I took the kids to the playground this morning while Andrew packed the car. We drove the short distance to Freycinet National Park and took a road up to a lighthouse where there was a nice little walking track along a well-formed track suitable for wheelchairs. There was an interesting part on the track that showed how long various sea creatures are. I’m not as long as the shortest animal which was a seal.
We drove back to the main road and parked at the end, which was where most of the walks went from. We had planned to do the 1 hour return walk to the Wineglass Bay lookout (expecting it to take us longer than an hour). Unfortunately when we got there we saw a notice advising us that the lookout was being upgraded and was not open, and the track did not have any viewing spots of Wineglass Bay unless you went the entire way to the beach, some 3 hours return. We just didn’t have the time for that walk, so we had to get into the car and make other plans. We did get to see a Bennett’s wallaby and her joey at the car park, so it was still worth the trip.
We hit the road and started driving north up the east coast. Andrew was keen to drive a road called Elephant’s Pass. It was a very windy road through a beautiful area between Lagoons and St. Marys. After a brief stop at St. Marys we continued on to St. Helens where we had some lunch. We visited a Tourist Information centre in an effort to find some accommodation for the night and decided to stay at Bridport at a place called Platypus Retreat.
It took an hour and a half to drive to Bridport on some very twisty roads. Platypus Retreat is a sort of farm-stay. We were visited by a couple of cats, and both kids were excited to see chickens and a horse on the property as well. The great thing about it is that it is safe for them to run outdoors, so they stayed out of trouble while Andrew and I did our jobs getting gear out of the car and getting dinner ready.
View from lighthouse walk, Freycinet National Park
The kids are big on being barriers or boom gates lately. Here is Toby being a boom gate, blocking the path.
This way Mummy!
Nathan is shorter than a seal
Bennetts wallaby and joey
