After a relaxing night in our Wilderness Cabin, we got up and ready early for a 7:00am breakfast.
We decided to go for a walk around the lodge park and have a look at Lake St Clair. I could see from the map we had, that there was a jetty not far from our cabin.
It was a lovely walk along the forest paths to reach the lake, before reaching the main lodge building where our buffet breakfast was waiting.
The ferry moored at the jetty is used to ferry walkers from the Overland Track.
The Overland Track is a 5-7 day walk that begins at Cradle Mountain and finishes here at Lake St Clair. ..Madness 😄
The breakfast had the usual buffet fare, and we enjoyed our breakfast before returning to the cabin, packing the car and traveling a short 10 minutes to “The Wall in the Wildrness”
We visited The Wall when we were here 20 years ago and have seen in a few times since on various travel shows. The artist is certainly talented and we enjoyed our time here. (No photos allowed)
The next stop was Tarraleah. This town was built for the construction of the Hydroelectric station. The village is a collection of original 1940’s bungalows and a stately lodge, that was originally built to house visiting dignitaries, engineers and management.
In the late 1990’s Hydro Tasmania sold the entire village and it is now run as luxury accommodation.
Read about Tarraleahs history here
Sadly, I could not get any decent photos as the sun was in my eyes the whole time 🙁
From Tarraleah we had a 130 odd km trip to Hobart.
Around 11 o’clock we came across the little town of Ouse. The pub looked like a good place to stop for a break and perhaps morning tea/lunch.
Tea/Coffee and scones, jam and cream were enjoyed before stopping off in New Norfolk. We did a little shop and made our way to our Hobart accommodation for the next 3 nights.
We have stayed her a number of times before and we like it for its convenience.The bus stop is one house down from us and goes directly to the Bus Hub in the city.
We put on a load of washing and settled in for a quiet night.
Tomorrow we will take the bus to town and eat! The Taste festival opens at midday.
