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Holy Cow!
We are on the road again, direction Launceston for a one night stay before we reach our destination: Cradle Mountain.
We haven't been posting a lot these days, due to the absence of any Internet connection in the area of the Freycinet peninsula; so we have to catch up with five days of intense bush walking... We will have to find the time to do …
Coming Home!
There isn't much to say about the two days of travelling, the 7th and the 8th. The plane rides were long, and I felt really sick on the flight from Singapore to Melbourne and Melbourne to Tasmania. I really really enjoyed my time in Japan and I learnt so much about the language and the culture, but I was also relieved to get home. The first thing I did was have a shower, then ate pasta and slept for ...
Platypus!!!!
... on a temporary basis and the other male is also heading that way too but is currently still in with her. They look like a mix of a porcupine and a anteater. After the tour I looked around the shop, sat and ate a cookie and then wandered to the main part of beauty point. I realised there was nothing there so started walking to the next town which someone told me was a 30 walk. I was power walking as only had 30mins and ...
Vorbereitung auf den Overland Track
Der Flug von Sydney nach Launceston/Tasmanien ging wie geschmiert über die Bühne. Hat nur 1,5 Stunden gedauert. Leider hat der Spürhund meinen Rucksack "erschnüffelt". Ich musste zum Glück nicht alles auspacken und versicherte den Zollbeamten, dass ich kein Essen mitgebracht habe. Jedoch verpasste ich das günstige Airport-Shuttle um 2 Minuten und musste ein teures Taxi nehmen ...
Day Five
... Cradle Mountain. With 1/8 of a tank of petrol left, and two hundred kilometres to travel, we decided to pull off for petrol and the amazing Liffey Falls. Filling up in a small country town we headed along a small road towards the falls. Large signs lead us to believe it was an established tourist route. How wrong we were. The signs were present, but stubborn as we were we ignored them to try and glimpse the falls we had travelled so far to see.
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