Monthly Archives: March 2013

Before we left Freycinet National Park, we visited Friendly Beaches.  There is a listed walk there that you can take for from 5 minutes to 5 hours – you can guess which one we chose!  Another beautiful beach – what … Continue reading →

Stayed for two nights at Seven Mile Beach caravan park – a bit disappointing as it’s located right in the middle of a suburb and quite a way from the beach. One highlight was taking a shuttle bus to Salamanca … Continue reading →

Last night, at Mt Field, we finished off our enjoyable time there by having a fire BBQ in the Day Use Area.  It was great to have a wood fire, overlooking the Tyenna River.  While there, we looked across to … Continue reading →

Tall Tree Walk Just when I thought I’d seen the largest trees ever, we did this 30 minute walk.  Facing us throughout another wonderful forest were these massive trees.  I’m running out of descriptions, adjectives – you name it!  The … Continue reading →

We have booked into Mt Field National Park – a magnificent forest of extremely tall swamp gums – moss all over the fallen logs.  There is also Myrtle (Antarctic Beech), Blackwood, Leatherwood and very tall and extremely old tree ferns. … Continue reading →

The day has arrived that we have been waiting for – the rail trip on the ABT Railway!  Up very early and waiting for the bus to take us to Queenstown at 8am – raining, windy, completely different to yesterday’s … Continue reading →

We have been in Tasmania for only 2 weeks – it feels like 2 months!! (in a good way). The caravan park is crammed full of long-weekenders, but we are lucky and have a end of row site, with a … Continue reading →

Two magnificent days at Arthur River, a magical spot in Tassie.  Disappointed with the caravan park – a paddock with two toilets per gender – but is only the place where we sleep, after all. The first day we went … Continue reading →

On our last day at Cradle Mountain, we again had breakfast at the picnic area at the Ranger’s station, and then did the Knyvet Falls Walk.  Another beautiful place, although, again I think elderly people would have been disappointed with … Continue reading →

We heard that the weather for the next three day was going to be excellent at Cradle Mountain, so instead of heading North to the coast, we arrived at this special place at 11am.  After coping with a very winding … Continue reading →