BURNIE, Tasmania -- OK, I've finally staying at a motel that has wi-fi that doesn't cost an arm and a leg (the place I was at last night charged 50 cents a minute, with a maximum of $27.50), so I'm going to backtrack and at least start catching you up on the trip to date (I'm kind of tired, so I may not get fully caught up), beginning with the stay at the Edge of the Bay Resort in Coles Bay.
This is my cabin:

This is the view from my bedroom window, at sunset the first night:

And this is the visitor I had the first night. Actually, considering the joey, I guess that's visitors.

Not content with that look, she/he (?) hopped up on the porch for a closer look. A much closer look.

The next day, after sleeping for a total of about 15 hours (a three-hour nap when I first arrived, and about 12 hours that night), I went into Freycinet National Park for a few short hikes. First I tackled the most famous walk in the park, the hour round-trip to the overlook of Wineglass Bay, which has been called the most beautiful beach in Tasmania, if not all of Australia.

I also took a walk on a boardwalk encircling a lighthouse at Cape Tourville.

And I took the short hike to Sleepy Bay.

That pretty much did me in, so I went back to the cabin, where I was taking care of a few things when I looked up and discovered my wallabie was back, and rather curious what I was up to:

Mostly, though, the time at Edge of the Bay was about resting, which is what I needed most. And, heck, how tough was it to do nothing with that view out the window?










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