We start the day with a sunrise over the world Sth Bruny Island.
Our morning wake up walk around Adventure bay, Sth Bruny Island
Captain James Cook was here in 1777 a monuent to his place of landing
Wildlife was everywhere around here on Sth Bruny Island "A Kookaburra"
Pristine beaches:
The tracks generally are pretty good on the way around to Futed Cape and Penguin Island: Sth Bruny Island
Views are good all the way around the track and plenty of photo opportunities
The track winds along the high ground above the bay
Remnants of an old whaling station for the early 1800's: Sth Bruny Island
Baby echidna on the run spotted on the side of the track:Sth Bruny Island
You can bury your head but you cant hide:
Seems they found a use for some rocks off the old whaling station.
One of the best walks i had in ages was along this track, the scenery just didnt stop
A novel way to pass the time is to build rock towers, adults and kids alike seem to love them:
Looking back from whence we came
Lovely walking track along the Casuarinas on a well defined path:
Casuarina (She Oak ) can be your enemy as it can cover a path with its leaf droppings leaving no trace of it. A good lesson in how such a simple thing could get you lost.
Finally out of the She Oaks and onto the point where one of the old whaling station stood. To think that in the early 1800's these shores were red with the blood of whales and the stink of rotting carcasses:
Remains of the old Whaling boss's hut:
The view from the whalers hut: Apparently the owner used to sit with his back against the warm stones on a sunny spring day, smoking a pipe whilst sitting in his whale bone chair watching the view across the bay:
End of the road for this walk Penguin Island:
A view from around penguin Island
Short Video of Sth Bruny walk
Scarlett Robin
We didnt go on this boat this time but by all reports its the best tour in Tassie, we will go next time for sure, Rob Pennicott's multi-award winning Bruny Island Cruises:
After lunch we headed for Nth Bruny and stopped off at Big Hummock on The Neck. Looking back to where we had hiked in the morning.
The Truganini steps lead to the Hummock lookout and memorial to the Nuenonne people and Truganinni, who inhabited Lunnawannalonna (Bruny Island) before the European settlement of Bruny. Panoramic 360° views from the top of the Lookout are spectacular and well worth the climb. At the base of the steps are boardwalks and viewing platforms where you can observe the short-tailed shearwaters and the little fairy penguins.
A view to the North from the Hummock
The Truganini steps lead to the Hummock lookout
The Neck: we traveled this section of road the next morning in pitch black before dawn, something we saw on the road ahead made slow me down and arc up my spotties, it was a fairy penguin walking up the middle of the road away from us without a care in the world:
Truganini memorial at the neck. Her tale is one of the most horrific accounts of white mans mass murder of indigenous people and her survival.
The day was running out and we had a huge drive coming up the bext day so we took a quick drive around North Bruny:
North Bruny is much more pastoral in contrast to the bush and National Parks on South Bruny
The only one i saw and sitting all by itself in a paddock: Native Grass Tree North Bruny Island
Our last walk on Bruny before sunset and we discover my favorite water bird the Pied Oyster Catcher.
Our caravan for 2 nights, cheap but comfortable. We left here before dawn to catch the ferry and couldnt get over 40kph, i have never had to duck and weave so much wildlife ever. A huge day ahead of us on day 10 as we travel across Tasmania on the Wilderness Hwy from Bruney Island to Strauchan.
After leaving Triabunna we made a quick stop at the old town of Buckland, not much there but a pub and a church The Buckland Inn 1845
The St John the Baptist Church foundation stone was laid on 22 August 1846. The only time you get me in a church is if its very old and i can explore the inside of it at my leisure. This is a lovely old church inside and is surrounded by graves.
I love the old lead lights in the churches and if you can get them at the right time you can get some magnificent shots, i also love walking around inside old buildings.
We left Buckland and head straight for Historic Richmond, my camera card was playing up but managed to retrieve some shots and repair them a little in photoshop.
Oldest Bridge in Australia, Richmond Tasmania
The date plaque says it all
St John's Catholic Church (1837) and burial ground. This is the oldest Catholic Church still in use in Australia.
St John's Catholic Church burial ground:
St John's Catholic Church burial ground, we spent more time wandering through here than in Richmond itself:
Rough Justice a cell in the Old Richmond Gaol
Rough Justice a man trap
Room with a View Old Richmond Gaol:
Rough justice, cat o nine and manacles , the flagellator was often another prisoner, usually a trustee and most hated by the prisoners. Old Richmond Gaol:
Beds were harsh as well in Old Richmond Gaol
Not much room in the old cells either:
Inside these walls: Old Richmond Gaol:
We made a dash from Richmond down through Hobart and south to Kettering to Catch the Bruny Island Ferry The Mirrambeena:
The ferry crossing takes 15 minutes and is $28 return for a standard vehicle, payable with cash. Views from The Mirrambeena:
Arrived South Bruny Island only to find Captain James Cook beat us to it
Only time left in the day for a quick look around before we get into some hiking tomorrow. The Beach at Adventure Bay: South Bruny Island Tasmania
Went for a drive on steep dirt roads over the mountain range from Adventure Bay to Lunawanna and return, all for the sake of fish and chips. This view is from a lookout where we had dinner, looking out towards North Bruny and the Neck: South Bruny Island Tasmania
A couple of travelers who came before us. Time to head back to our rented Caravan and a few beers. I got a 6pack at the pub on the hill as you come off the ferry, cost was $22 for 1/2 a D so be warned if traveling to Bruny Island:
The following day we explored South and North Bruny by car and on foot
