Hobart to Strahan

We managed to leave Hobart bright and early, knowing that we had a long drive ahead of us. First stop was at Westerway Berry Farms, as we had eaten all the berries we bought at the markets the day before! The pick-yourself-option was closed, it was wet and muddy and cold, so we didn’t mind.

Mount Field National Park was our next stop. We walked to Russell Falls and then onto Horseshoe Falls. Russell was very pretty but not a lot of water. Horseshoe required us to climb a LOT of steps! If nothing else, we are all keeping fit!

Lake St Clair was cold, rainy and windy. We stopped in and looked at the lake did the shortest possible walk that had views of the lake, then warmed ourselves in the visitors’ centre, looking at the various displays telling us about animals, plants and culture in the area.

Nelson Falls was spectacular – the volume of water coming down sprayed us with water on the viewing platform. The walk in and out was more of the lush rainforest that we love so much, it feels like something out of a fairy story. The trees have moss growing on them and ferns everywhere. We have a running competition to find the most interesting plant/flower/leaf/moss/fungi. It’s a magical world down here. We are seeing lots of wildlife. Found an echidna today.

Then much more driving hilly, windy roads. I have discovered that allowing Sam to sit in front, stops him from being carsick, but after many hours yesterday I discovered that I miss our wide-open straight roads of home!!

We arrived safely in Strahan in the late afternoon, thanks to Sutts for driving us through the “90 bends” that is the descent into Queenstown.