Saturday 17th March - Tuesday 20th March 2012 - Freycinet

We packed up early and headed for Freycinet. As we were driving Charlotte asked the date and as we both replied the 17th March Ed and I looked at each other and realised it was our Wedding Anniversary. Happy 11th anniversary to us! We were driving down the Freycinet Peninsula when we had a moment of connection to the network on our phone, so I called ahead to the National Park to get a campsite. Unfortunately there were none available so we turned back and headed to Friendlies Beach. We found a lovely spot close to the beach. After we had set up we headed down to the rocks and the beach for a bit of a explore before returning from the beach to hit the school books and journals (much to the dislike of the girls when a beach is so close). Ed and Thomas meanwhile explored the beach and rocks for good fishing spots!

Friendlies Beach

We had a friendly kangaroo around us all the time and the kids called him, 'Boy' (very original).
We had a nice meal with a lovely bottle of wine and some brie and biscuits to enjoy our celebration.
We spent a couple of days enjoying some sunshine, beach, fishing (with no result!) and relaxing!
On Monday the 19th we went down to the national park just past Coles Bay. We camped there for a couple of nights. Our first adventure was the steep walk up to the Wineglass Bay lookout. Wineglass Bay is so named due to the times when whaling was an industry in the area. They said that the water in the bay looked like red wine with all the slaughtering of the whales in the bay. The bay is now a beautiful beach minus the whale blood (thank goodness!)

Wineglass Bay

The beach wallaby

Olivia on Friendlies Beach

After a rest up at the lookout we decided to tackle the walk down to the bay. It was very rocky and steep in places, however we made it down. There was a few friendly wallabies down there which the kids enjoyed a pat. Ed enjoyed a body bash and the kids stripped down to their undies and I went down to my undies and a singlet top and we hit the surf. It was cold but just had to be done! After cooling off we tackled the steep climb back up to the lookout and then the walk back down to the car park. We kicked back afterwards and relaxed down at the beach.

A lookout overlooking Coles Bay

We enjoyed some more exploring the next day. Honeymoon Bay, Sleepy Bay and Bluestone Bay and the Cape Tourville Lighthouse.

The Cape Tourville Lighthouse

Bluestone Bay

We enjoyed a lazy afternoon relaxing on the beach and caught up with another couple (Paul & Maxine) who have 3 boys. The kids enjoyed an afternoon playing on the beach and we chatted about travelling around Tasmania. We had seen them a few times on the way around. We were all heading up to the Bay of Fires so there was a good chance that we could see them again.