Tuesday 21st November 2017
After packing up camp we headed back to the National Park and went on a guided walk through the Enchanted Walk. Our guides Emma and Kate gave us an informative walk through the bush describing and naming plants, and their varying uses. Their information and imagination was amazing. We ended the tour with an echidna sighting. It was fantastic to see these animals up close in the wild.
We then headed on our way the scenic route to Launceston. Via Mersey Valley, Chudleigh where we went to the Honey Farm. Here they had every imaginable type of honey that they make on the premises, as well as nougat and ice cream, also made by them. We both had an ice cream which was LOVELY!
We then headed to Launceston where we had intended staying in the Big 4 but due to its location on the highway and the noise, Ali made the decision to head out of the city to a lovely little riverside camp at Longford.
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- At the Interpretive Centre there was a model of the Cradle Mountain National Park. Emma and Kate are pointing the steep section we climbed yesterday. They were all smiles about their accomplishment.
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- In the Enchanted Walk..
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- Up close to another echidna…
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- .. they are an incredible animal. And this one not shy at all.
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- Flowers on the walk
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- An amazing animal
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- A wonderful national park. We are never disappointed in the bush.
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- Little waterfall
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- Time to decide where to go next. Maps out and Emma and Kate play a little trick on Uncle David. They add a few friends to his bag.
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- Helicopter leaving the Visitors Centre at Cradle Mountain National Park
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- Mersey Valley with DBs friends
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- Tasmanian Waratah
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- The Cethana Power Station is a conventional hydroelectric power station located at Cethana Dam.
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- DBs friends also joined us on the walk to King Solomon’s Cave at Mole Creek
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- Statue of a trilobite (fossil group of extinct marine arachnomorph arthropods) at Mole Creek
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- Roses are in full bloom at Chudleigh
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- Honey Farm at Chudleigh
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- Beehive in the Honey Farm
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- Inside the Honey Farm store they have every imaginable bee and honey merchandise
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- Ice cream for me and DBs friends
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- Dinner for two by the river at Longford, just outside of Launceston