Day 2: Triabunna to Bicheno

We awoke to a very quiet Christmas morning. I went out for a bike ride round behind Triabunna, and in the whole 45 minutes, I saw one pedestrian and two cars, including on the main coast road north from Hobart. As I came back into the camping ground, I saw my cyclist friend. He was a German who flew into Hobart with his bicycle, and is cycling around Tasmania – he’s allowed a month. Everything he has squeezes into two panniers, including his tent. I’d love to do that ;-). We passed him up the road later, laboring on one of the many steep uphills on the road.

We stopped for Morning tea at Swansea, and the girls had fun playing on an outdoor gym. It has all the machines you’d expect, such as bench presses, lat pull downs, etc. Very ingenious – every machine works off your own body weight, and it’s all for free in the local park.










We arrived in Coles Bay on Freycinet Peninsula for lunch time. I had kind of hoped to explore Freycinet, but everything was shut for Christmas day, except the visitors centre where they take your $24 entry fee. So all you could do was walk, and Tali is not up for that yet. So we turned around and went to Muirs Beach, just on the North end of Coles Bay, where there was a lovely little artificial lagoon just the right size for Tali to play in, with a fun wall to jump off for Melyssa. It was a lovely warm day, so eventually I was seduced into going snorkeling. The snorkeling was actually pretty good, but oh it was cold. I spent half the time holding my hands out of the water warming them in the sun.
















We finally arrived in Bicheno (another recent winner of Tasmania’s Tidy Town award) in time to have a lovely relaxing rest before dinner, followed by a gentle walk along the foreshore. A lovely day, and we finally all feel as if we really are on holiday.