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To Hobart via Ross

Day 7 of Tasmania 2022 trip

By Ippy

8 minute read

Ross Bridge, Constructed in 1836

Ross Bridge, Constructed in 1836

We had a tightly planned day but the aim was to drive from Barrington to Hobart, which would take roughly 4 hours. We had some extra stops to make because I reworked the things we had to drop on Day 3 into today's plan. Today is also the last day we have the car. Once again, just because you planned it doesn't mean things go to plan.

By Ippy

8 minute read

Man vs. Kangaroo

Man vs. Kangaroo

Today was earmarked as a buffer day in case we were not able to do Cradle Mountain the day before. Of course we know that turned out just fine, so we spent the day doing some things on the backup plan like seeing some Tassie Devils and doing laundry at Devonport. From now to the end of the trip, there will be no more hiking and things will be more laidback (and not as exciting to be honest).

Cradle Mountain

Day 5 of Tasmania 2022 trip

By Ippy

10 minute read

Cradle Mountain as seen from Marions Lookout

Cradle Mountain as seen from Marions Lookout

Cradle Mountain was the second big headliner of our trip in Tassie. We were pretty pumped for it and determined not to screw it up. Turns out we were extremely lucky to see Cradle Mountain on such a clear day - apparently there are 30 such days in the entire year.

Westward Towards Cradle Mountain

Day 4 of Tasmania 2022 trip

By Ippy

11 minute read

Sunset over a private reservoir in Barrington, Tasmania

Sunset over a private reservoir in Barrington, Tasmania

Today was intentionally a breezy relaxing day where we would just pop in to various places on the North Western Tasting Trail and have a look see or scoff food down our gobs. The only thing we had to do was make our way west towards Cradle Mountain. We had booked accommodation at a repurposed church in Barrington, which was about an hour away from Cradle Mountain. We were going to just commute to the mountain the next day because any type of accommodation closer to the mountain was very exhorbitant.

Birthday in Tassie

Day 2 of Tasmania 2022 trip

By Ippy

11 minute read

Port Arthur Historic Site

Port Arthur Historic Site

Sometimes plans just don't happen the way you want them to. Even if it's on your birthday. But one thing's for sure, you should absolutely, definitely have cake on your birthday. Always. But today we didn't

The Island Off Of The Biggest Island

Day 1 of Tasmania 2022 trip

By Ippy

7 minute read

Cape Pillar and Tasman Island, an Island off of the biggest island off of the Biggest Island in the World

Cape Pillar and Tasman Island, an Island off of the biggest island off of the Biggest Island in the World

Tasmania, that island state of Australia at the bottom of the World, I'm finally visiting you! Domestic trips are not my usual but with COVID-19 still languishing around the world, we thought we would play it safe and holiday closer to home. This would be our first trip since 2019, which is quite a break for us but we shouldn't complain, 2019 was a huge holiday that I will forever be grateful for.

Climbing Uluru

Day 4 of Central Australia 2018 trip

By Ippy

12 minute read

Road signs on Uluru road

Road signs on Uluru road

Today was our final full day on holiday and I had one last thing I needed to cross off on my list - climbing Uluru. It was basically the whole reason I went on this trip, as they were closing it at the end of 2019. I had never really thought I would visit Uluru this young but circumstances demanded it! (that's not the first time I've said that about a specific location, the other place I'd never thought I'd visit before 30 was USA and would you look at that - I've visited it twice now).

Kings Canyon

Day 3 of Central Australia 2018 trip

By Ippy

11 minute read

Kings Canyon as seen from Cotterill's Lookout

Kings Canyon as seen from Cotterill's Lookout

Today we went on a day trip outside of Yulara/Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. We were supposed to do this on our last day (tomorrow) but I pushed it up to accomodate for a possible Uluru climb tomorrow (fingers crossed!)