Tasmanian Adventure continued

Leaving Scamander

We are all packed up ready to go again. It's an overcast day in Scamander a beautiful seaside village on the east coast of Tasmania, where people have come for summer holidays forever!
I remember passing through when we were children on our way to the farm near St Helens from Hobart. People used to rave about the bream fishing in the river at Scamander.


So off we go through the other side of town and south towards Falmouth. The Scamander, Falmouth and Four mile Creek area was devastated by bush fire in the late spring of 2006. Several homes were lost and the community is starting to rebuild itself and so is the bush.






On the way down the coastal road you will come to a scenic lookout. Now sometimes I am a bit sceptical about these and this is one of them.What do you think? this scenic? Some would think so if you live in a desert others would say there is better. While we were here there were three Aurora (local electrical company) vehicles and the workers, in the car park taking in the view. Well it may have been their morning tea break!



Well click and we're off on the road again.
Next stop .... ...... what's this a repetitive sign to Lagoon beach? What's in there I hear you ask?

Lets go and see.
Well here is the beach and yes it is a lagoon very sheltered and very beautiful. What else?? This is a perfect free coastal holiday camp spot! Just wonderful if you have come to Tasmania prepared to camp or stop over with your camper van/caravan. There are basic picnic and toilet facilities, all you need if you can swim in the lagoon every day. Who needs a hot shower every day? Just think of all the water you are saving! We voted this as a great spot to return to in summer holidays - not the peak - but the shoulder season- for a camping holiday.


OK enough wishing we had brought the tent lets go to Bicheno.

A lovely sheltered port a great little holiday town and a retirement haven. We check out a couple of beautiful B&Bs one being Fleurs by the sea. Unfortunately the owner has just come out of hospital and we are unable to stay so lets keep pushing onto Coles Bay.
Coles Bay is on the Freycinet peninsular with the famous Wineglass Bay a good days walk.

We take the famous, 1.5 hour return, walk to the Wineglass Bay lookout, just like thousands of visitors each year. In fact it is probably 300,ooo or more who do this walk .There is always track up grades going on in the off season and luckily there were only 20 other people on the track while we were negotiating our way up the hill! No one could see I hadn't done any training for this walk! AND this is the view at the top.

My daughter makes a lovely model don't you think? We had to go outside the fenced area to get this pic but it wasn't dangerousI made sure she was safe.
OK that's enough for one day there are lots of other places to visit here so I'll tell you about those next time....