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The great escape

Finally after the COVID years I am heading east again. Flying into Melbourne before driving onto the ferry and heading to Tasmania Read more
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  • Trip start
    January 1, 2022
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    Devil of a time

    January 2, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    If you want to visit a sanctuary that is helping the wild Tasmanian devil population and get up close and personal with these crazy characters then this they place for you. They have hand raised devils for breading and a nursery for the babies who will be released. We got there nice and early so the adults were pretty active. The babies not so much.

    They also have other native animals that have been rescued but their injuries make it impossible to be released back to the wild.

    Well worth a trip and you know your money is helping wildlife in the area.    Read more

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    Deloraine Detour

    January 2, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    We didn’t plan on going to Deloraine but with a light flashing on the dash about flat tyres this was the closest place we could find to sort it on a Sunday.

    We are really glad we did though, the Main Street is full of little sculptures and the park that runs along the river is worth a wander. Large sculptures either side, a train museum and suspension bridge.Read more

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    Wombling Wombats

    January 2, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

    Rather than using the shuttle bus we decided to drive in after 6pm, hoping we would see more wildlife out and about. Our first walk was the Rainforest Walk, super short walk and wheelchair friendly. Then crossed the street for the Enchanted Walk. On our way back to the car we stumbled across our first wombat😀 he was so chilled he actually jumped the fence and started heading towards me. 😳

    Accommodation: Discovery Parks dorm room.    Read more

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    Pampering @ Peppers

    January 3, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    Well worth booking the private spa at Waldheims Spa. I would recommend an evening session though and get the cheese platter with a wee dram of whiskey. We were there in the morning before we left Cradle Mountain.Read more

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    Mackintosh Dam & Zeehan

    January 3, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Travelling from Cradle Mountain we stopped off at Mackintosh Dam and Zeehan.

    Zeehan is a weird little town that had a couple of great old buildings from when this town was big in mining silver.

    After a quick walk the Main Street we headed to the Spray Tunnel, a relic from the mines. The drive there is really beautiful and the tunnel itself is only 100m long so an easy walk.

    We stopped off at the Pioneer Cemetery which was only used from 1891 to 1930 and is one of the strangest cemeteries I have been to. It is completely overgrown and seems to go on forever. As you walk around and look through the scrub you can see the tips of headstones, trees growing through the graves and the remnants of timber crosses.    Read more

    Trip end
    January 21, 2022
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