Tasmania

Last weekend we visited some friends in Tasmania.  As you might know, Tasmania produces some of the best sparkling wines in the world.  So we had to try some.

Small Bay of Fires Winery

 

 

 

 

 

 

We went on a superb walk around Cradle Mountain – 19km and up and down a couple of thousand metres, even though we didn’t attempt to get to the summit of the mountain itself!

Small Cradle Mountain walk 07

It was seriously wet.  The paths are good, and well-maintained in the National park.  They needed to be!

 

 

 

 

Small Cradle Mountain walk 17

The scenery was superb.

 

 

 

 

Small Low Head Lighthouse 04

 

 

We also visited Low Head Lighthouse, at the mouth of the River Tamar, which has a huge compressed air powered foghorn, which has been restored and it powered up and sounded every Sunday.  We were there at the right moment, and it was both deeply impressive and deafening!