Today we left Hobart but not before we took a look at two of its famous landmarks, the Cascade Brewery and the Tasman Bridge. We passed over the bridge as we left Hobart for our 94km drive to Port Arthur.
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| 080415 Cascade Brewery in Hobart |
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| 080415 Well done Peter Degraves |
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| 080415 Tasman Bridge in Hobart which we crossed as we departed Hobart |
After setting up camp we retraced portion of our journey, without the van, to visit some of the touristy things we had passed.
It's not sensible to tow the van into the forest on forestry roads. The forestry road into Fortescue Bay was typical. It was in very poor condition but, be still my beating heart... it wasn't raining. On a nice sunny day, Fortescue Bay would indeed be idyllic.
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| 080415 The idyllic Fortescue Bay |
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080415 Swimming in Fortescue Bay with a 12 degree ambient
temperature at the time |
Our next bay was Pirates Bay.
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| 080415 Pirates Bay looking south east |
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| 050415 Pirates Bay looking north east |
Off north again found us a Doo Town, so named because the names of the houses there have Doo in them. Here are a couple of examples.
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| 080514 House name in Doo Town |
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| 080415 Another house name in Doo Town |
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| 080415 The take away joint near Doo Town - and its name? |
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| 080415 The name of the take away joint in Doo Town - enough said |
The coastline of the Tasman Peninsula is, not unsurprisingly, similar to that of Bruny Island, rough, weathered and picturesque. There are many bay and headlands. Some of the weathered features have become tourist sites and today we saw the Blowhole, Tasman Arch and Devils Kitchen.
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| 080415 The Blowhole near Doo Town |
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| 080415 The cave allowing water access from the sea |
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| 080415 We did get a bit of a blow. Maybe better at a higher tide |
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| 080415 The cliffs at Fossil Point |
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| 080415 Tasman Arch - the natural one |
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| 080514 Looking south from the lookout at Tasman Arch |
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| 080415 The weathered coastline - a closeup of the above photo |
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| 080415 The sun came out for a minute on the coastline |
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| 080514 Devil's Kitchen |
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| 080514 More of Devil's Kitchen |
We crossed over the isthmus at Eaglehawk Neck. This isthmus is not as long as the one on Bruny Island but one would think it won't be long before the sea breaks through.
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080415 The land on the left is the Eaglehawk Neck - in the sun.
The town of Eaglehawk Neck is at the LHS |
One of the more interesting sites was the Tessellated Pavement. It is an inter-tidal rock platform, not at all unusual along coastlines, but different here because of the nature of the weathering. For your information tessellated means to cover a (plane) surface by the repeated use of a single shape, without gaps or overlapping.
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| 080415 The Tessellated Pavement at Eaglehawk Neck |
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| 080415 The Tessellated Pavement at Eaglehawk Neck |
The following photo explains the origin of the patterns in this instance.
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| 080514 The explanation of the origin of the Tessellated Pavement |
As we drove home the sun, which had emerged for the event, was setting across the western bays. Again, we took that as a symbol we had completed a successful day. Sad the temperature did not improve and it was 11 degrees when we arrived home. Mind you, it did reach 14 degrees during the day.
Tomorrow we visit Port Arthur.
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