We left Kingston for the last time, following our successful Prado fixing adventure, to head straight to the east coast and to the 'top-rated', 'must-see' locations in Tasmania, Freycinet National Park and the Bay of Fires.

An excellent drive with two sleeping kids for the majority, allowed us to witness a gorgeous red sunset lighting up the Hazards and the still waters of Coles Bay on our arrival at Freycinet NP. Our pre-booked site was more like half-a-site due to our elderly caravan neighbours poor reversing skills, but at 9pm it was good enough to get some sleep. We did move the following day around the corner to a much better spot with no elderly neighbours and water views... so hooray for us!

A few exhausting days of driving had knocked both Bern and I around and neither were up for a massive hike, but Theo on the other hand.....

Wine Glass Bay lookout is not a hard hike, but it is still 1.5km up and back with a climb of about 300 metres. The tourists panting up the hill pleading to know how far to go is testament to how hard it is. Theo, our 3 year old with teeny tiny legs not only climbed up and back, but played hide and seek the entire way. And that's not all, he did two loops of the Cape Toureville track (500 m loop), one with Bern and one with me, while Archie slept in the car.... and he ran the whole way!!! He slept well that night....

A cool slightly rainy and windy day let us explore the local town of Coles Bay including a new expresso bar, but also a drive up to visit Friendlies Beach and the town of Bicheno. The wild seas and sky gave us the perfect back drop for a seaside picnic and a spot of beach soccer. Slightly wind blasted we jumped back in the car to visit Bicheno's blow hole and sample some of their local fish, calamari and chips. Theo yet again devoured the stripy trumpeter, the most expensive fish on the menu. I had chips again...

Freycinet was as beautiful as the brochures, but the number of tourists really took the shine off it for us. Nature starts to feel a bit like a theme park when it is fabricated to cater for this number of people. Anyway, off to Bay of Fires for a spot of free camping.

Cosie Corner was the destination and a cosie spot amongst the trees was our home for the next few nights. Yet again a gorgeous sunset was our welcome over the red rocks. A few significant runs allowed us to explore the local scene, up to Taylor's Beach and the Gardens, and also down to the seaside town of Binelong Bay.

A windy and wild day followed, so we opted for an inland day trip to the Pyengana Dairy and a small hike up to see St Columba Falls (another Top 60 Short Walk), and back to camp. The weather had cleared and it was a beautiful sunset over the red rocks to see us off for our last night on the east coast.