A few minutes south of the Tessellated Pavement is a blowhole which I believe is part of the Tasman National Park. It turned out to be a popular spot, so popular that there’s even a fish and chips spot there. This is actually away from the beach, the water has tunnelled through and apparently you can see the water reach up to eight metres. Not so much on the day we went. The view looking out to the ocean, see … Read More
So as we journey around Australia I’m going to try to get pictures of the various wildlife road signs. First in my collection is the Tasmanian Devil. Which, of course, I could only get while we were in Tasmania. During our stay on the Tasman Peninsula we made it to a few sites to have a look. This is another gorgeous Tassie beach near, this one near the Tessellated Pavement State Reserve. (I didn’t know it was a State Reserve … Read More
We’d heard about the Remarkable Cave on the Tasman Peninsula, but when we got there we saw a sign for a lookout that we didn’t know about. The Maingon Bay Lookout was one of my favourite lookouts ever. There’s no way to convey how amazing it is through pictures. You’re just going to have to go there yourself! Here’s a close-up of Cape Raoul in the distance. See all the pinnacles and towers? There’s a walk you can do to … Read More
Part one can be found here. After our harbour cruise and some food we headed into the grounds to tour some of the buildings. We started with the penitentiary. I really wish there had been some signs with some detail to tell us more about this building. Other buildings did have information, so maybe we somehow missed it with this one. Once you went around back there was a walkway that led to another view. It’s been long enough that … Read More