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Freycinet National Park Slideshow
Freycinet National Park
Travel Blogs from Freycinet National Park, Australia
"Anyone fancy some freshly caught Calamari...?"
This is a top pick! ... hour walking down a very steep mountain, we hit the beach and collapsed onto our towels! This is what I had come to Australia for! We decided to walk back a different way through the bush. Whilst walking along the track we saw our first wallabies ...
Wineglass Bay
This is a top pick! ... the local deli -- superb steaks, great ham, coleslaw, smoked fish, etc...my mouth is watering even now! Drove down to Freycinet Park (with a slight detour at a local wine vineyard for rations) Hiked into Wineglass Bay for some stunning camping on the ...
a full days paid work
This is a top pick! well i took on an offer of day work on a boat for $15us dollars an hour, unfortunately for the money it was only half a day as they had a charter start from midday but the next morning my arms and shoulders were canning from all the cleaning i´d done.. ...
Catchup!
... more seriously good cheese, we went to Port Arthur and are now camped at Coles Bay on the Freycinet Peninsula. A nice little campsite in the national park, with power & water. Unfortunately cold showers only, but the very nice 5star ...
Freycinet to Hobart & back to Launceston
From Bicheno we traveled to Freycinet National Park and stayed at the lodge. We had a beautiful cabin with a balcony looking over the forest. The whole setting of the lodge, right on the bay with beautiful beaches, views and trails, was ...
Coles Bay
Coles Bay - Freycinet National Park. A terrible nights sleep and the clocks went forward so we are both awake really early. After a excellent breakfast Mark did his first bit of driving, we had a really easy drive to Coles bay, took about 2.5 hrs, but ...
Coles Bay
... Then after a few minutes she decided to throw up all over the door mat, and it was bright GREEN!! YUK! Today, we went to the National Park, you have to pay an entrance fee, of $20. Which is very good, as the money goes to the maintenance of the ...
Freycinet Circuit, Cooks Corner-Hazard Beach
... elevation gain or loss, pretty much just a flat but hopefully scenic 12km. Our hiking day would be all along the inside of the Freycinet bay, along beaches at times, all the way back to the carpark (a word Nadine hates now as there were signs to the ...
Tassie - North West to North East Coast
Still in Tassie visiting family, friends and doing some travelling in between. We have been to the North West as far as Rocky Cape visiting Sue and her family on their farm and to Yolla visiting Troy, Chani and baby Tobi. Spent more time catching up ...
Hobart to Tasman Peninsula,then Freycinet Penisula
... narrow windy one-lane non-divided highway we arrived on the peninsula and make our way to Coles Bay and the Freycinet National Park visitor's centre. The sky had cleared up beautifully after being grey in the morning. We discovered that there was free ...
A devilish road trip - day 2
... freycinet NP. Before the walking we had a big lunch with many mosquitos (9 bites on one foot!), and afterwards I learned that in Australia even mosquitos are dangerous: they can transmit the Ross River Virus - not a clue what that is! Are 2 dozen bites ...
East coast delights
... wiith this kkeyboard and just cannot keep ccorrectingg mistakkeess!) We then traveelled across to the east coast to the Freycinet Nat Park. Tonight we are staying at theFreycinet Lodge,, another splendid place,, wiith our own cabin. we have explored ...
Coles bay, AGAIN!
Taking it easy! Today was a day of not doing much. Woke up pretty early and had a good breakfast. Strolled to the shops at Coles bay. As the walk is along a beach, which must be getting on for a mile - we came across the most unusual scene. Hundred ...
Wildlife, Wind, and Water
... two steaming hot cinnamon donuts. It was going to be a good day. We headed to the east coast after that. Freycinet National Park was a 2 hour drive from Hobart, so we got in around 12. We ate a quick lunch and then headed into the ...
The Infamous Wineglass Bay
... the area soaking up the sunshine of the east coast and enjoying the turquoise waters that are seen in many postcard images of Freycinet. After basing ourselves just outside of Coles Bay at a beach house, he headed into Freycinet N.P. to discovery the ...
Kayaking around Little Oyster Bay
Tonight we went kayaking around Little Oyster Bay for over three hours, right before sunset! First we had to put on lots of gear. We put on a fleece, a spray skirt, which sounds funny but actually keeps you dry when you kayak. It did not look like you ...
Le fabuleux Freycinet National Park
... reve pour se baigner et une randonnee extraordinaire ! A bientot Cyril Hallo Leute, auf dem Programm in diesem schoenen National Park, wunderschoene Berge, Traumstrand um zu schwimmen und eine tolle Wanderung ! Bis bald Cyril Hi everybody, the programe ...
Travel in Tasmania...
... up to the top to see the view, then rode the cable car back down. That was cool. After lunch, we drove down to Freycinet National Park, which is on the east coast of Tasmania. We stopped at a wine farm for my parents to taste some wine, then finally ...
Marshmallows on Toast at Glass of Wine Day
... to any 4 year old and the title of this entry will make complete sense. We decided to spend the weekend at Freycinet National Park on Tasmania's beautiful East Coast. One very hurried and hectic Saturday was spent packing up the gear, followed by Nathan ...
Freycinet Peninsula Circuit, to Cooks Corner
... off to the east! We ran back down to the junction and make peanut butter and honey sandwiches! Continued down to east Freycinet Saddle through rainforest and varied woodland, we could see Cooks Corner and the beach but it seemed to take forever to get ...
Hiking Wineglass Bay
... the water, which is now a beautiful blue color, used to turn red like wine when they killed lots of whales. They used convicts (Australia used to have lots of convicts from prisons living here, sent here from England.) to work on the boats but a lot ...
The stunning East Coast and our 'Porridge Spot!'
... 'mini New Zealand' in many ways. Early afternoon we arrived at Coles Bay within the Freycinet Peninsula and National Park. Further south now, the bay is dominated with rugged and jagged granite mountains called 'The Hazards' which ...
Tasmania
... ...cosy. It was a lot cooler than the west coast but that was a nice change at night. We arrived at the Freycinet National Park and visited many different places within the park, Oyster Bay, Sleepy Bay, Wineglass Bay, Honeymoon Bay and Cape Townville. ...
Wineglass Bay
Caught the bus down to Coles Bay with Kate. We didnt do much, just relaxed on the beach and swam (once). But the timing was perfect. The weather was incredible, all sun and warmth for the 2 days we were there. ...
Stairway to heaven
We wake up early and book it across Tasmania just in time to do a 3 hour hike to Wineglass Bay in Freycinet National Park. The Hazard Mountains are a barrier to the bay so in order to get to it you must climb over the mountains which is exactly what ...
Tasmanie Day 4
Reveil enchanteur à côté de la mer, malgré le vent et le brui des vagues qui nous ont empeché de dormir toute la nuit... Le vent a chassé la fumée donc un ciel beu nous attend, et la bonne nouvelle c'est que les ballades sur la presque ile sont ...
Wineglass Bay
Der Tag begann mit 1.5h Autofahren, und zwar weiter nach Norden zum Freycinet Nationalpark. Das Wetter sollte gut werden, ich brauchte um überzeugt zu sein aber bessere Argumente als dicke Wolken. Aber wie häufig hier in Tasmanien braucht es einige Zeit ...
Freycinet National Park
Der Freycinet Nationalpark im Osten Tasmaniens ist eine Halbinsel, die von den schoensten Straenden des Landes gesaeumt ist. Auf dem Trek den man um die Insel gehen kann gibt es immer wieder die Moeglichkeit zu Campen. Genau das richtige fuer mich und ...
