Cradle Mountain
I'm back in Hobart, it's the first of March, and as of tomorrow the Australia portion of my trip will be half over. Hard to believe isn't it?
I spent the past two nights at the Cradle Mountain Lodge, and really spoiled myself. I had a beautiful cabin all to myself, with a fireplace, hot breakfast included, and lots of tours run by the resort to choose from. There was even a spa, which I took advantage of, shamefully. I arrived there on Tuesday afternoon, showered and took a short guided walk on a trail close to the resort. I had a nice dinner at the less fancy restaurant and then walked around the resort for a bit looking for the "ropes course" that they advertised. I found it- its an area on a track just outside of the resort where the trees have low wires between them and ropes to swing on and other things that look like they could really hurt you. I took a picture just to be able to show everyone, and as I lowered the camera, I realized that two feet from me was a little wallabie staring back at me. Then I realized that there were two more wallabies on my right and left. It was pretty cool. Anyway, after that I went back to my cabin and knitted and finished my book.
Wednesday morning I went on a canoe trip with a bunch of over 50 couples (and one over 50 single woman, thankfully!). We went around Dove Lake which has the best views of Cradle Mountain- pictures are coming I swear. Just as we were coming back to shore, it started pouring rain and we all got absolutely soaked. I guess it is all part of the Tasmania experience. I was just glad I wasn't up on the mountain! So, I didn't do much else that day except bum around- went to the spa, ate dinner at the fancier restuarant, saw a tiny lizard as I walked back to my cabin. Then at 10pm I went out on the Spotlight Wildlife Tour. That was probably the best part of the resort. We just took one of their vans out, down the road through the national park, and we saw tons of wallabies, possums, and wombats (!). We even saw a baby Tasmanian Devil, which really just looks like a rat. It was so much fun!
Today I got the bus back to Hobart, which was fine until the last two hours when we picked up 20 hikers who had been doing a week long hike and smelled like you would imagine they would smell. But I survived and I'm now at my hostel which seems clean, friendly, and is definitely well located. I've got the next four days booked solid with tours, so I'll keep posting!
Love,
Emma
I spent the past two nights at the Cradle Mountain Lodge, and really spoiled myself. I had a beautiful cabin all to myself, with a fireplace, hot breakfast included, and lots of tours run by the resort to choose from. There was even a spa, which I took advantage of, shamefully. I arrived there on Tuesday afternoon, showered and took a short guided walk on a trail close to the resort. I had a nice dinner at the less fancy restaurant and then walked around the resort for a bit looking for the "ropes course" that they advertised. I found it- its an area on a track just outside of the resort where the trees have low wires between them and ropes to swing on and other things that look like they could really hurt you. I took a picture just to be able to show everyone, and as I lowered the camera, I realized that two feet from me was a little wallabie staring back at me. Then I realized that there were two more wallabies on my right and left. It was pretty cool. Anyway, after that I went back to my cabin and knitted and finished my book.
Wednesday morning I went on a canoe trip with a bunch of over 50 couples (and one over 50 single woman, thankfully!). We went around Dove Lake which has the best views of Cradle Mountain- pictures are coming I swear. Just as we were coming back to shore, it started pouring rain and we all got absolutely soaked. I guess it is all part of the Tasmania experience. I was just glad I wasn't up on the mountain! So, I didn't do much else that day except bum around- went to the spa, ate dinner at the fancier restuarant, saw a tiny lizard as I walked back to my cabin. Then at 10pm I went out on the Spotlight Wildlife Tour. That was probably the best part of the resort. We just took one of their vans out, down the road through the national park, and we saw tons of wallabies, possums, and wombats (!). We even saw a baby Tasmanian Devil, which really just looks like a rat. It was so much fun!
Today I got the bus back to Hobart, which was fine until the last two hours when we picked up 20 hikers who had been doing a week long hike and smelled like you would imagine they would smell. But I survived and I'm now at my hostel which seems clean, friendly, and is definitely well located. I've got the next four days booked solid with tours, so I'll keep posting!
Love,
Emma
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