TripRoundUnder

After finishing messing around with mountains and waterfalls in the interior, we decided it was time to head to the east coast and much to Lauren’s delight, some beaches!

On the way, we took the advice of a local and drove through the Mountain Biking town of Derby and decided to hire some bikes and go up the mountain. Let’s just say, there is a reason no photographs were taken of this “adventure”… After 4 hours of hating life, we have decided as a couple that mountain biking or downhilling is on the ‘never again’ list.

Speaking of never again things, I don’t think Lauren wants to visit a lavender farm ever again. We’ve been to a couple in our time and she’s not impressed, even after visiting Bridestowe on the way out East. In saying this, even though we caught the end of harvesting season, it was still quite a beautiful place and the lavender ice cream and scones were a definite highlight.

We finally made it to the coast and decided that a place called Cosy Corner in the renowned Bay of Fires region would be a nice spot to camp. Although beautiful, Cosy Corner wasn’t so Cosy in terms of the swell with an offshore Easterly bringing some big boy waves! The famous fiery orange rocks and blue water still was a sight to behold even with the rough seas.

It was at this campsite that we made our first friend of the trip in the form of travelling Victorian engineer called Aaron. It was nice to have somebody to chat about our adventures so far and he was a great bloke! We even went for a dive together after learning that we both had some diving gear that hadn’t been used much so far. This was super cool, exploring an awesome little spot called Mermaid Pool which had its own unique ecosystem and also a more sheltered section of the Bay of Fires. Fishing remained an unsuccessful pursuit with Steve blaming the big swell.

Heading further down the coast, we decided to go for a bush walk and found ourselves trekking up a mountain called St Patrick’s Head Track which lead to some stunning views. Although not super well known, I feel like this view characterised Tassie very well, with the 360 degree view showing mountains, forests and bright blue seas all within touch of each other.

Moving on from the Bay of Fires, we made our way down to Friendly Beaches. Again, the name was slightly misleading with big swell continuing down the coast. In saying this, it was still a beautiful place to stay with turquoise blue water looking absolutely stunning, especially from above with the drone. We again got talking to some fellow travellers after telling a fellow troopy couple from NSW to share our campsite when things were looking full. They were lovely and again it was good to share some experiences and learn about what they had found from their travels so far.

Stay tuned for more!