We woke this morning to glorious sunshine. The sky was a perfect bright blue and not a cloud in sight. We packed up our stuff and went next door for brekkie. The menu said they had a plunger of coffee so we ordered a nice strong pot. It was so good but let's face it, anything would be good after all the instant we have been drinking. We are only driving about 100k to the south today, to the city of Launceston. We actually headed a few kilometers to the north to...

We woke this morning to pouring rain. We decided we would have to resign ourselves to indoor activities. Our first destination was The Platypus House to see the platypus and echidnas. We watched a 15 minute film about platypuses and then went into the tank area. They really are weird looking creatures. We learned that the platypus and the echidnas are the only species that make up the family of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to...

We got a bit of a later start this morning than we would have liked but finally got packed up and on our way at around 10:30. I like to blog first thing in the morning for the day before. Some days it takes a long time to write and upload pictures. Today was one of those days. I had a lot to say about yesterday. We drove north up the Freycinet Peninsula to our first stop of the day. It was a blowhole on the beach just outside of the town of Bicheno. We thought ...

We came to Tasmania for the hiking, the food and the wine. Today we found all three. We had been looking forward to our hike to Wine Glass Bay for a long time. We were a touch disappointed when we woke up this morning to high winds and overcast skies but decided we were going to make the best of it and ventured out to the park. Freycinet National Park occupies a large part of the Freycinet Peninsula, named after the French navigator Louis de Freycinet. He circu...

Today we drove 200 kilometers northeast from Hobart to Coles Bay. This is where the Freycinet National Park is. We are going to hike to the famous Wine Glass Bay Tomorrow. Today it is cold and windy and we have even encountered some trees that are turning gold and red. We followed a scenic route named The Convict Trail. We stopped at a small roadside botanical park. There were good examples of most of the Tasmanian vegetation. Apparently it is very dry here. Th...