-day 3 of our 5 day trip to Tasmania-
We had self made breakky in our cabin (eggs + toast). In Ross I happen to get Vodafone GPRS reception, slow but at least it’s something. No Optus what so ever. So I started looking for Tuesday’s accommodation, somewhere in the middle. I picked Tarraleah, and The Scholar House there.
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(http://www.flickr.com/photos/halans/3616690562/in/set-72157619587780690/)In the morning we walked through Ross (which is really only one main street), and got some local goodies from the bakery (a shortbread wheel). We passed through Evandale, which is another old, colonial town, and snapped some great pics of low hanging clouds. Again, we passed a bunch of lovely lookouts on the way to Cradle Mountain. But arriving at Cradle Mountain, there’s lots of diseased or dead trees, at Middlesex Planes.
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(http://www.flickr.com/photos/halans/3615873111/in/set-72157619587780690/)Checked in at the Cradle Mountain Lodge (into cabin 73) and visited… the visitor center of Cradle Mountain (another 22$ day pass). At the visitor centre is a short boardwalk through local forest. There’s a bus service departing here to Dove Lake, as a sign tells us parking spots are limited, and there’s a 30 minute waiting time. We thought we’d risk it anyway and driving down to Dove lake. Turned out not even a third was filled up. Dove Lake with Cradle Mountain in the background is lovely. We walked down towards Glacier Rock. While there a rainbow appeared, a great photo opportunity. Up here it was the first time that we really felt the wintery cold, so you’d better dress up.
We didn’t stay too long, as we wanted to do another short stroll along boardwalk (Kenny something walk). That evening we had dinner at the Lodge’s Tavern (tomato soup and oysters, scotch fillet and salmon). While walking down to the tavern, we had a wombat encounter, a mommy with her baby, so cute! After dinner we enjoyed our cabin’s spa bath…
Read on, day 4.