Hobart to Launceston

OZ time... Saturday 4th February...9.30pm

Weather has been great all day today....hot and sunny, blue skies with fluffy white clouds.

We left Hobart around 8am and took the East Coast road towards Wineglass Bay. The countryside along the way was varied and interesting.

Our first stop was at the Spiky Bridge, built by convicts many years ago and no-one knows now why the bridge has its spiky design.

Around 11am we stopped at Kate's Berry Farm for fruit tasting, including jams etc. Well, the flavours were delicious and we stayed for brunch, which consisted of wonderful home-made scones, followed by the most superb Humbleberry Pie (which Mike ate virtually all of!).

A while later, we arrived at the Freycinet National Park where we then did the 45 minute walk to the look-out post over the most beautiful Wineglass Bay.  Jan wants to add that the walk was uphill all the way!...but we both agree that the view was incredible and well worth the climb (Fay, if you're reading this, thanks for the advice and hope you like the pictures below).

We then drove inland towards the centre of the island and visited the town of Ross. It's a very picturesque town, uncluttered by traffic (due to its by-pass), and there are many historic buildings to see, as well as an old bridge that is very photogenic.

We then continued on to our destination Launceston (we argue over how to pronounce it!). After checking in to our hotel, we went over to the Cataract Gorge and had a nice stroll around there before returning to our hotel for dinner (thanks to Patrick at the hotel for his advice on that).