http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Tasmania , Cradle Mountain en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:17:33 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:17:33 +0000 So I was back in Launceston and I still hadn't been to Cradle Mountain. So I booked a tour. I got picked up and it was just the tour guide and I Still it was a very comfortable drive in a Galaxy nice change from minibuses It was about 3 hours away we stopped once at Sheffield the town of the murals we murals everywhere Every year they have a mural painting competition. Apparently there a http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain/blog-419644.html DAY 127Scratch Scratch Scratch we both sit up in bed hearing this sound and both exclaim ldquooh No not those bldy Possums againrdquo. I flicked the torch on as Andy jumped out of bed only to find a little pink snout lifting the tent flap and pressing up against the mosquito screen. Andy flicked it on the nose and it seemed to go away however we could still hear the patter of feet and http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain/blog-381809.html DAY 126Waking at around 8.00 this morning Andy got out of bed and went to the camp kitchen to put the kettle on I followed on with the breakfast things. It was lovely and quiet in the camp kitchen this morning. Andy got on with the blog I made the breakfast got some washing on the go went and bought a few provisions.Lee turned up at some point and we agreed to do the boardwalk today from Do http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain/blog-381530.html Day 124We woke up at our free campsite to another beautiful morning it was warm and the sun was strong.I got up and went to make tea I asked Caroline if she wanted her first cup and she asked me what time it was 7.20 I said ldquogive me another ten minutesrdquoI sat outside at our table piping hot tea steaming in the morning air checking emails and uploading the blog for Kangaroorsqu http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain/blog-381084.html After 9095 degree in the Whitsundays we were in for a surprise when we landed in Tasmania. Wearing shorts tanks and flipflops we were met in Launceston by 60 degree temperatures Launceston is in Northern Tasmania about 3 hours north of Hobart the biggest city. We arrived late to Tasmania and after 5 nights on a boat we were all excited to have a good night sleep in a stationary bed http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain/blog-377644.html We got up a little later today as we werenrsquot doing our own breakfast well staying by a bakery what do you expect Yummy croissants and coffee for breakfast We left by 9am as didnrsquot want to get to Cradle Mountain too late.We stayed in the campsite next to the National Park 30 a night not too bad and the camp kitchen here was lovely big open wood fires a real mountain feel to http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain/blog-369133.html Hi everyoneWe came over to Tasmania on Saturday and are really enjoying it here.After 2 nights at Ulverstone on the north coast near Devonport where our ferry came in we then travelled to Stanley in the NW corner of Tasmania. Stanley is an interesting fishing village with lots of history. We spent 3 nights there and did day trips with the car to Arthur River and the Edge of the World on http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain/blog-368655.html Luckily we had already booked a camp site at the Discovery Holiday Parks camp ground which is the only camp ground at the Cradle Valley end of the park. The rest are more upmarket cabins and chteaus etc. The park was full but the camp sites were nice and secluded so we weren't jammed in like a normal caravan park although we only just squeezed the camper trailer into our allotted site with http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain/blog-363616.html We followed the winding hilly road to Cradle Mountain we got a rare break in the weather after we arrived and made a mad dash to Dove Lake car park for a view of the mountain the weather in the National Park is so fickly it can be go from raining cats and dogs to sunny to windy to freezing cold with in half an hour. The sun was still shining even though it was freezing cold so we walked the 600 http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain/blog-355454.html Vendredi soir je me prepare pour une fin de semaine a Cradle Mountain. Crsquoest un des endroits les plus populaires en Tasmanie. Il annonce pas du bon temps mais je suis decidee et jrsquoai lrsquointention drsquoy aller beau temps mauvais temps. Craig me prete son auto pour le weekend...je suis vraiment chauceuse je trouve. En plus Craig a une passe annuelle pour les parcs nationaux do http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain/blog-352662.html How much fun is a road trip Yes this is a rhetorical question. Carissa and I have just spent the last week making our way over land and water to the great south land TASSIE. Having made our way down to Melbourne in plenty of time we decided to venture a little further south to check out the Mornington Peninsula. We made our way via Mornington around the bay to Sorrento where we biked our w http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain/blog-319277.html Well day 2 and we were all feeling refreshed so of we headed to Cradle mountain making a few stops along the way to check out the smallest waterfalls I have seen in the info broucher the water fall looked amazing on arrival we drove past it 3 times but found it in the end.We arrived at Cradle mountain around lunch time we bought a car parking permit and headed off into the mountains. The weat http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain/blog-242616.html It was only in the last month that we booked the flights for Tasmania on the recommendation that we couldn't come this far not go to Tasmania. Thankfully we had the time. We arrived early on the Sunday morning left on the Thursday so we didn't have time to be lounging about. We rented ourselves a small car to get us around.....Mellow Yellow was the car. It was so cool having our own whee http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain/blog-237280.html We started on the 24th and arrived in Devonport. A nice little city you can walk around in about 20 minutes. We needed to buy fuel for the stove and there is this Snowgum shop right in the city centre where we enquired. They did not have any Shellite but we were directed to the local supermarket. Snowgum also rents out gear for people who might want to rent it rather than invest in it. Suitably http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain/blog-229703.html Getting to Cradle Mountain was trickier than we thought and involved us getting a wee bit creative. We took a Tassie Link bus to Launceston which is the other major city in Tasmania and lies at the other end of the island. We checked into the hostel in Launceston and headed downtown. Unfortunately it was dusk and pretty much everything had closed.Tasmania is a beautiful place but is seriously limi http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain/blog-161927.html Headed even further down under to Tasmania for a weekend of more walking than I ever imagined. On our first full day we walked around Dove Lake which is at the bottom of Cradle Mountain. It rained off and on all day but when it stopped gorgeous rainbows stretched out across the water making the downpours worth it. Around lunch time the rain had let up so our guide suggested we stray from the pat http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain/blog-157019.html Blog 11 hello mudder hello fadder is best read before this one it was published on 7th February but interested people werenrsquot informed by email I donrsquot know why. joBlog 12Wait a minute itrsquos stopped raining.The weather was worsening at lake St Clair in fact it snowed after we left and so we decided we would move on east even though there were still things we had wanted to do we http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain/blog-127777.html Blog11TasmaniaAnd so on Thursday the 18th January we booked the ferry crossing to Tasmania we would sail that night we booked reclining seats how long would it take for the crossing 2 hours maybe helliphellip.it took that long to get out of the harbour like everywhere over here it is further than you think eleven hours later we arrive the sky is grey and we had been up most of the http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain/blog-126466.html Hoi allemaalAllereerst iedereen de allerbeste wensen voor 2007 uiteraard Tsja... en dan is het alweer een nieuw jaar wat gaat de tijd toch vreselijk hard zeg zo vertrek je ergens in 2005 uit NL zo is het 2007 en zit je nog steeds in OZ... nou ja time flies when having fun zeg maar. Hopelijk heeft iedereen in NL ook leuke feestdagen gehad het was in ieder geval niet al te koud geloof ik dus http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain/blog-117619.html Today only one hike was on the program but what an hike. We would go by bus to the Cradle Mountain were several unguided hikes were possible. From a simple 2 hour stroll around the Dove Lake to a full 68 hour hike to the top of Cradle Mountain. There are several ways to get to the top. Most if not all of our group decided to start with a relative easy start around a beautiful landscape with http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain/blog-116560.html