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Bruny Island, Cape Bruny. Cockatooes ! |
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Lighthouse Bay |
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Panoramic |
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Around the lighthouse |
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© Jonas |
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© Jonas |
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Close to the South Bruny National Park, the camping gets invaded by wallabies as soon as the sun goes down. |
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Some of them are white ! |
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A kiss ? |
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Hike in the South Bruny National Park |
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© Jonas |
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Back at Adventure Bay |
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Coming back to the main island |
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En route to Port Arthur, we stop to see a blowhole, and watch a few colourful birds |
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The coast here is amazing |
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Playing with shadows :p |
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The Tasman Arch, Eaglehawk neck. |
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The cliff has a face ! |
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Here is the entry of the Devil's Kitchen ... |
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... and the inside |
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Somewhere along the road |
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Port Arthur |
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Heading North of Orford |
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This is a wood factory (we've been said that most of this wood dust is shipped to Japan) |
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Sheeps aren't quite as white as in New Zealand |
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Spiky bridge (made by convicts) |
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© Jonas |
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Next to it are interesting rock formations |
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I believe this to be Great Oyster Bay |
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We stopped for a hike in Freycinet National Park. Some wallabies are waiting for us on the parking. |
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They aren't shy at all, and hope for people to give them food (not allowed). |
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Coles Bay lookout |
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Time for a break, on a funnily designed bench ! |
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Wineglass Bay lookout |
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Hazard Bay doesn't look far behind |
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Mt Mayson |
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Trees seem to survive thunder |
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Weird animals live in the trees ! |
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We are now on Wineglass Bay |
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On the right hand side of the stone, there is a big seastar |
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Here the trees are twisted ! |
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I've been training my karate skills :) |
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Honeymoon Bay |
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Heading north towards Bicheno |
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First oysters ever for Jonas. He was not so smily afterwards :p |
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There is an Eco-Park (sort of zoo with only local animals) next to Bicheno, where we saw koalas ... |
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... Wallabies ... |
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... Cape Barren Geese ... |
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... Echidnas ... |
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... Wombats ... |
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... Tasman Devils ... |
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... lots of colourful birds ... |
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That one was very interested in me, and tried to kiss me few times :) |
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We also saw lizards ... |
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... dangerous snakes ... |
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... Pelicans (on the lake behind the park) ... |
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... Emus ... |
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... Ostriches ... |
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... Lapwings ... |
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... and we end our visit saying bye to the koalas. |
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Hike in Douglas-Apsley National Park |
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© Jonas |
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© Jonas |
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Back to Bicheno ... |
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... to watch their awesome blowhole ! |
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Penguins can sometimes be heard and seen here at night, but we weren't that lucky this time. |
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