http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain---Lake-St-Clair-National-Park/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Oceania , Australia , Tasmania , Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair National Park en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:04:23 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:04:23 UTC My final day in Hobart was drenched in glorious sunshine sat in the shade writing my postcards then I met my pal Mitch who I met back in November on that crazy bus journey in Cambodia the one where 7 people had to ride on the roof we had exchanged emails as I knew then I was coming back to Melbourne and therefore a trip to Tassy was always going to be on the cards. Introduced Mitch to some S http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain---Lake-St-Clair-National-Park/blog-139459.html We spend the night in Deloraine's YHA hostel a rather regimented place not quite necessary since we were the only people staying there where the somewhat eccentric owner felt the need to post signs absolutely everywhere of which my favourite was beds are for sleeping in not on. Still the hostel's quiet location at the top of a small hill gave us fabulous sunset views with Tasmania's ru http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain---Lake-St-Clair-National-Park/blog-136019.html PrefaceSince 1998 when I first visited Tasmania I have wanted to do the Overland Track one of the worlds great walks. The weather gods did not send welcoming signals then and I wouldnrsquot have had the time to do it either. Thus I had to come backhellipAfter eight years I was to find that except for the weather things have changed. The Overland has become so popular that the park manage http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain---Lake-St-Clair-National-Park/blog-53336.html Cradle Mountain located near the north end of the Cradle Mountain Lake St Clair National Park in central Tasmania is one of my favourite places on Planet Earth. Though not high about 1545 meters it has a quiet serenity which allows the consciousness to image itself drifting back more than 5 thousand years and observing the same scene.The shingled hut in the foreground is called the Boat Hut http://www.travelblog.org//Oceania/Australia/Tasmania/Cradle-Mountain---Lake-St-Clair-National-Park/blog-36601.html