This photo was taken from the deck of a little cruise boat during a three hour trip around the east coast of Bruny Island. We saw surprisingly little wildlife but magnificent bull kelp and the biggest blowhole ever! We did visit a colony of fur seals which was very smelly, although I loved seeing them playing in the water. Apparently,the day before the boats had a 5 m killer whale surface practically next to them. Given that the vessels were really little mor...

Day two in Cockle. Up to see the sun again so school was shelved in favour of snorkelling and oyster searching in the creek. The weather was supposed to turn nasty later on, so we thought we should make the most of it. Well, have to say that I much prefer the gathering side of the hunter gatherer existence. We ended up with a bucket groaning with huge pacific oysters and shiny plump cockles fresh as you like from the most possibly the most untouched water in ...

At last, a sunny day. We descended in to cockle creek via a bone shaking dirt road which rewarded us with greenly lush empty campsites, water the clarity of glass and fellow family travelers. It was hot enough when we arrived that we all went for a swim in the calm green waters. We met another family who had already set up camp. Natasha and Duncan have been traveling for 10 months now, doing the same as us but with two younger boys. I was a bit envious that ...

Biggest tree in the forest! 89m tall, 6m in girth.

Looking up at the air walk