Despite our best attempts at getting rid of all the mozzies we had still got bitten. We were hot and uncomfortable so we risked the showers again. The mozzies were still there all lined up. After breakfast we got out of Queenstown. We had decided to go to Cradle Mountain today. This is Tasmania's big tourist draw and I thought that it would be very busy. I phoned ahead to the camp site at Cradle Mountain to make sure that we had somewhere to stay tonight. Luckily they had a powered site available but at a cost. It was $49! I suppose though that they can charge what they like as it is the only camp site near the National Park, it's always busy and they have the monopoly. It took us about two and a half hours to get there through some of the most incredible and beautiful scenery. When we were getting near we stopped off at the viewing area and got our first glimpse of Cradle Mountain. When we got to the visitors centre the place was rammed. This was the busiest place we have been to since the 12 Apostles on the Great Ocean Road. There were coachloads of people here. You are discouraged from driving into the National Park and camper vans are not allowed. They lay on a shuttle bus from the visitors centre that takes you to Dove Lake and the mountain along with other places in the park on the way. The National Parks pass that we had bought when we got to Tasmania covered us for the bus so we had nothing to pay. We got the bus all the way up to Dove Lake. Cradle Mountain itself can be seen towering above the lake. The view was simply breathtaking. The mountain soars majestically to the sky and the lake is a gorgeous deep dark blue. It was perfect weather today as well with a clear blue sky. We were very lucky as it's supposed to rain a lot on Tasmania. We haven't had any rain in the two weeks we've been here. We decided to go on the Dove Lake Circuit walk all the way around the lake. You have to self register for all the walks here. The signing in book was in a little hut but this hut was full of bees! Although there were bees on the walk they weren't as annoying or in as such large numbers as yesterday. This walk trail was partly path and part board walk with the most awesome view points and little cute beaches along the way. It was 6.2 kilometres all the way round and we had loads of fun walking it. We came across a really funny black bird on the way round. He was hiding out in the under growth and catching and eating bees with his big beak. He was snapping away. Good on him! After the walk we got the shuttle bus, with wonderful air conditioning back to the visitors centre. We then drove across the road to the camp ground. There was a big queue when I went to check in. They were turning people away as they were full, although they did have the option to camp on the car park overnight for $15. We were okay as I had been sensible enough to book ahead. The camp site was in a bush setting and we had a nice secluded spot. The facilities were good and there were relatively few mozzies about. We fell to sleep deliriously happy.