Tassie Devils and other creatures!

Easter was spent in Tasmania travelling around the East coast of the island. 6 days of traveling is very hard to show but I've picked some of the better pictures to show some of the beauty of Tasmania!

First day was spent at Launceston. This is the second biggest town in Tasmania and the Cataract Gorge is the highlight of the town. It is only 30 minutes walk from town center so it was nice to go for some short hikes and get myself getting used to doing some "bushwalking"

Cataract Gorge

The next day was spent hiking through Cradle Mountain. It is part of Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area and probably the most popular tourist spot. There are multiple options of hikes and I just did a day tour which is around 5 hours of hiking with a tour group. However the ultimate hiking tour would be the 6 day OverlandTrack where they spend 6 days in the bush trekking with all their gear! I saw a few people at the start of the trek with HUGE back packs. Part of being a protected area also means that there were a few animals wandering around including a wallaby and a wombat with its cub!Momma Wombat and child

View of Cradle Mountain from the top of Marion Lookout

View of Cradle Mountain and Dove Lake

Wild Wallaby at the park

After Cradle Mountain, I joined up with a group with Adventure tours for 3 days to go down the East coast. It was a truly a United Nation group of people with 2 Danes, 2 Germans, 1 Swiss, 1 Portuguese, 1 Belgium, 2 Canadians and 2 Koreans. Our tour guide Matt was fantastic and the group dynamics was perfect for a fun time. There were spontaneous dancing and singing with the guitar and interesting activities such as squid-fishing. Without a doubt, it was the people that made the tour fun but the scenery was pretty impressive as well. Places we went to include the Bay of Fires beaches, Freycinet Peninsula, Port Arthur and random places such as Spikey Bridge and Pirate Bay. Matt entertained us with the history and stories behind the sites and we also visited a conservation area with Tasmanian Devils, kangaroos and wallabies. What a fabulous time!

Bay of Fires

Wineglass Bay, Freycinet Pennisula

Tasmanian Devils! They look cute and cuddly but would not want to have those teeth biting on me!

Kangaroo and Wallabies (we got close enough to pet them)

The tour group