My first trip to Tasmania, Australia was for an unfortunate reason. Blake’s Gran had passed away a few days before hand. Never the less we wanted to make sure that we still had an enjoyable time. Hey remember Weddings and Funerals is when you actually catch up with family.
We arrived at 9:30pm Saturday 8th January being Tasmania (Tassy) and needing to be in Coles Bay we hired a car. The car was hired from Budget (car rentals). The girl at the counter was really nice. Something that is interesting though she just assumed that because we were driving at night that we would be calling the following morning to report damage to the car. After driving at night in Tassy I know realise why.
As we drove out of Launceston I realised why the girl behind the counter thought that would be the case. There was a huge quantity of wild life. The possums themselves were big and fat compared to ours in Queensland. They also seemed to think that the road belonged to them. We passed many that had the ill fate of realising that the road really isn’t just for them.
We were also lucky enough to see a couple of baby Tasmanian Devils. They are so funning when they run. If you can imagine a rocking horse, then you might get some sort of idea what I am talking about.
There were many wallabies to be seen. The thing with Wallabies you always know that if there is one you are bound to go around the corner and there will be at least about 2 or more. Then we also saw these animals called potoros and they are sort of like a wallaby however a little smaller and for all the bouncing they do, they really don’t get very far. If they were on the mainland then they wouldn’t be around for long because predators would just sit and wait because they would be so easy to catch.
After seeing all this wonderful wildlife and being lucky enough not to hit any of it even though they were pretty much jumping out in front of the car we arrived in Coles Bay. My parents were actually staying in Coles Bay for a couple of night during their holiday down to Tasmania. We found number 10 cabin at the Iluka Holiday park. We had a drink with Mum and Dad then headed to bed as it would have been around midnight by that time.
Blake woke me early I would say it was around 5:30am so we could wonder down to Muirs beach and do some yoga. I have to say that it is one of the nicest places I have been to chill and relax. After Yoga we then heading down to the jetty. I was too late to see the old jetty as they had just put in a new one.
We hadn’t seen any of the family yet as it was still early. While walking back to my Mum and Dads cabin we ran into Blake’s Dad going for a walk. I left them to it and headed to the cabin for a much needed coffee and start breaky.
When Blake arrived back to the cabin we had bacon and eggs etc. It really was a good breakfast. After this we showered and packed everything up as we would be moving from the cabin and into a caravan that was onsite.
I finally had the opportunity to meet Blake’s Grandad. He is a lovely man. He has done a great job in his garden and he should be very proud of it. Gran had planted some lovely flowers around the garden. We all started picking the different berries and beans etc that were around the garden, home grown always tastes better.
We had lunch at Grandads place consisting of left over’s, which I always love. Then after spending some more family time then Barry ( father-in-law) David (Blake’s uncle), Blake and I went to the pub for some dinner. The meals at the Iluka Pub were large and very well presented as well as tasted great. Blake and I had to share a meal because they were so big.
The big day arrived when we had to travel back to Launceston to pay our last respects and good-byes to Gran. We arrived a little early and met a whole heap of people before hand. It was a good turn out. We were able to hear some stories and see some lovely photo’s of Gran. She was a stunning woman. After this we headed to Blake’s Uncle Kevin and Aunty Jenny’s place for the wake. It was great to hear some more stories and meet even more people.
We were supposed to get going before the dark came but as usual we were having a great time catching up that dark came and once again we were to drive back to Coles Bay. We did stop in a place called Perth had another great meal there. We then continued and it was a long drive back with fog that was quite thick and many turns in the road. Someone who rides a motorbike would love this road during the day. We ended up back at the caravan with an unharmed car again.
Our last day in Coles Bay was great; we headed to the walking tracks. First of all we headed up a short distance to the breath taking view of Wine Glass Bay. It was a great lookout where if you turn around a little and looked at some of the rocks the fog was partly over and looking very cold. It was actually not a bad day temperature wise. We then left Barry, Janet (mother-in-law) and Josie (sister-in-law) there and we headed down to Wine Glass Bay and then around the swamp through to Hazards Beach. We stopped at Hazards Beach for lunch that we had packed. After lunch we changed and went for a swim. At a chilly 16 degrees some would say we are crazy and those that do I would have to agree. I generally wouldn’t enter the water unless it’s more than 24 degrees.
After we went for our swim and put some clothing back on we continued on our journey. We walked a fir distance along the beach then along the coast line back to the car park. The walk in total would have been around 12 klms and we completed this in 3 and ½ hours. It was a great walk that we both enjoyed.
When we were back at the cabin we had a couple of well deserved beers and showers. We all met down at the pub again for Pam’s (Blake’s Aunty) birthday dinner. Again we had an enjoyable meal. We then went off to the house for birthday cake and to say our good bye’s in case we didn’t get to see each other in the morning before we headed out.
We woke the next morning hoping to do Mt Amos however the fog was too thick and the rain was drizzling so we didn’t make it to Mt Amos or the light house. I think that we should have something else to have to go back and see.
Thank you people of Tasmania, you truly are great people.
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