Day 62

Some of Tasmania's most beautiful coastline is found on the east coast. We went for a walk at the beach to see the area called Bay of Fires

This is the first shark I met on the Australian beaches - I hope it's the last!

Bay of Fires is known for the beautiful red rocks

A Blowhole at Bicheno

The drive to Freycinet National Park was long and a local beer was needed:)

Freycinet National Park

Wineglass Bay

One of the wild Tasmanien wallabies we met in the national park

The view at Coles Bay where we stayed for the night

Day 61

We left for a 9 days roadtrip on Tasmania in a rented Campervan - licensed for 2 persons but could easily fit 3 small Danish girls:)

We drove along Tamar Valley Wine Route and visited Lilydale where Providence Vineyard, Tasmania's oldest vineyard is located. The wines had a fantastic taste and we bough a Tasmanian CRU pinot noir for our trip

Next stop was in Pyengana where we tasted their popular kinds of cheddar cheese. We bought a mature cheddar that goes well with the wine from Providence Vineyard - classic and perfect for the next days in our campervan! 

The view at Binalong Bay where we decided to stay for the night

Primitive cooking

The perfect spot

The dinner wasn't too bad as the Australians would say it

At the parking spot we met a German couple called Simon and Nina - I love their van!

Day 60

In Launceston I visited Jackie together with Regitse and Malene, who are also traveling with Servas. Jackie is a lovely, warm-hearted lady who agreed to take us even if she had other things to do, she became our mother for the three days we ended up staying with her.


With Jackie as our local guide we went on a walking track to Liffey Falls through the rainforest. Liffey Falls is located around 40 km's west of Launceston.

This is The Gorge that is located on the way from Launceston to Jackie's place (about 1.5 km's) and it is beautiful.

At dinner Jackie's neighbour Ros joined us and we had a nice evening.

Day 59

Happy Australia Day:) Unfortunately we won't be celebrating much because we are travelling to Tasmania today!

The view of the West Coast of Australia

During the flight we were trying to figure out how to get to Launceston on Tasmania. We were suppose to fly to Launceston but something went wrong during the internet booking and the plane took us to Hobart (about 200 km's south of Launceston)!

Tasmania

We decided to rent a small Nissan and go on a road trip to Launceston!

I was the driver! The left side was a challenge but everything went fine:)

The landscape on the way to Launceston

This is not a car commercial (I know it looks like it!)

On our way we made a stop in Oatlands, a historic village on Tasmania with  the largest collection of sandstone Georgian buildings in Australia. Colonialists first started settling at Oatlands in the 1820's, a decade before the founding of Melbourne! Today, the township of Oatlands, with a population of approximately 600, continues to be the rural service centre of the Southern Midlands.

Lavender

The Callington Mill from 1837

The Convict Brick Trail where each brick is individually dedicated to a convict, with his or her name, age, date of sentence, crime and transport ship. 

Day 58

Today I met up with to danish friends Regitse and Malene. They are in Australia on a vacation in about a month so I planning to do some travelling with them!

We went to the Australian Open 2011 to see some tennis without having tickets and knowing what was playing! 

The lucky backpackers got free tickets from three different guests, thanks! One of the tickets for Melbourne Park was to Rod Laver Arena where the big matches are played (worth 129$). 

5 min's after we got in the quarterfinal between Danish Caroline Wozniacki and Italian Francesca Schiavone began.

On top of it all we cheatet us into second row seats and the guys behind us find it quite funny!

At night we met up with my Australian friend Ben to go in the outdoor cinema in the botanical garden.