Day 27 – Freycinet National Park    

Today we were able to have a sleep in as it was all quiet around us, well almost we certainly had some very noisy kookaburra’s.  We packed up the tent and got on our way heading down the M tracks.  If you a wondering why I have missed the rest of the tracks name, I haven’t that’s what you call a whole series of tracks when you either run out of names or can’t be bothered naming them all as per Forestry Tasmania.

 The first thing we stoped to look at were the Lost Falls, well from what we could see they either should of stayed lost or no one should have found them in the fist place because they were not worth looking at especially seeming their was not one drop of water going over them.  At the top of the falls were rock pools to look at which really was only a series of stagnant water pools with some poor fish living in them.  I think these ones need to be seen in winter time.

We drove on up the dirt road to Meetus falls.  These ones were much more interesting, and there were a few other people there to see them too.  We walked down to the lookout, rather than the longer walk to the bottom.  They were probably about 50 metres tall with the water dropping almost straight down into a pool below.

The next set of falls were Hardings falls.  We started out looking for the lookout, but couldn’t find one, so we ended up walking down to the base.  It was only a 20 minute walk along a steep track with lots of loose rocks to slip down the hill with.  I liked these falls the best, not because they were particularly tall, but because you could easily climb all over them and almost up to the top.  It would be great on a hot summers day with the deep rock pool at the bottom.

 From here we decided our Tazzie trip would not be complete without a trip down to the freycinet National Park which was not too far away.  As expected there were lots of people.  We went for a drive up to the Tourville Lighthouse and went for a little walk around it which had some good views.  We drove from here along an easy 4WD track to Bluestone Bay and Whitewater wall, but didn’t stay long because it stunk a bit and didn’t really look all that interesting compared to other places in the park, so on we went again.

We drove up another 4WD track to Friendly beach.  It’s good to go along the rough tracks, because it keeps most people away, even in tourist season.  The beach has bright blue water and white sand, and stretches on for a few kilometres.  In the other direction were rocks which we went and explored.  Jo found a big crab which ran away before I could have a look.  There were some waves breaking over the rocks, so Jo decided it would be a good idea to have a photo of me with the waves in the background.  A little while later I was drenched and cold so we went back to a camp site just up the road. 

The camping area is nice enough, but does smell a little because it is next to a lagoon called freshwater lagoon.  It doesn’t smell all that fresh with the breeze in our direction but at least there are no bugs.  We made ourselves some carbonara pasta for tea with some chicken in it that we bort at the supermarket the other day.  It was really nice especially when finished off with some more icecream.

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