Tasmania I - up to Freycinet NP
Upon landing in Hobart I got my car (finally the small car as booked :) and made my way north towards Tasmania's east coast. Made a stop in Richmond, the village with the historical bridge and went further up to Triabunna where I stayed for the night. Then drove further up to Bicheno and the Freycinet National Park. I had a lovely hike first to the Wineglass Bay Lookout and then down to the beach at Wineglass Bay. Spend some time down there building a sand sculpture ;) and saw apotteroo (this is like a mixture of a cangoroo and a rat, say a very small cangoroo ). Then went to see a light house ... the views, scenery, landscapes are excellent here - will have a couple of new good pictures :)
Wineglass BayIn the evening (after 9.30pm) I went just down the road to the coast to see the penguins ... I was told you might see 1 or 10 or maybe nothing ... was hoping to see something ... and I did ... upon arrival on the blow hole I turned left and walked over the stones a bit further (not much) and sat down and waited ... and then they came ... 4 passed me pretty close and once I laid down (to see all the stars and some kind of comet!) I came really close, just about 2 arm lengths away. When the shine of a torch of someone out there hit him he turned and ran away ... then I made my way back but - I couldn't find the entrance anymore ... everything looks the same ... first trial, I've seen some more penguins, obviously a small colony, I didn't want to walk through there and thought the entrance/exit must be anyway a bit further ... next possibility jumped up on a rock just to find myself in front of a wall of very closely grown trees - no exit here ... when I turned to go further, I tripped in the dark and twisted my ankle - Oh no, not on my second day! ... at least I was still able to walk, so made my way back to the colony and took that path there ... suddenly, there came three penguin chicks towards me, looked at me ... they are so cute! ... made my way past them. And my orientation was right, the exit would have been further down, just a bit more ...
At least hurting myself was worth it! :)
So, my plans for today are somehow cancelled. Wanted to walk to Blue Stones which is a 4WD-road which I would wanted to walk as well as towards Hazard Beach ... should not overdo it today otherwise I won't be able to walk for the rest of my holiday. However, it is really difficult to find something to do in Tasmania that doesn't involve walking ... Tasmania is not made for sitting still!
posted by Birgit im Abenteuerland @ 12:13 pm
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