21 Days of Tasmania – Kieran Campbell

Tasmania Day 15: Cradle Mountain

Tuesday 13 July 2010Tuesday 13 July 2010 by Kieran

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Dove Lake, Cradle Mountain - Tasmania Today David was going to start his 5-day hike along the Overland Track, and we were were going to follow him as far as Cradle Mountain, although a 'probably' was quickly added to that plan as soon as opened the tent to find everything…

Tasmania Day 14: Zeehan & First Impressions of Cradle Mountain

Sunday 20 June 2010Sunday 20 June 2010 by Kieran

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Meet David Yesterday was Australia day. Obviously we did our bit as temporary residents of the red island continent and had a few drinks in one of Strahan's pubs and so next morning I woke up crumpled up under a duvet in the driver's seat of the car with David…

Tasmania Day 13: Australia Day in Strahan

Monday 31 May 2010Monday 31 May 2010 by Kieran

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Burbury Dawn Waking up to the quietly moody atmosphere hanging over Lake Burbury, I had two surprises awaiting me. Last night, I'd left my camera running the black-frame noise-reduction for the 23-minute long exposure I did of the Milky Way over the lake, and it was great to dig the…

Tasmania Day 12: Lake St Clair & More Western Wilderness

Sunday 30 May 2010Sunday 30 May 2010 by Kieran

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Lake St Clair Now that I'm writing about Tasmania 4 months after it happened, and I've left what notes I wrote about it back in Bright, some of these days' posts might be a bit vague. It's funny how much I can forget about what I've done on my travels,…

Tasmania Day 11: In to the Wilderness

Saturday 29 May 2010 by Kieran

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Razorback Ridge Our short time as civilised back-packers was over this morning, as I, as usual, annoyed Kevin until he woke up so we could make the most of the day that promised to take us into some of the most pristine land in the world: the Tasman wilderness world…

Tasmania Day 10: Hastings Caves

Wednesday 26 May 2010Wednesday 26 May 2010 by Kieran

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Hastings Caves Waking up on a very comfy sofa for the third morning, I was definitely starting to feel as though we should be moving on and seeing the rest of Tasmania before it was time to get back on the ferry, but it wasn't even half-way through the trip…

Tasmania Day 9: Tahune Airwalk & Hartz N.P.

Tuesday 25 May 2010Tuesday 25 May 2010 by Kieran

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Tahune Forest Airwalk After 2 nights sleeping in a proper house we were probably getting a little bit too comfortable with our new-found high-quality living, and it was already getting harder to wake up at a decent time to do anything with our day. Liz worked remotely for her employer…

Tasmania Day 8: Dossing About Round Huonville

Monday 24 May 2010Monday 24 May 2010 by Kieran

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Life of a Backpacker I was a bit surprised to wake up slightly hungover from the meal and pints from last night, so it was yet another slow start to a day for me. My GPS logger had been playing up ever since we got to Tassie and had got…

Tasmania Day 7: Skipping Bail for the Beach

Monday 24 May 2010 by Kieran

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Fortescue Bay Breaking out of the rich atmosphere of the tent – rich from the three of us having nachos, cheese and dip, with about half a bottle of tabasco added, before going to sleep – we took stock of our surroundings that we'd stumbled into the night before. We…

Tasmania Day 6: Passing the Capital & Heading to Prison

Sunday 9 May 2010 by Kieran

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Pirates Bay Feeling pretty crap from what was the worst night's sleep ever, we got to the information centre at the head of the Freycinet Peninsula to find the weather wasn't looking that great. We'd planned on doing the overnight hike round the peninsula, which meant camping somewhere near the…

Tasmania Day 5: Douglas-Apsley & Bicheno

Saturday 8 May 2010Saturday 8 May 2010 by Kieran

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Bay of Lagoons Sleeping in the car overnight disposed of our usual morning routine: me putting off getting up for an hour, spending the next couple of hours trying to get Kevin up before the morning was over, then spending the next half hour packing the tent and stuff back…

Tasmania Day 4: St Helens & Binalong Bay

Monday 3 May 2010Monday 3 May 2010 by Kieran

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Parked up in a campground, in a forest, miles from anywhere, the last thing we wanted to wake up to was a flat tyre and an empty radiator. It turned out to be more of a setback than a disaster though, as our spare tyre was good and Kevin had…

Tasmania Day 3: Ben Lomond

Sunday 25 April 2010Sunday 25 April 2010 by Kieran

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Waking up in Beechworth felt like waking up in a small coastal village in the Scottish Highlands: the weather and landscape fitted almost perfectly. We headed back – this time along the main road instead of hammering along a dirt track again – to Georgetown for food, a look around,…

Tasmania Day 2: Tamar Valley

Sunday 25 April 2010Monday 3 May 2010 by Kieran

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Waking up to the sun shining the tent and warming up the stunning landscape, that we'd not fully appreciated in the fading light of the drive in, was awesome, made only better by how similar to Scotland it was. Trying to keep planning minimal we settled on a rough clockwise…

21 Days of Tasmania: Day 1

Saturday 24 April 2010Monday 3 May 2010 by Kieran

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Two days after our snap-decision to spend a few weeks in Tasmania, Kevin and I were on The Spirit of Tasmania I, backing away from Melbourne pier, watching in awe at the hundreds of big jelly fish being thrown about in the swell of the ship's bow thrusters. Even up…