We spent our last full day of our trip checking out Freycinet National Park. We did the hike up to the lookout for Wineglass Bay which is considered one of the top 10 beautiful beaches in the world. Yeah, it was quite lovely, but I’m awfully partial to the beach just outside my door.
We also checked out Honeymoon Bay which was also quite nice. Eric and I discovered a yellow wattlebird there which decided to try to “play dead” to see if we’d miss it. Once he realized we were onto him, he took off. He sure had interesting “wattles” which are those yellow things hanging from his cheeks.
It wasn’t long before it started getting less nice there because of the rain clouds we could see heading our way. When we felt the chill of the leading edge of the weather front, we decided to move on. We moved on to check out another bay and discovered it was closed. Based on the sign, I guess that weather front was going to be nasty. We found out later that Hobart actually had a tornado so I guess those clouds were packin’.
Since the rain was now getting serious we decided to eat at a little café near the park. We had a lovely conversation with a couple from Western Australia while we mowed through our grub. They were about our age and she was a netballer and was getting ready to go play in a netball tournament in San Diego. I didn’t even know netball was played in the U.S., but apparently they have started up leagues in the last 5 years or so. He had thoroughbred horses although he was quick to volunteer that he had “slow” thoroughbred horses.
We could have sat and chatted with them all day, but we needed to head back to Launceston for a night’s sleep before we got on the plane. Before we knew it we were boarding the plane and heading back to Sydney. That’s the worst part about vacations – they have to end. Now I get to start looking forward to our trip back home for Christmas and with it already being less than a month away, it won’t be long.
Just one last time I’ve got to say it – Tessellated. Hee hee!
No comments:
Post a Comment