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Waratah/Wynyard

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    • Day 15

      up the hill to waratah

      January 10, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

      just a cool 500 m ride up tje 50km to Waratah with some grand sights and waterfalls . Interesting town in that it shows what depopulation to a town does and the adjacent town of Letita built in the 60,s as a new town for mining is now completely deserted with plants growing through the tarmac and the forest reclaiming the town.Lot of forestry with big sawdust mountains at the mill.
      Staying at an old and only hotel in Waratah where en suites havent yet reached but have now got to communal bathrooms also a joint communal area for everybody to exchange their holiday travels.Nothing to report on custard slices sad lack pf them all day today
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    • Day 14

      Spot the platypus

      January 9, 2019 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 12 °C

      Highlight of the day was platypus spotting. You don’t see much as mostly they are swimming and feeding under water an they do it at dusk. So hopefully you believe from the two poor photos attached. We are staying at a great Airbnb with Rick and Jen in Ridgley about 12 kms south of Burnie. They have a pond with 3 platypuses. So really exciting as I have never seen one in the wild. They also made us a BBQ and salad for a meal this evening.
      Also need to give a mention to Nathan, Brianna and Ben at the chapel cafe in Burnie, great coffee and great breakfast that included for Simon custard on brioche. Tomorrow the climb begins.
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    • Day 6

      Tarkine Drive

      December 19 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

      Today we started exploring the Tarkine drive. It didn’t disappoint with beautiful rainforest walks, a few wrong turns (stinky grandads fault) which turned into some extra 4WD time and lots of spectacular views.

      It felt really nice to explore the rainforest as a family. I really feel like these adventures are what we have been needing. -Lauren

      The best part of the day was seeing the kids enjoying being out in nature. - Luke

      My favourite thing today was going on adventures and swishing through the bushes. I also loved seeing the penguins and the platform. - Adelaide

      I liked the rocks and going to jungle and feeding the crow.
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    • Day 48

      Somerset, Nordwestküste

      November 18, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

      Letzter Blick auf den Lake Rosebery. Früher Start um 8:00Uhr in einen wolkenlosen Bilderbuchmorgen. LangerAufstieg. Aber ich bin ausgeruht und es geht nicht zu steil hinauf mit mehreren flachen Abschnitten zum kurz Erholen.
      Pause auf der Passhöhe mit knapp 700m.

      Danach bleibe ich lange auf dieser Höhe. Ich passiere die Abzweigung nach Cradle Mountains und bin schon etwas traurig, daß ich das letzte Tasmanien-Highlight auslassen muss. Ich hatte dort für morgen einen Wandertag geplant. Aber es wird regnen. Und am Tag darauf, wenn ich ans Meer hinunter müsste, ist zusätzlich ein Kälteeinbruch angekündigt. Das hat wirklich keinen Zweck. 😒

      Die Straße beginnt fast unmerklich abzufallen. Pause am Straßenrand auf gemütlicher, leicht abschüssiger Wiese.

      Die Landschaft ist eine ganze Weile eintönig, später wieder gefälliger, saftig grüne Hügel, mit weidenden Kühen. 30 km vor dem Ziel sehe ich zum ersten Mal in der Ferne auf das Meer hinunter. Wenig später Rast im Roadhouse. Die letzten 20km sollten danach zu schaffen sein.

      Kurz darauf bin ich in Righley und damit wieder in der Zivilisation. Ich verlasse den Highway und erreiche auf einer engen und kurvenreichen Straße nach 100km Somerset.

      Günstiges Hotel aber ok. Abendspaziergang am Strand und durch das Dorf. Nett. Aber man muss hier nicht gewesen sein. Hat sich halt als Tagesziel und Sprungbrett nach Devonport angeboten. Abendessen. Absacker in der Bar im Haus.
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    • Day 692

      Penguin & Boat Harbour Beach

      February 24, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

      We continued on Tasmania's north coast to the East. On the way we passed one of these funny city names: Penguin🐧 We stopped to find some penguins and we did :) Further down the road we even found some dolphins and another beautiful beach. Amazing these beaches in Tassie! And yes we went for a swim!

      Weiter geht der Roadtrip an der Nordküste Tasmaniens. Zunächst ging es nach Penguin 🐧 und bei dem Namen wollten wir natürlich ein Foto mit einem Pinguin. Neben der Statue erfährt man hier auch, dass die Stadt Chicken 🐔 in Alaska über 13000km entfernt ist. :D
      In der Mittagshitze haben wir dann den nächsten Traumstrand angesteuert und waren schwimmen. Einfach traumhaft diese Strände hier in Tasmanien und Delfine haben wir heute auch schon entdeckt!
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    • Day 182

      The North Coast

      December 2, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F

      Yesterday was great. I got to pet a wombat, spotted quoll, and Tasmanian devil! I bought some food for the birds, wallabies, and roos. The swans and ducks gathered right at my feet although not close enough to touch. There was an adorable little red-neck wallaby who ate right out of my hand. He grabbed my hand with his front paws and chowed down. I could even stroke his neck a little while he ate. But I think the best was a large male kangaroo (a buck). He was lounging in the shade of a tree/bush using a flat rock as a pillow. He was pretty intimidating with his giant hind feet and claws, but I had the bag of food that his nose seemed to recognize. I crept closer and closer, then slowly extended my hand with feed in it. His soft nose brushed against my fingers as he gently licked up the food from my palm. It was incredible.

      After the Wildlife park, I went to Mole Creek Caves that contain, most notably, glow worms. They're really larvae of Fungus Gnats and they are very bright, especially once your eyes have adjusted to the dark. There's also a chamber with the "Palm Tree" because of its shape (it looks so much like one, I guessed its name) and the Cathedral, in which I belted out the first verse and chorus of Black Horse and the Cherry Tree. Had to be done. 😉

      Another greatest moment of a very full day was in Devonport at 9 pm when I watched Little Penguins come in to feed their chicks. You must use red light so they don't get scared, so the few pictures I took didn't really come out, even after I converted them to black and white. The two attached are one coming out of the water (on the left, dark spot in the surf) and three preening on the beach. They're about a foot tall, the smallest of all penguins, and the only ones native to Australia. I was the only person (other then the three volunteers) who stayed long enough to see one nest where both parents had been out feeding, came back, and fed the two chicks. Magnificent.

      Today has been mostly driving along the northern coast. I've made several stops, but just as I get started on walking around it starts to rain. Then the sun comes back out. Then it rains again. The wind is very high and gusty, and the temperature is about 17°C/62°F. When the sun is out, it's downright hot, but the stupid wind is frigid. Come on, Tazzy, it's summer!

      Interesting fact about Tazzy: it's the world's leading producer of legal poppy (medicinal use). Some of the poppy fields are in bloom, and all of the fields have signs posted identical to the one in the picture. The growing conditions are great, but most of all, this is an island whose borders can be more easily guarded making smuggling on or off the island very difficult.

      Now, I'm at Three Sisters Beach and about to head to the northwest coast where I plan to spend the night. Probably in the car again. Hotels are at least $100 Australian a night and can reach $250 near the tourist draws. Waaaaay too much.

      So long [for now] and thanks for all the fish. ✌️
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    • Day 51

      Lake Mackintosh

      November 22, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

      Finally! A day warm enough and still enough to hazard a paddle in the kayaks. I was worried they had actually become permanently attached to the roof racks. We geared up and hit the water for a lovely morning's exploration of the lake. Had another try to catch some breakfast (or anything) but no luck.
      The water is stained by the tannins from the vegetation but incredibly clear when you are up close. Just a lovely day.
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    • Day 50

      Lake Mackintosh

      November 21, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      Heading north we passed through the small town of Tullah and turned off to Lake Mackintosh, one of the hydro storage lakes along the west coast. We found a lovely camp spot overlooking the lake and not another camper in sight, although I had a nagging feeling we weren't actually in the designated camping area. Oh well. The weather was fine for a change and had warmed up a fraction. We cracked out the fishing gear and went in search of some brown trout. No luck though.
      Had a visit from the local wildlife around sunset.
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    • Day 1,808

      Corinna

      January 22, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      It's Girl's Trip Time
      Da ich ja noch weitere To Do's auf meiner Liste hatte, stand noch eine weitere Aktivität an, die es in Corinna gibt.
      Also packte ich Susie ein und wir machten uns auf die Reise an die Westküste, in den Bush.
      Etliche Kilometer Schotterpisten entlang, vorbei an einigen Minen, kamen wir dann mit meinem vom Staub weiß überzogenem Auto an.
      Und was machen Mädels mitten im Bush mit Bundy in der Hand?
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    • Day 58

      Warrahtah

      November 17, 2015 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

      Wenn jemand mal das Ende der zivilisierten Welt besuchen möchte, dann sollte er hier hinfahren😁

      Die Bevölkerung sank von rund 10.000 (Goldrausch) zu 300. Da ist Sachsen-Anhalt ja relativ stabil😁

      Dafür Wasserfall in der "City" neben der Main Street
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