Mount Fields

I love Mount Fields with its giant trees and its sublime alpine scenery.  There was a lot of mist on the high mountain so the views were blocked but it was great fun to hike through the thick snow. 

Hiking in the mountains

Hiking in the forest

We moved down from the freezing mountains into the warmer forest and explored all the lovely waterfalls.  Russell also got lots of geocaching in, finding 7 caches along the way.

Views between Mount Field and the motel where we stayed

Launceston

We explored the Cataract Gorge on the "inclinator" and then admired their resident peacocks.  

Roger and Jocelyn stayed on in Launceston as they needed to get the ferry back to Melbourne the next day.  Russell and I hired a car and drove to Mount Fields as we had two days left to explore.

If you look carefully, you can see the little Joey.

Near Cradle Mountain

Tasmania experienced its biggest snow fall of the year just before we went.  Unfortunately this meant that Cradle Mountain and Dove Lake were inaccessible but this didn't stop us from having lots of playful fun in the snow.  

A cute wombat foraging in the snow

Waterfall Walk

The lodge where we stayed had two awesome walks in the surrounding mountains with some beautiful waterfalls.  It was wonderful to get out into the mountains again with Russell.

Stanley

Stanley was a lovely, sleepy town on the northern coast of Tasmania. We stayed in a cosey place close to the water.  Thankfully they had a powerful heater as the weather was extremely brisk!  We all went for an invigorating walk on the hill overlooking the town and enjoyed some great views.

The sea side town of Stanley

Climbing the local hill

Overlooking the town the next morning

The newly weds !

On the road in Tasmania

Paper museum

Breakfast

One of the nicest meals we had: an omelette to beat all omelettes.

Beautiful Tassie

A spontaneous dunk in the ocean

Brrrrr, it was freezing !!!  Roger dived in too, brave soul.  Russell was about to when the frigid wind came up, and he promptly changed his mind !

Lovely fudge

So many novel flavours to try.  The coffee was good too.

Tassie cows

The little town of Penguin

We travelled to Tasmania on the night ferry which allowed us to take Roger's car.  The little town of Penguin was our first stop after getting off the boat.  We didn't get to see actual penguins on the beach, but we saw references to them all over the town. As you'd expect, they are penguin mad. 

All things Penguin !

Photo fun on the boat

Cute llamas in The Yarra Valley