Freyinct National Park, Tasmania Trip (Day 8)

22nd March 2016, Tuesday

Woke up lazily today @ 7.00 am, and then we prepared to head out to Freyinct National Park for our hiking. It was finally a clear sunny weather today and we arrived at the visitors information centre before starting our hike. After getting some information and the park map from the ranger, we started to walk the park. We started off to Oysters Bay, which was a 15 minutes walk return trail. There was nothing much to see after reaching the end. Later, we walked toward Wineglass Lookout which was 5 km away.

Wineglass Bay

Wineglass Beach

So we drove up to the car park where the lookout starting point located. This trail was really the toughest trail we been to throughout the whole Tasmania. It was with a lot of rocky steps and stones and some parts of the trail was quite slippery with rubber shoes. We had to keep on climbing up and down the trails, very tiring. But when we reached up on the lookout, the view was amazing and beautiful. It was a lookout to Wineglass Bay. We spent some time enjoying the view from the lookout and took some photos too. After taking a break there, we decided to head down to the Wineglass bench. The road was scarier, with all big rocks and stones. The road was not even straight and it was really not easy to walk. Very very tiring....pant pant.... It took quite long to finally reach the beach shore.

Honeymoon Bay

I walked further down the beach on my own and picked up some seashells. Sea gulls were also flying above and walking on the beach too. After spending some time on the beach, we had to climb the same trail back up to the starting point. It was much easier to climb up back rather than climbing down. After the whole trail, I was getting sweaty and hungry. We rested for a while, had toilet break and went off. We stopped by at Honeymoon Bay, where it was so silent in the area, not even the sound of waves can be heard.

Fresh prawns and Abalone Sashmi

Fresh Natural Oysters

Garlic Scallops

Oysters Katparick (Cooked)

Mussels with tomato sauce

After that, we headed to Freyinct Marine Farm for our seafood feast. We ordered raw oysters, oysters katparick, garlic scallops, mussels, prawns and abalone sushmi. It was quite expensive for the meal but the seafood were super fresh. Yum yum....nice!! Every person who went there to eat was sure to order their fresh oysters. After the meal, we travelled back to the cottage where we rested for a while. After resting, we walked out to the Bicheno visitors information centre, where i bought some postcards to send. After that, we bought a small lottery ticket to play (scratch and match type) which we didn't win anything. Then we went to buy dinner.

Fish & Chips

Fish Burger & Chips

We went to The Glutch, where it was famous for its fish & chips. We bought a fish & chips and a fish burger and brought back to the cottage. Didn't want to eat at the place as it was open and there were a lot of sea gulls eyeing on the food too. So we tabao back to eat in our cosy little cottage with TV as our entertainment.

Hotel Stayed:
Bicheno By the Bay

Places Visited:
Freyinct National Park
Freyinct Marine Farm

Port Arthur, Tasmania Trip (Day 5)

19th March 2016, Saturday

Rainbow

Clouds covering Mount Wellington

Toys cars for sale

Tulips bulbs

German Sausages

Woke up in the middle of the night as the heater was too warm, but luckily still able to sleep back. In the end, woke up @7 am. The sky still looked gloomy and a lot of thick clouds floating today. Saw a rainbow too in the morning. I had my hot chocolate as usual and then after preparation, we went down to the Salamanca Market which was just located at the start of Kelly's steps. There were a lot of stalls selling Australia local made products, mostly wooden stuffs like pens, spoons, bowls, etc. There were food stalls too, selling honey and honeycombs, sausages, salts, fruits. So we took our time to walk around and had our breakfast from the stalls. There were also some musicians who would just set up a mic and with their musicals instruments, they will start to perform for some donations from the public.

Berries Ice Cream

My friend went super excited when she saw a stall selling berries, an auntie who walked past us was even telling us my friend was so excited and she can even feel her excitment...hohoho...So we bought a berries ice cream to try...it was quite nice, just that i am not a fan to berries...hehehe....

We walked till almost 11am, then we had to leave for Port Arthur for our wildness journey cruise. So i went back to the apartment to put our goodies while my friends went to get our lunch. I heated up our remaining small lies while waiting for my friends to come back.

Then we were on the road again, it took us about an hour to reach the cruise office. The road was wavery and zig zag. We drove onto the Tasman Highway and onto the roads where big yellow fields were seen with sheeps and cows. We almost drove past the office as the GPS preset location was not reached. We had to make a small u-turn when i told my friend who was driving that we had passed the office. Upon arrival, i went down to the counter to report. It was raining and was cold. Later i learnt that my friend was experiencing motion sickness, so we asked her to eat the sandwich bought earlier as we watched the cruise video. It doesn't look like normal cruise, it was bumpy ride and looked like get super giddy type. We waited for some time before the guide came and gathered us around. 

He gave us an introduction and the route that we will be going, and then he told us the ride would take about 2 hours and there is no toilet on board the boat. As water may splash in to the boat, we had to take care of our own cameras too. After the briefing, we drove our car and followed the bus. It was a half an hour ride to the jetty. The wind was blowing real strong and we walked towards the boat. There was also a group of china people joining. The boat looked like a big speedboat with 4 engines running and the crew gave us some safety tips before we set off. They also gave those who were scared getting motion or sea sick a ginger pill and instructed us to inform them immediately if feeling unwell. My friend took a pill too. Then the crew passed us each the waterproof jumpsuit to wear.

After that, we were off for our adventure. The ride was super bumpy and fun, like riding roller coaster with the big waves beating the boat. We were brought to the edge of the cliffs along the sea coast and the guide would gave us some introduction on the stones and rocks which were formed naturally. There were also many small caves near the edges of the coast. There was even a waterfall, and there were some stones with colours. The guide also showed us sea eagles' nest. My friend just feel super sea sick after 15 minutes of the ride, so she was brought to the back of the boat where the bumping motion is not so much. Her husband followed awhile later to company her at the back of the boat. So i sat alone in the middle row. The wind was super strong, and the water also splashed onto my camera once. Luckily, my camera still works fine. Later, they brought us to near a shore, where the water was clear and green. It was also super quiet. Then we were brought to see the sea lions out in the sea. The sea lions were all having their afternoon nap but we can take photos quite close up. After the sea lions sighting, they drove the boat further out to the south pacific ocean to let us catch any sights of sea eagles and to experience the big waves. 

Fried Oysters

Fish & Chips

The boat was just bumping all the way back to the starting point. We reached the shore around 4pm. Then we walked to the blowhole and the pirate bay to view the ocean from a higher ground. It was really nice standing and watching the big waves splashing onto the rocks. After that, we headed to the oysters restaurant, Barilla Bay Oysters for dinner. It took us about an hour plus to reach there. We ordered the fried oysters, fish & chips and a whole proofer fish. The food were sooo yummy, it's no wonder the reviews for this restaurant was super good online. We had a super nice dinner but we were quite worried my friend would get motion sickness again when we hit the road back to the apartment. Anyway, we left and drove back to the apartment. I would just check on my friend on and off along the way though. Luckily, she don't feel uncomfortable. We saw a rabbit hopped at the side of the road but were not sure whether it is wild. 

Once we were back in the apartment, my friend just sat on the red rest chair. Funny thing, she still finds the boat ride was fun even being seasick..hohoho....we all took turns to shower and had apples for supper. My 2 friends ate their sandwich as they were hungry....lol...After that, it was sleeping time.

Hotel Stayed:
Sullivans Cove Apartments - Salamanca Battery Point

Places Visited:
Salamanca Market
Tasmania Island Wildness Cruise