Betten On Bike: DAY 7 - 25 FEBRUARY 2015 - FREYCINET NATIONAL PARK (TOURING)

Day 7 – 25 February 2015 – Freycinet National Park (Touring)

We enjoyed a lovely relaxing morning – time to cook bacon & scrambled eggs before setting out to visit Freycinet National Park. We stopped at the National Parks Information Office to pay our entrance fees for the park and then headed up to Wineglass Bay carpark.

Steve & Gill & I had all previously done this walk but we knew its beauty and Walter who hadn’t visited here before was very keen to see this very famous Tasmanian icon and it did not disappoint. To help me focus on arriving at the top because I have had recent knee issues I decided to count the steps. The National Park office told me there was a total of 330 steps in the walk. I counted 326 so I was pretty close. The view from the top was stunning – Wineglass Bay really is a most beautiful natural wonder. On the way down we decided spontaneously to take the signed 30 minute walk down to Wine Glass Bay. It is a challenging walk down –uneven rocks form steps (hundreds of them) until you get close to the beach then finally there are some walking tracks. Wine Glass Bay is a beautiful place – white sandy beaches, red lichen covered rocks, bull kelp and on this day a stiff breeze but there are protected rocks where you can sit and enjoy the sight of the aquamarine waters.

The Cape Tourville Walk was next – it’s a 20minute mainly boardwalk circuit, with stunning views to Wineglass Bay and the Friendly Beaches.

By this time it was almost 3pm and we had packed a small esky with bread & sandwich fillings & fruit so we headed back to Coles Bay for a picnic lunch.

We stopped in at Bicheno Blowhole on the way back. Dinner tonight was at a great seafood restaurant Sea Life Centre – Seafood Chowder was the signature dish and it was delicious – a fitting end to a great day exploring another special part of Tasmania.

Back on the bike for the boys tomorrow.