South West Tasmania has rewarded us with stunning scenery, a variety of wildlife and reminders of an inglorious past.
The ingenuity of man was impressively portrayed at Lake Gordon hydro scheme where the 140m high dam held back Australia's largest freshwater body of water. Nature hit back with the wilderness of the World Heritage listed South West National Park where we barely scratched the surface at Lake Pedder.
Bruny Island provided good walks, sea eagles, albatross, tiger snakes, echidnas, dolphins and stunning cliff scenery before Hobart's impressive architecture and dark history filled a very wet day.
Cockle Creek to the south was as far in that direction as we can go in this country with a walk to South Cape Bay emphasising how far from anywhere else we were. The spectacular bay with churning seas was more than half a world away from the next land mass - South America's narrow southern tip.
Sunny but cool weather has been ideal for us and we have met some interesting people perhaps most notably a couple from Devon on a year long trip and just about to head to New Zealand. We now head north briefly to a Cattlemen's event before returning to Hobart to continue our circuit via the Tasmanian Peninsula and the east coast.
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The Spring Chicken says much better colour scheme!!!! Tasmania looks and sounds gr8.
ReplyDeleteNice blog. I find your posts so useful. Have you tried spending Pembrokeshire holiday?
ReplyDeleteEnjoying the blogs but waiting for you to tell the world that if only we were back in NZ it would be much better !
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