Up the east coast

Our last day on Bruny Island was a real tourist day visiting an art gallery, oyster outlet, chocolate and cheese factories. Dennis was the only one to eat fresh oysters so no wonder he reneged on the forest walk and chose to return to camp before us! 😉 

          

We loved the northern part around Dennes as it was particularly picturesque with all the little bays and beaches and great views from the hills. The weather has been kinder to us with some brilliant sunshine and no rain. At the coast, conditions aren't damp and our canvas was dry for packing up thismorning. 

          

          The forest walk was a little bit of a jungle walk - but very pretty! 

Our ferry ride had spectacular views - ha ha!!

         

Once off the ferry we seemed to travel for hours through Hobart and Swansea until we found this farmstay camp spot out of Bicheno. We are bounded by a river and the sea with a mountainous backdrop so it's a pretty spot. There are no facilities at all except water for washing dishes and showers so at long last Dennis's porta loo is out of its box and is proudly sitting in the tent! 

         

Today we headed to the Freycinet Peninsula and enjoyed our morning coffee at Coles Bay. What a pretty place that is and very busy with boats going in and out and tourists enjoying the scenery.

We then called at the National Park information centre before we hit the walking track to Wineglass Bay. Chris and Merilyn walked all the way to the beach (and Chris even had a swim there!)  but we chose the easier option and stopped at the lookout. The walk is very popular and paths very well maintained through scrub and rocks.  It was worth the effort (quite a few steps!) and fortunately the sun was shining for a good view. 

            

     

    The view from the lighthouse walk. Beautiful! 

We had our picnic lunch at Honeymoon Bay 💕 and Darryl was able to fill our container of drinking water. We drove onto the lighthouse and enjoyed the short walk and views there. The sun disappeared and now it's quite cool and windy. 

Would you believe Tops and I are washing? -  the laundromat in Bicheno was closed so Dennis asked at the caravan park if we could use their facilities and here we are!! We are sitting in the camp kitchen as large as life and patrons probably wonder where we are staying! 

We have yet to decide if we are moving  on tomorrow or staying another night. We'll sit around the campfire tonight and work out our options. Hope everyone is well and tonight we are thinking of Murrabit's night footy game and hope it's a successful venture. 

Love from the Tassie travellers.xxxxxx