Tasmania recap #4: Sheffield, Devonport, Penguin, Burnie, Stanley NP & Cradle Mountain
Mood: 
|| Lazy
Tune : Rent OST - "One Song Glory"
April 30: The first village we visited today was Sheffield and its known for its murals (large paintings covering most of the walls in the little town). Turned out we had just missed the annual mural festival by a week or so but the newest additions were still on display in the Mural Park so we were able to see them. We had a great (but cold!) walk through the picturesque town, coming across tons of awesome murals and taking heaps of pictures. We also spent quite a lot of time browsing through adorable gift shops scattered around (partly because they were so cute, partly to warm up, lol).
When we got back on the road the next town we hit was Devonport which is from which the "Spirit of Tasmania" boat departs to and from the main land. We went to a look-out, an amazing red/white striped lighthouse and drove around a bit but there wasn't much else mighty interesting. So we went to the next town pretty fast, which was Penguin, and let me tell you the name does the city justice! It had a 3 meter high penguin statue next to the main road and pretty much all the shops had penguin related names. Even the public trash cans had penguins on them! At the visitor's information centre the guy behind the desk was super helpful and set out a route for us for the rest of the day.
First we went to "Creative Paper" in Burnie; a very impressive gallery containing amongst others life-size paper mache statues and handmade paper with kangaroo poo or apple fabricated into it (omglolsrsly). After our visit there we went to a look-out but unfortunately it was on top of Table Cape (a large volcanic plug) and since we were standing on it prevented us from actually seeing the Cape :\ Anyway, our next stop supposed to be Rocky Cape but somewhere we took a wrong turn and we didn't feel like driving all the way back so we ended up not going there.
The last town we visited that day was called Stanley and is well-known for a huge rock smack in the middle of it called "The Nut". First we had a view on The Nut from a look-out on the outskirt of the town and after that we went closer and climbed the rock to the top. It was already dark at that point and incredible steep but we made it just fine. The view was unfortunately not very spectacular but we did see heaps of wallabies during the walks which was pretty cool. And when we drove around to find a place to stay for the night we saw a little penguin crossing the road, omg so adorable!! It was so unexpected we weren't prepared for it at all and by the time we were out of the car with our cameras in hand the little penguin had hidden himself well in the bushes alongside the road.
There were so many awesome murals we took pictures off, but I'll try to make a "small" selection
The dog looks real but is actually part of the mural
Random sign at the visitor's centre
The Spirit of Tasmania in Devonport
The single most greatest lighthouse ever!!
Am I right?
Old train we passed
Did I mention there were loads of sheep in Tasmania?
And we have arrived in Penguin!
At "Creative Paper"
This was life size!
That doesn't look good o.O
The Nut
Wallabies!
May 1: This was the first night we slept really well in the car. You see, the previous evening we suddenly discovered that two of the windows didn't close properly so we fixed that and for once it was nice and warm in the car during the night \o/
In the morning we backtracked part of the drive we made the previous day because we had made a detour for Stanley National Park. From Burnie we took the highway to Cradle Mountain -- Tasmania's most photographed icon. Unfortunately for us the weather this day was very poor; resulting in the two hour scenic walk around Lake Dover being very, very wet and cold while Cradle Mountain for the most part was clouded in fog. At least the walk warmed us up, but our feet and jeans were soaken wet and muddy. Next up was Queenstown which was a long and windy (but scenic) drive. But because of the long drive it was also the last stop for that day.
Cradle Mountain in the fog in the back on the right side
The best picture I was able to take from Cradle Mountain
More pictures can be found HERE and HERE.
|| Lazy
Tune : Rent OST - "One Song Glory"
April 30: The first village we visited today was Sheffield and its known for its murals (large paintings covering most of the walls in the little town). Turned out we had just missed the annual mural festival by a week or so but the newest additions were still on display in the Mural Park so we were able to see them. We had a great (but cold!) walk through the picturesque town, coming across tons of awesome murals and taking heaps of pictures. We also spent quite a lot of time browsing through adorable gift shops scattered around (partly because they were so cute, partly to warm up, lol).
When we got back on the road the next town we hit was Devonport which is from which the "Spirit of Tasmania" boat departs to and from the main land. We went to a look-out, an amazing red/white striped lighthouse and drove around a bit but there wasn't much else mighty interesting. So we went to the next town pretty fast, which was Penguin, and let me tell you the name does the city justice! It had a 3 meter high penguin statue next to the main road and pretty much all the shops had penguin related names. Even the public trash cans had penguins on them! At the visitor's information centre the guy behind the desk was super helpful and set out a route for us for the rest of the day.
First we went to "Creative Paper" in Burnie; a very impressive gallery containing amongst others life-size paper mache statues and handmade paper with kangaroo poo or apple fabricated into it (omglolsrsly). After our visit there we went to a look-out but unfortunately it was on top of Table Cape (a large volcanic plug) and since we were standing on it prevented us from actually seeing the Cape :\ Anyway, our next stop supposed to be Rocky Cape but somewhere we took a wrong turn and we didn't feel like driving all the way back so we ended up not going there.
The last town we visited that day was called Stanley and is well-known for a huge rock smack in the middle of it called "The Nut". First we had a view on The Nut from a look-out on the outskirt of the town and after that we went closer and climbed the rock to the top. It was already dark at that point and incredible steep but we made it just fine. The view was unfortunately not very spectacular but we did see heaps of wallabies during the walks which was pretty cool. And when we drove around to find a place to stay for the night we saw a little penguin crossing the road, omg so adorable!! It was so unexpected we weren't prepared for it at all and by the time we were out of the car with our cameras in hand the little penguin had hidden himself well in the bushes alongside the road.
There were so many awesome murals we took pictures off, but I'll try to make a "small" selection
The dog looks real but is actually part of the mural
Random sign at the visitor's centre
The Spirit of Tasmania in Devonport
The single most greatest lighthouse ever!!
Am I right?
Old train we passed
Did I mention there were loads of sheep in Tasmania?
And we have arrived in Penguin!
At "Creative Paper"
This was life size!
That doesn't look good o.O
The Nut
Wallabies!
May 1: This was the first night we slept really well in the car. You see, the previous evening we suddenly discovered that two of the windows didn't close properly so we fixed that and for once it was nice and warm in the car during the night \o/
In the morning we backtracked part of the drive we made the previous day because we had made a detour for Stanley National Park. From Burnie we took the highway to Cradle Mountain -- Tasmania's most photographed icon. Unfortunately for us the weather this day was very poor; resulting in the two hour scenic walk around Lake Dover being very, very wet and cold while Cradle Mountain for the most part was clouded in fog. At least the walk warmed us up, but our feet and jeans were soaken wet and muddy. Next up was Queenstown which was a long and windy (but scenic) drive. But because of the long drive it was also the last stop for that day.
Cradle Mountain in the fog in the back on the right side
The best picture I was able to take from Cradle Mountain
More pictures can be found HERE and HERE.