Launceston to Coles Bay

Today was another day in the car, more windy roads, but nowhere as bad as the western side of the island!

We drove through to St Helens and the Bay Of Fires. This is a spectacular piece of coastline, perfect turquoise waters and magnificent rocks covered in orange lichen. The place is very popular for free camping and we struggled to find a spot for lunch. Ended up eating out of the boot of the car, then tearing down to the superfine white sandy beach, with sand that squeaks! This was a lot of fun, we hopped about on those rocks like the crazy, carefree souls that we are. There were a few sites with the best one being The Garden, and the end of the road. We spent a bit of time here, having a chat to a lovely couple from Newcastle.

Onward to Bicheno, which has a rocky blowhole. The blowhole was not very awe inspiring due to the tide not being quite right , but we got to see a little bit of spouting. Also lots more rocks, cue more frolicking about on the rocks like new spring lambs full of joy.

We dragged ourselves away from this rocky playground and onto Coles Bay, to find our accommodation for the next 2 nights. Our airbnb was literally a shack in the back corner of someone’s garden. They had an enormous block with a very impressive garden, lots of fruit trees, vegetables, flowers, chooks and lots more. We were walking distance from the jetty and more importantly, the icecreamery/fish and chip shop.

**photos to come