SUNDAY 18 - TUESDAY 20.12.2011: We made our way to a three night stay Freedom Camp at Gowrie Park. At our last two Freedom Camps we had marvelled at the "mountain" and made comment on our fortune at having such a backdrop. We set off to view "T-H-E" mountain (Cradle that is), and soon realised that the 300 photographs taken over the past days were of Mount Roland - nothing like informed tourists!
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| MOUNT ROLAND - RISES 1,234 METRES ABOVE SEA LEVEL |
The Cradle Mountain National Park of 161,000 hectares is part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area. Its varied landscapes include rugged mountains, tall forests, windswept moors and glacial lakes.
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| CRADLE MOUNTAIN & DOVE LAKE |
We managed three walks - Lake Lilla (posted as a 30 minute walk, but no mention of the steep descent and many, many, many steps). Thank goodness you were requested to sign in and out on your walks, there was reassurance in the fact that someone at some point would come looking for you!
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| LAKE LILLA |
The Pencil Pine Falls and Rainforest Walk, plus the Enchanted Walk (a magical old growth rainforest) followed. The temperate rainforests were stunning. On the return shuttle trip we were fortunate enough to see both wombats and an echidna in their natural habitat.
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| PENCIL PINE FALLS |
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| RAINFOREST WALK |
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| ENCHANTED WALK |
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ENCHANTED WALK |
Would love to report that we intentionally visited Wilmot. Alas, we missed a turn off and our 44 klms return to Gowrie Park became a 100 klms of winding road! Wilmot is a small town with a village atmosphere and a rural pioneering background. The General Store at Wilmot has a link with the beginnings of the Coles family empire. Wilmot residents have created an attraction with a trail of ingenious letter boxes all along the C132 road beginning at Forth.
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| HOME TO THE FIRST COLES FAMILY GENERAL STORE |
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