Tassie
När vi kom till Cradle Mountain checkade vi in på en camping och sen tog vi en gratis buss in i Nationalparken, vi åkte till Dove Lake och började vår vandring runt sjön. Vädret va bra, sol, moln, rätt varmt men lite vind, helt perfekt. Utsikten vid Dove Lake va helt fantastisk! Det var så fridfullt, vattnet var så friskt och rent, luften i Tasmanien är den friskaste luften i världen (där det bor folk iaf) och det var så vackert!
Detta hände när vi var typ halvvägs så vi hade fortfarande 1 timmes vandring kvar! Kul. Va lite små paranoid och såg ormar överallt, men som tur va såg vi inga fler.
När vi kom tillbaka till campingen satte vi upp vårat tält och sen behövde vi båda ringa men det var ju ingen mottagning så vi satte oss i bilen och körde en bit, hmm vi fick köra 45 km innan vi fick mottagning, eller ja, jag fick mottagning men inte Andrew så vi körde lite till, högt upp på ett berg.
Dagen efter ville Andrew sova lite längre men jag kunde inte sova längre än till kl 6 så jag tog en promenad. Blev en längre promenad än planerat, 5 km. Jag fick till Pencil Pine vattenfall. Jag var alldeles ensam och det var så fridfullt, det var inga kakaduor som skrek, det var så skönt. Ok det var flera pademelons och wallabies i buskarna som skrämde mig men annars va det lugnt.
We’ve been camping and hiking in Tasmania! It was so amazing and so cool! Loved it!
We had a very early start our first day, the flight landed in Launceston at 7, (had to get up at 4.30) so it was a very early start! We picked up the car and off we went. First stop Alum Cliffs, it was a pretty short walk and the view was stunning. The sun was shining, the sky was blue and it was just so peaceful.
Our next stop was Cradle Mountain National Park, when we got there we bought our park pass and then checked in to a campsite. Then we took the shuttle bus into the park, we got off at Dove Lake. It was beautiful! The views were just amazing, the weather was great and it was so quiet and peaceful. The water was so clear and clean and Tasmania has the cleanest air in the world (besides maybe the poles).
The hike was really nice but all of a sudden Andrew stopped and said something, I had no idea what he said but thought he wanted me to stop and take a picture or something (vain? Me? Never), but then I saw what he had seen, about 1.5 meters from where we were was a snake! A Tiger Snake! They are lethal of course like every other snake here, I mean we are in Australia. Luckily the snake didn’t seem to be in a killing mood so he just watched us walk past.
Unfortunately when this happened we were only half way so we still had over an hours walking to do. Great. The snake didn’t hurt us but it still freaked me out a bit and I could see snakes everywhere! But we didn’t actually see any more snakes.
When we got back to the campsite we put up the tent and had some food. Then we both needed to make phone calls but there was no signal so we got in the car and drove for a bit, well we had to actually drive 45 km before I got a signal then we had to drive a bit further so Andrew could get a signal.
On the way back we helped some Chinese people who couldn’t read signs. I was not too happy about this cause on the way we saw a couple of wombats! I love wombats but we couldn’t stop since the damn Chinese were behind us.
They finally left us but I didn’t want to go back to the campsite, I still wanted to see wombats and I had a feeling I knew where I could find some. So we drove a little bit further and there they were, on a field! There were at least 4 of them! I just wanted to tackle one and cuddle it but I didn’t. We also saw a few wallabies, pademelons (they are like a mix between wallaby and possum I think) and echidnas! Love those too, they are so adorable, it’s like a mix between a hedgehog, porcupine and anteater. So cute!
The first night in the tent wasn’t as bad as I thought, there were no snakes or spiders but we did have some possums and pademelons running around the tent.
I got up at 6 in the morning and when I got out of the tent there were a couple of pademelons there looking at me. So cool!
Andrew wanted to sleep a bit longer so I decided to go for a walk. The walk got a bit longer than planned, 5 km, but it was nice. I walked to the Pencil Pine waterfall. I was all alone and since there were no cockatoos screaming it was very peaceful, although some pademelons and wallabies scared me a few times running around in the bushes.
After breakfast we started the drive towards Hobart. This took forever, the roads were long and windy and there were a few mountains to get round or over. We stopped and did a walk to Nelson Falls and then we had lunch in a small mining town called Queenstown.
We had another stop planned along the way, Lake St Clair where we did another walk. It wasn’t as nice as Dove Lake but still very nice. It was sooo hot though and they were warning people about snakes but we didn’t see any, only a couple of echidnas.
We got to Hobart just as all the shops had closed but we were pretty tired anyway. We spent the night in a pub and no we didn’t just pass out in the pup we had actually booked a room.
We took a walk by the seaside and had a nice meal and wine.
Dove Lake
Me
Andrew
Some of the track
A Tiger Snake
Echidna & wombats
Pademelon
Pencil Pine falls