The Kelly Family: Tassie Trip

Well the last part of this post is below Bec's cause I started it several nights ago but seem to have 'technical difficulties' so have decided to break it up into several posts. Anyway.....

We had a fabulous time - the first time I've had with just the two of us and we didn't want to come home! Below is a mix of our itinerary and some extra comments of what actually happened.
Tues 16/3
-Arrive Launceston, pick up car at airport
- Drive to Cradle Mountain via Deloraine for groceries plus any other rest stops I might like
16/3-21/3 (5 nights at Highlanders Lodge at Cradle Mountain)
.wildlife around the cabins saw a snake, plenty of pademelons
.wildlife in the NP saw an echnidna and wombat
.did a short walk with Shell (and Tillie), Ros (and Lizzie) and Alison (and Ruby) to Glacier Rock and also did part of a boardwalk with them and also Michelle and Krista
.visited photo gallery at Lodge, then drove to tavern for lunch and did Enchanted Walk
.was proud to make it around Dove Lake carrying Nick
.had good-bye drinks at the lodge then dinner
Sun 21/3
-Check out Highlanders, leave around 7am to arrive Queenstown @9am
- check into hotel
- 10am dept of West Coast Wilderness Railway with return by coach @4.45pm
Mon 22/3
-Check out drive to Strahan and do Gordon River Cruise
(also saw play 'The Ship That Never was')
Tues 23/3
- Check out and long day of driving to Geeveston thru Hobart(I realise 6-7hrs driving) with rest stops (left just after 9am and arrived just before 5pm!)
Wed 24/3
- Tahume Forest Airwalk
- Hastings caves (thermal spring was disappointing as is just a pool - was expecting natural surroundings not concrete)
- 2nd night Geeveston (saw a platypus!!!!!!!! in river in the village)
Thurs 25/3
- Apple Museum between Geeveston and Hobart
- continue to Hobart
- Mt Wellington in afternoon
Fri 26/3
- free day in Hobart (did Tram sightseeing tour of city, then Louisa's Walk in afternoon, followed by dinner river cruise on the Derwent)
Sat 27/3
- Salmanca markets
- drove to Port Arthur in time for 2pm Tasman Island Eco Cruise
- accomodation in Port Arthur
- Ghost Tour 8.45pm (paid for but didn't do due weather)
Sun 28/3
- half- 3/4 day ish at Port Arthur
- night in Richmond (went for walk around 'village' when arrived and saw gaol and bridge)
Mon 29/3
- Nine Mile Beach
- night at Bicheno
- see penguins at night (didn't do due weather and operator said only getting 10-12 penguins max at moment)
Tues 30/3
- Freycinet NP, Wineglass Bay (managed to get to Wineglass Bay lookout carrying Nick proof in my avatar!, also visited Tourville Lighthouse and Friendly Beaches)
-night at Coles Bay (accomodation stuff-up they didn't have a cabin for me so had to go into a spare one they have for overflow which wasn't all that nice and not very clean!!!)
Wed 31/3
-drive back to Launceston
(did Platypus House then visited Kellie and Nina in afternoon)
Thurs 1/4
- (did morning and lunch cruise on Tamar river to just past Batman Bridge
- (drove to Grindelwald, visited a cellar door for presents, then went to Cataract Gorge but only had time to do chairlift back and across with only 15mins on other side
Fri 2/4
- Fly to Melbourne to visit Tanya and Marvin
- (went to Kid's Big Day Out at Etihad arena (telethon for RCH) then back for lunch and walk to and in Fitzroy Gardens)
Sat 3/4
- Melbourne Aquarium and walked back along river to MCG (where game had just finished so at times was walking against the crowd) and back to their place)
Sun 4/4
- home on 2pm flight

First view of Cradle Mountain

Yes it was cold there at night!

Standing on Glacier Rock, overlooking Dove Lake and Cradle Mountin in background

One of cabin-mates CJ - they looked like little blue caterpillars as both in blue sleeping bags that morning.

Some of the girls - Ros holding Nick and whom is the Mum of the other bub.
And yes we were having a great time - note the wine and cheese in the foreground!