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Wombat in the wild
Cradle Mountain
Cradle Mountain
Black Currawong (Strepera fuliginosa)
Cradle Mountain
Dec 17th (Day 5)
From Cradle Mountain to Stanley (overnight at Stanley Hotel)
Wet start to the day
One miserable-looking horse
Rainclouds gather over hills
Tasmanian flora
Tasmanian flora
Fang scaring the cows
Gunns Plains Caves
Mushroom growing inside cave
Gunns Plains Caves
Green peaceful scenery
Slightly angry-looking bull
Not the Tewkesbury I know
Dramatic shot of northern shoreline of Tasmania
Boat Harbour Beach, Tasmania
Close-up of barnacles
Coloured boards on side of beach house
Boat Harbour Beach, Tasmania north shore
Stanley and The Nut
The Nut is the 143m-high hill on the peninsula behind the town of Stanley
Very curious horse comes to visit
Stanley
Quaint tea rooms at the base of The Nut
Stanley
Red roses
Stanley
View from top of The Nut
Stanley
Fang struggling to climb the Nut
Stanley
Flowers on top of the Nut
Stanley
Dec 18th (Day 6)
From Stanley to Strahan (2 nights at Strahan Village)
Northeast corner of Tasmania (Van Diemens Land)
Woolnorth
Marrawah Beach
This beach is a formidable surfing beach when the swell is up. This is a ‘calm’ day in summer.
Marrawah Beach
Fang avoiding the water at all costs!
Marrawah Beach
Marrawah Beach
Arthur River
View of Marrawah Beach from the south
Coast at World’s End
Arthur River
Savage shoreline at Arthur River
World’s End, Arthur River
Named World’s End as it really did feel like it. I expect it would be considerably rougher in Winter!
Tarkine Forest Adventures and Dismal Swamp
Fang finally picked up enough courage to negotiate the chute to the bottom of the valley!
Tarkine Forest Adventures and Dismal Swamp
At the bottom of the chute, there is a self-guided tour around the rainforest.
Tarkine Forest Adventures and Dismal Swamp
Tarkine Forest Adventures and Dismal Swamp
Tarkine Forest Adventures and Dismal Swamp
Allendale Gardens, Edith Creek
We stumbled across these charming gardens along with their friendly owners.
Allendale Gardens, Edith Creek
Enjoying morning tea at the gardens
Allendale Gardens, Edith Creek
Hydrangeas
Allendale Gardens, Edith Creek
This emu kept pestering me whilst I was taking photos
Allendale Gardens, Edith Creek
Allendale Gardens, Edith Creek
Allendale Gardens, Edith Creek
Allendale Gardens, Edith Creek
Sensitive Ducks
These white ducks were so paranoid of us to the point of even looking at them frightened them off.
Allendale Gardens, Edith Creek
Peacock and foxglove
Allendale Gardens, Edith Creek
Dec 19th (Day 7)
From Strahan-Queenstown by West Coast Wilderness Railway (red route)
From Queenstown-Strahan by bus (blue route)
Fang in West Coast Wilderness Railway carriage
We took the most splendid West Coast Wilderness Railway narrow-gauge railway from Strahan to Queenstown. The first half of the journey (by the shoreline) was by diesel. From then, the track became racked and we had a steam locomotive pull us along the river to Queenstown. One of the top 3 narrow gauge railway journeys I enjoyed (along with the Welsh Highland Railway and the Durango & Silverton Railroad in Colorado).