Words and pictures can hardly describe the pleasures of Cradle Mountain Lodge! We indulged in a "Spa Suite", which was a hut in the forest where animals literally walk up to our door and the early morning call is made by a Kookaburra shouting in the trees outside our veranda (which noses into the first trees at the edge of the forest). On the first night we "troughed" in the Tavern (a "pub grub" style restaurant), then went and watched a video about the Tasmani...

A word about temperature - Until the last day of The Games Melbourne held a consistent 28-32 degrees, unknown in its history (Four seasons in one day, is its mantra!) but the day after temperatures plummeted to 21 (!) and now we're in Tassie it's a healthy, sunny, 18! We love it and feel "normal" for the first time in three weeks. On Tuesday we went straight to the Tasman Peninsula where Port Arthur is located to see the remains of the Penal Colony set up by th...