Walking Tasmania

That's walking in Tasmania, rather than Tasmania getting up and wandering over to New Zealand or something. Anyhow, when I decided on coming to Tassie, I thought that while I was here I'd do some serious hiking, and that's been achieved in spades.

Tassie is fantastic. Really. And the weather isn't half as bad as it's cracked up to be; rather, over the last week or so, it's been sunny and warm, which has been great.

I started off from Hobart and headed out to the east coast. The scenery here is just beaut - golden beaches, crystal clear blue waters - if the sea was about 10deg C warmer there wouldn't been better beaches anywhere in the world. So, loads of coastal walking, and a trip up Mount Amos on the Freycinet Peninsular that turned out to be a bit more vertical than I thought it was going to be. Still, the view from the top was well worth the effort.

After a few more days driving, walking and camping, found myself in Cradle Mountain National Park. Wasn't going to do a long walk, but after going up one hill, thought I'd go on a bit more, then a bit more, then found myself going up Cradle Mountain itself. Again, this got a bit more tricky than I thought it was going to be, with a definite scramble/small bit of climbing involved as I got towards the top. Still, made it up, and again, fab view.

There's loads more I'd have liked to have done here, but time presses, and there's things to do and people to see: specifically in Alice Springs, which is where I'm off next. And I'm on a tour, so it's time to get sociable with other people again. Oh well!