Blogs from Bicheno, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania

The flight from Melbourne to Launceston was very quick, only around 55 minutes. I was very thankful for this as the small child sitting behind me spent the duration of the flight kicking the back of my seat. We took the airport shuttle bus into Launceston. Since our bus to Bicheno wasn't leaving until the afternoon, we had a few hours to walk around and take a look at Launceston. We were able to leave our bags at the transit centre with the bus company that we would be using to get to Bicheno. It was a gorgeous day as we set out for a stroll. I decided that I would definitely need a hat for our trip, especially when we would be hiking the Three Capes later in the trip. We came across the Boag's ... read more

Hi there, ok, having problems putting photos on, feel like I'm chasing my tail with this wi-fi malarky!! When we went to visit the Bicheno Blowhole which was pretty amazing to watch, Stu decided to jump between the large rocks and fell, he really did hurt himself, did the limping bit for a while, big graze on his leg and his arm was painful. Still he survived, he was jumping on wet rocks, whereas we picked the dry rocks !! Earlier in the day, Stu, Sue and myself were walking to the shop in Bicheno to get some food shopping and Stu started saying to Sue 'move away', we didn't know what he was talking about as usual, he had stopped dead in his tracks, when I noticed a revolting orange spider crawling up Sue's leg ... read more

June, Brian and I left Hobart yesterday morning and drove north east towards Bicheno. We travelled through the countryside to Orford in Glamorgan where a bridge crosses the mouth of the River Prosser. Then onto Swansea a small east coast town where we stopped for coffee. This seaside town overlooks Great Oyster bay. We arrived in Bicheno mid afternoon...a quiet but popular holuday resort..and as we are in the main summer holidays it was quite busy. We stayed at a beachfront hotel overlooking the coast. Unfortunately the weather was a bit grey but the main reason for staying in Bicheno was to see the Little Blue ( or Fairy) Penguins return to their rookery in the evening. We left the hotel at dusk and joined an orgsinised group at 9.00pm. We were taken by mini bus ... read more

30thDecember 2012. Early morning start as we have a big day ahead. First stop was Douglas-Apsley National Park where we were told there would a beautiful gorge. Sure enough, the gorge was beautiful with crystal clear water which was icy cold. Daniel and Sasha were brave enough to go in and have a swim. Besides, somebody had to stay ashore to keep an eye on our lunch. After lunch, we headed towards Coles Bay. There were no shopping centres there but the views were just amazing. Coles Bay was such an amazing place, we tried to find a camp site but they were all taken. We did as much site seeing as possible and moved on. The next town was Swansea, where we came across a little seafood restaurant called ‘Oyster Bay’. We had dinner here ... read more

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