http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Tasman-Peninsula/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Tasmania , Tasman Peninsula en-us Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:26:33 +0000 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:26:33 +0000 With the help of our new Camps book we had found ourselves a lovely free spot at River Rocks Campground. It was chockablock with other friendly campers and as natural as you can get complete with stinky long drop toilet Seriously though it had a great atmosphere and we got chatting to some lovely people.After we had our homecooked gourmet pasta dinner it rained through the night http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Tasman-Peninsula/blog-686654.html 4 January 2011In need of some redneck bogan contact we decided to camp out at Fortescue Bay. Unfortunately there were no sites big enough for us so we got lumped with the ferrals. Or maybe they just looked at us and decided that was where we belong...The bay itself was nice but the camp ground wasn't great we were shocked not to mention disgusted about the rubbish people had left and all the http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Tasman-Peninsula/blog-563609.html Seventh DayAn early start as we picked up others who were joining us for the last five days of the trip there were a family from South Korea a German woman and a guy from Austria. In addition we had a second tour guide a younger fella by the name of Ben. You could say that the fourperson dynamic we'd had with Gary was at an end. And we knew we'd been very fortunate. What would the rest of our http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Tasman-Peninsula/blog-475974.html Tri turistke in tasmanski vragec Jutro smo zacele z voznjo po zalivih do marine in se odlocile da zavijemo proti severu. Najprej na Tasman Peninsulo proti Port Arthurju in Cresent Bay. Polotok je proti odprtemu morju nedostopen obala je strma in skalnata imenovana Pirates Bay. Visoke strme stene smo videle le v daljavi. Z manjso turisticno ladjo smo naredile krog po zalivu Cresent Bay in si o http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Tasman-Peninsula/blog-456812.html Hi folksjetzt ist er also gekommen unser letzter Tag in Tasmanien.Nachdem es in den ersten 3 Wochen wirklich saukalt war zur Abwechslung mal der kaelteste Sommer in den letzten 30 Jahren sonst schaffe ich es ja immer nur an den Orten mit dem nassesten Sommer seit Anbeginn der Zeitrechnung oder so aehnlich zu sein haben wir tatsaechlich noch ein paar richtig schoene Tage gehabt der echt http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Tasman-Peninsula/blog-361937.html Elle est plus belle plus sauvage et plus indomptable qu'on l'avait reve. Et elle nous a accueilli paree de ses plus beaux atouts drappee dans sa robe soleil de fleurs multicolores. Le 11 decembre nous sommes arrivees a Hobart petite ville aux allures de bourgade moyenageuse quoique de fin 19e eparpillees sur les collines embrassant des rivieres lacs et baies d'ocean. Les maisons ont des jar http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Tasman-Peninsula/blog-354644.html Alas our time in Tas has drawn to a close. I have provided some key phrases to best sum up our time here in the Apple Isle if you look closely you may stumble across a common theme Its raining cats and dogs Nice weather for ducks Its bucketing down. Yes the precipitation has been at times intense but despite the generous proportion of water that has fallen from the heavens Ca http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Tasman-Peninsula/Port-Arthur/blog-354370.html Fin de semaine de trois jours du 91011 Octobre Cest la premiere fin de semaine de trois jours que jai depuis que je suis arrivee En fait il y avait une journee feriee le jeudi pour le Launceston Show mais je devais travailler pour finir un mandat roche et de toute facon je prefere bien mieux avoir le vendredi de conge et partir pour la fds. Je termine mon travail le jeudi en http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Tasman-Peninsula/blog-335191.html This morning we tried our hands at sea kayaking. The water was warm and the not too choppy. It was lots of fun and we managed quite well. No falling in the water or turning the boats over. The weather was pefect and the silence out on the bay a welcome change. We drove south to the Tasman Peninsula over EAglehawl neck where we saw the famous blow hole and Tasman Staying in a wonderful coloni http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Tasman-Peninsula/blog-234215.html A Gorgeous Day in Convict Land We started our day by checking out of our hotel in Hobart. The plan was to drive to the Tasman Peninsula Tasmania was found by a man named Tasman and thus there are a few places in town with his name attached in the south east corner of the state. The Tasman Peninsula contains the remains of one of the largest of the original convict prisons constructed to house Br http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Tasman-Peninsula/blog-143246.html The Tasman National Park is in the far southeast of Tasmania about an hour and a half's drive from Hobart. The Tasman Peninsula has the highest vertical seacliffs in Australia it was the aim of our hike to see these and hopefully not get blown off they're 300 metre vertical cliffs.We headed down to Fortescue Bay on the eve of Australia Day 07. For the second and final time I made the mi http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Tasman-Peninsula/blog-123206.html Off the ferry in Kettering we return to Hobart which we cross in a matter of minutes London you have a lot to answer for and head eastwards passing through the town of Sorell where we pick up a large bag of fresh Tasmanian scallops for dinner. Our destination is yet another part of eastern Tasmania's convoluted coastline the Tasman Peninsula. Connected to the rest of the island by the wi http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Tasman-Peninsula/blog-121756.html Hobart Part 1After convincing Melanie to join me on my trip to Tasmania we had only to follow through to do it which we did to quote my favorite book with grace and aplomb yes grace and aplomb. Our trip was full of synchronicity felicity and a general sense of good times Tasmania's one of those places that on a map looks like a good funfilled week. But in reality you need a good long m http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Tasman-Peninsula/blog-112724.html We went to visit the Tasmanian Devils in a wildlife park. Tasmanian Devils seem to be dying off due to a cancer that is infecting them. This wildlife centre is dedicated to the eradication of the disease and have been really successful so far. They are now trying to stop any infected devils crossing over onto the Peninsula. The park is really nice and well done they have some of the good bird http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Tasman-Peninsula/blog-87050.html We drove down to Port Arthur and I for one was expecting a town with a historical settlement on the outskirts.as it happens the town is on the outskirts of the settlement the town consisting of one bakery and one shop.After paying for our orientation tour and boat cruise you are given a Port Arthur booklet and a playing card that corresponds to one of the former inmates. Mine the Seven of http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Tasman-Peninsula/Port-Arthur/blog-87036.html We drove down to Tasman Peninsula and the scenery is absolutely amazing. Every five minutes you are hit with a beautiful inlet or lake or view of a mountain. We went for a drive down the coast and stopped at a little carpark where you can walk along the sea front towards the tessellated pavement because of earth movements the rocks forming the sea front appear tessellated as if they are tile http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Tasman-Peninsula/blog-86796.html