DAY 36
19th January 2021
We left Hobart today. But before leaving civilisation behind, I went in search of a sweatshirt, very unsuccessfully! We went to Kmart and Big W, no sweatshirts and there were only summer clothes in both. Considering we were there in the middle of summer and it was freezing means I think the stores need to rethink their fashion! But I managed to find and buy a men’s flannel shirt from Big W for $10.
We drove up Mount Wellington, and it was freezing up there. It even started to snow (in summer! That’s how cold it was!). We had a look around but there wasn’t much to see since we were in the clouds.
Driving down south, we had some amazing views along the coastal road.
We got to the terminal for the Bruny Island ferry and crossed over. We explored the North island first but there wasn’t much there other than little fishing or holiday houses. So we crossed at The Neck, the isthmus between the two islands. There is a colony of penguins who live there, and you can walk up to a viewpoint over the isthmus, which I did. Josh went for a walk down the boardwalk to the beach. We talked about coming back for the penguins but they didn’t really come out until about 10pm, too late for us!
We camped at The Neck campsite for the night.
DAY 37
20th January 2021
Josh put the drone up to take photos of The Neck in the early morning light. They were so nice!
We drove down to the bottom of Bruny and visited the lighthouse. There was a whole lot of dolomite rock down here, forming into diagonal columns along the coastline.
We then did the shorter Labillardiere walk from the nearby Jetty Beach campground. There was a longer one but I’m glad we didn’t do that one, as the walk was mostly pretty boring until the very end, when we got to duck down into secret beaches along the path. I wish I had my swimmers, though it was a bit on the chilly side! The water was so clear and beautiful and I really wanted to go for a swim!
We had lunch at the campsite there, then drove the 4wd track to Adventure Bay. We were following a wallaby hopping in front of us as though he was showing us the way – it was very cute.
We drove around the bay and parked at the car park at the end of Adventure Bay to do the Grass Point return walk, which went along the coast and right to the point. There used to be whaling operations going on there for many years, though there wasn’t too much evidence of it now.
We camped at The Neck campsite again for the night. It was a lot busier tonight than it had been last night and our spot wasn’t quite as good.