Onwards to our next destination, we slowly ascended to the High Country. Made up of lakes, breathtaking mountain ranges & harsh wilderness, changing constantly. The Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park is world heritage listed. The rainforest is beautiful. Here are a few photos.
Nelsons Falls – 35 meters high
We winded down into the town of Queenstown. Not really impressed. So we drove on, to Strahan. Strahan is practically a tourist town. Not for tourists like us. Train ride was $288 a family. Couldn’t believe it. But there was a good wood working display, which had beautiful Huon pine slabs for sale. We headed out of town to a grassy campground on the beach. It is a great spot, unfortunately the weather has been windy, raining & cold! The caretaker is a psycho. Mike managed to catch some fish & our nice neighbour shared a piece of Atlantic Salmon.
Main street in Strahan.
10/01/12 Freezing our toes off we headed north to Zeehan which was an ugly deserted mining town. Passed through Rosebery to our next campground, down 4klm dirt track beside a rocky river. Very secluded & very cold, only 20mins from Cradle Mt. We actually turned the generator on this afternoon to heat up our van. We were all rugged up & still couldn’t feel our toes. As usual in cold weather, hunger sets in, so Mike made a damper which looked more like a biscuit(camp fire wasn’t the best). The temperature was close to 0 & with the rushing sound of the river, a good night sleep was out of the question.
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