Via the end of the most southerly road in Australia, we come upon the Southwest National Park where the sands are white and the landscape vast if you're prepared to hike it for a couple days. Since our home is the camper, we set up camp at Catamaran River and enjoyed the sights from there.
Next stop was a stay in Hobart with lovely René who opened up her home and let us veg out on the couch for a couple days. We did make it to the MONA museum to check out the craziness that is the man that put this together.
Walsh made his fortune gambling and has an intriguing art collection that he built this museum to showcase. He also brews his own beer label called, "Moo", that he loses money on because he wanted to drink beer from wine-like bottles so the customisation costs a fortune. The whole set up is enjoyable and if you're a Tassie local, it's free!
An obligatory visit to the Salamanca Markets and farewell to our host, and we were off to Mt Field National Park and around through Wild Rivers National Park on the way to Strahan on the west coast.
A beautiful hike through Mt Field, we covered the Tall Trees circuit as well as Russell Falls, Horseshoe Falls, and Lady Barron Falls track. All of these mini hikes are in preparation for our Cradle Mountain venture.
Bush fires were making their way through Wild Rivers NP so one of the hikes we wanted to do was closed and fires were smoldering along the road. After the huge fires in Kakadu, we were used to the effects so it didn't startle us as much.
Crossing the grand mountain ranges of Wild Rivers, you then come across Queenstown and its bare dug out silver hills that have been excavated for minerals until the waters run orange. Somehow they are proud of this barren look but it was simply sad to me.
Luckily Strahan is on the other side and a wonderful destination on the west coast.
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