After a much warmer night’s sleep I hopped the shuttle one last time up to Snake Hill for a gentle, mostly downhill walk down to Ronny’s Creek along the boardwalk.
It was very quiet and I felt like the only person in the world for most of it, with only a single hiker going in the opposite direction during the whole walk. Lots of evidence of wombats (square poo) and perhaps a couple of devils as well (furry poo) and even the elusive echidna (long, oval poo), but the only animals sighted today were wallabies.
While the sun was working to come out, the mountain was draped in fog which led to some different photos to the day before.
Back on the shuttle to the Interpretation Centre where the Rainforest Corcuit was a quick 20 minute delight, complete with views of Pencil Pine Falls and a walk through the centre learning more about Tassie’s World Heritage listings.
Final shuttle back to the Visitor Centre and a short drive back to Devils@Cradle where I spent another hour watching the Devils doing laps in their enclosures and quolls stalking around theirs.
The drive to Strahan included a stop in Rosebery and Zeehan to look around and the tent was set up by 2pm. Went to the local shopping centre (an IGA and a pharmacy side by side) for supplies and then up to the Water Tower lookout for views across the town and its waters, and then to the People’s Park for the 3km return walk to Hogarth Falls - a lovely rainforest walk with a waterfall reward at the end - lots of people out doing this one today.
On the way back to camp I stopped at a little food van - Westerly Seafoods and for $30 got the scallops and chips option to take home and eat on the water’s edge at camp. 15 succulent scallops and the perfect crispy chips well chicken-salted made for the perfect end to the day.
Sat now in the camp lounge charging my devices and chatting to some fellow travellers from NSW and looking forward to tomorrow’s booked adventure (and planning my return trip here with Brendon).
How beautiful!! I have to start planning a trip here.
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