Mark got up early and took sunrise pictures and saw many wild kangaroos.
After breakfast we did two more of the walks in the park. The first was the Cape Tour Lighthouse walk. Beautiful views of the cliffs and the beaches. Then we did the Swampy Beach walk which was a 30 minute walk down the cliffs to a granite pebble beach. Very cool. This is really a beautiful park with well maintained trails.
As the weather was overcast and rain was on the way, we decided to change our plans again and checked out of the lodge and headed for Hobart. We took an inland road this time and stopped at 2 fun towns, Ross and Oatlands. These towns were so different from the coastal towns. In Ross we ate at a little café where the people working there were dressed in colonial garb. The town was very colonial with old stone houses and churches with beautiful gardens. They had a bridge that was built by prisoners, and a big wool museum. We now know how to shear sheep. Maybe that will come in handy one day. And we saw beautiful black swans which are abundant in this region.
We made it to Hobart by late afternoon and found a hotel to stay in. It is called Somerset on the Pier and is right on the water in the heart of downtown Hobart. Our room is an apartment with an upstairs bedroom and downstairs living room and kitchen with laundry facilities. Very nice.
We had dinner at Mures Seafood Restaurant that was recommended to us and had a delicious meal.
We have changed our flight plans so we can get to Lizard Island more easily and will spend a night in Cairns instead of spending the night in Richmond. So, we’ll spend tomorrow afternoon in Richmond, and then head to Cairns the next day. We’re really looking forward to getting to Lizard Island where the weather will be very warm and sunny.
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