We decided that we'd done enough strenuous walking for a while so opted to take the ferry boat all the way up the lake - and all the way back. Lake St Clair is a natural lake, the source of the Derwent and the deepest in Australia at 175m, formed from glacial action in the last Ice Age and from a fault along its length which dropped away the ground on one side of the lake. The lake is long and very beautiful and we enjoyed the relaxing cruise. There were some short walks along the lake so we spent a couple of hours criss-crossing along the tracks. Lake St Clair is the end point for the great overland walk from Cradle Mountain and we watched as many very weary walkers arrived.

Close by is an extraordinary piece of art. In a huge shed 10 years ago, a sculptor started The Wall, a bas relief sculpture on Huon Pine boards depicting the history of Tasmania. It is purported to be finished next year sometime but my bet will be that it takes considerably longer. The workmanship is superb. In many places you can see the stages that the carving takes with the sculptor leaving various parts unfinished.

After checking out the man-made lake to the south of Lake St Clair, King William Lake, we kept heading to Hobart. With the computer having stopped working some days ago, we are feeling quite out of touch! But we are not completely without our electronics and our small tablet with the Wikicamps app has, yet again, found for us a lovely free campsite with council-provided facilities off the highway and by the water. With a glass of wine in hand, what more could we want?