Sunday, February 21, 2010

Tasmanian sights

Tasmania continues to delight. We have now criss-crossed the island state except for the east coast where we are currently
at Freycinet National Park.

The above photo was taken at the Ashgrove Cheese outlet out side Launceston where these wonderful painted artificial cows await the tourists. The cheeses, as they are everywhere in Tasmania, are superb. Tastings are generous and wide ranging.


It is not often that you see a piglet that seems to be a domestic pet. This former church in Evandale is now a private house and the piglet was grazing on the grass happily making wide furrows in the grass lawn.

A wooden lounge chair on the walking track up to the Wineglass Bay lookout. The lounge chair was designed in 2000 by a couple of architecture students. Nikki is having a little rest, girding her loins for the 10 kms walk ahead along Hazards Beach. The long way back to the NP carpark.

Wineglass Bay in the Freycinet Peninsula. It is supposedly the most beautiful beach on the world. I beg to differ. It is undoubtedly a lovely beach but in my estimation no comparison to the beaches in southern WA around Esperance and around Cape Le Grand.

But we did see dolphins, not just swimming and diving around in Wineglass Bay very near the shore, but actually surfing the waves. That was something to see!
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