June 30th (Tuesday) - Day 121 - Cradle Mountain and HobartWe set off early as we had a lot of ground to cover. The road was really hard going as it twisted and turned through the mountain range and it took us a lot longer to reach our first stop than we had planned. This was on the south side of Cradle mountain at another larger lake called St Clair. It was really windy but we wanted to walk part of the track so braved the elements. The first part of the walk was...

June 29th (Monday) - Day 120 - Cradle Mountain and StrahanWe left Burnie behind and headed south to Cradle Mountain. This is the biggest mountain range in Tassie. It takes up around ¼ of the island and is mostly uninhabited, but it gives way to a breath taking national park. When we arrived the weather did not look too promising but after a visit to the park centre and the drive up the valley to Dove lake the weather had cleared, but was still freezing cold. Onc...

June 28th (Sunday) - Day 119 - North CoastWe had another day of touring in front of us. It was a lot of the same as the day before; loads of view points and random things to see along the way. We drove through a placed called Devonport which our guide book said and I quote "The place to be on a Saturday night is the McDonald's drive through". Needless to say we did not stop there long or visit the McDonald's drive through. Our first major stop was a pl...

June 26th (Friday) - Day 117 - LauncestonWe had a really long drive over to Launceston and there was not much to see on the way. Just a few old towns which didn't need anything more than a glance through the car window. We were going to check into a hostel in the middle of town, but it looked a bit grubby and you had to pay 8 dollars for linen - not had to do that anywhere else so not going to start now! Instead we found a nicer place just outside the city centre...

June 25th (Thursday) - Day 116 - St Helens (Bay of Fires)We had a short drive up to St Helens (via a few detours - nothing of interest) where we found a hostel and checked in. We were the only ones in the whole place at that point in time. We had a drive around St Helens looking in a few shops including an English Sweet shop where we got some toffee's and sherbet lemons. (Not missing home honestly!). We then drove onto the bay of fires. This has been voted the se...