Sunday 11th November 2007

We woke up really early this morning, because we wanted to go to Freycinet National Park - and do a bush walk to Wineglass Bay. We had our breakfast, got our water bottles from the fridge and jumped into the car.

The walk up to the lookout and then down to the beach was pretty hard going - but we did it in less than the estimated 2.5 hours and was definitely worth it. The beach was beautiful. There were only a handful of people there (some of whom were in the sea... the nutters. It's warm, but not THAT warm!). We were walking along the lovely white sand when all of a sudden we noticed a whale in the water. It was only about 50 meters off shore and seemed to be splashing around... having a whale of a time (ha ha)!

We watched the whale for about half an hour and then made our way back to the car. We were exhausted when we got there, but we'd bought a day pass for the National Park and so decided to explore some more - and went on a shorter walk around Cape Tourville, which had AMAZING views. Apparently, on one side, there was nothing between us and Antarctica... cool!

Being the cheeky little devils that we are, we drove to the shops and then back to last nights hostel, (which we'd checked out of at before 9am this morning), where we used their facilities to make ourselves some lunch. Afterwards, we reloaded the car and headed North up the East Coast. The drive was beautiful and I have to admit, Tasmania is nothing like I imagined - it's wonderful. The coastal drive was really peaceful with only a few cars coming in the opposite direction.

We eventually arrived in a place called St. Helens and checked into a tiny hostel called St. Helens Backpackers (surprisingly). It was after 7pm by now, and we were all really hungry - so we walked towards the shops to see if we could get some food... but everything was shut. We couldn't believe it, it seemed that the place had shut down at just after 6pm. I started to feel really dizzy and sick, so Nikki and Steve walked me back to the hostel and then went off to find some food...

Tasmania... getting better every day!