Swansea to Hobart

I enjoyed watching the sunrise coming up over the Freycinet Peninsula. The view from the room was stunning. I did have trouble trying to make a coffee with a strange coffee machine. I ended up giving up and making an instant coffee.

We hit the road and headed for Port Arthur. Rowan and I just wanted to take a quick look around. We know that we would like to spend a lot more time learning the convict history. This trip is really to give us an idea on what we would like to come back and do. We reach a town that is not really open yet. They take ferries out to Maria Island, which is conservation land. From there Google takes us through a dirt road and before we know it we get a 4wd only sign. We carry on a bit further but are prepared to turn around if we need to. About 10km later we find a road worker who says we can definitely get through in our little car. The scenery of the bush around us is really nice, lots of eucalyptus trees.

Once we hit tarmac again there was an echidna on the road. So I had to stop to take a photo. Look at its little face, it was sleeping.

We reached Dunalley for a spot of brunch. By this time we all were ready for food. Just as we were leaving we found a really cool op shop. It is a proper community garden cooperative and op shop in one. We headed out to Eaglehawk Neck.

We found the arch and blowhole next. The area was fairly quite but you can tell from the amount of parking that it gets manic in the summer. We got to the centre where you can enter the historic Port Arthur area. It is a two day pass which is probably necessary to take it all in.

We did a bit of a circle from there before reaching back to Eaglehawk Neck. We have more time on our hands than expected. We op shop our way back to Hobart. We find a few goodies along the way. Rowan cooks a masaman curry for dinner.