 to have some breakfast and then went and checked out the Bicheno Blow Hole, which was pretty good. I am not sure how it compares to normal, but the seas seemed pretty rough, so I can only assume it is bigger than normal.
We then went to a place called The Farm Shed: East Coast Wine Center where we did some tastings of several wineries and distilleries that don't have cellar doors and generally only do small batch wines and spirits... and we ended up spending a bit of money there too... at least we will be set for spirits for the next few years.
When finished there and with wallet burning, we headed for Coles Bay and checked into our next stop, had a late lunch and then I went for a walk along the rocks around towards the harbour at Coles Bay.
It is pretty spectacular the scenery here and if we had more time I would have looked into doing some longer walks in the Freycinet National Park as there appear to be some stunning walks that also overlook Wineglass Bay. As it is we are only staying 1 night to break up the drive to Port Arthur tomorrow.
Dinner and a whisky on the porch as the sun went down and a seemingly nice clear night. I may take the camera down to the beach tonight.Read more
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- Sep 22, 2016, 7:41pm
- 🌙 10 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Australia Tasmania Glamorgan/Spring Bay Coles Bay Coles Bay Bushland Reserve -42.12285, 148.2851642°7’22” S 148°17’7” E
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Day 5
Cabin at Coles Bay
September 22, 2016 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
We woke up to see our new location in the light for the first time. Our cabin has a view of the water and the whole area was very pretty. There was a playground and the beach was just across the road.
Nicki Doyle This is a gorgeous place! Well done with the photos. I am really please you are having a great time. Love to mum and dad. Xxx nicki
9/22/16Reply
Coles Bay is beautiful! I think I stayed in those same cabins many years ago ...
9/22/16Reply
Catherine Laws Looks like a beautiful place to stay
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