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Wineglass Bay – Tasmaniens Highlight!

The south of the Australian mainland Tasmania preferred nowadays only 500,000 inhabitants, living from 40% in the capital Hobart.

The island was discovered by the Dutchman Abel Tasman and the first European inhabitants were begeitet of convicts who were employed as workers for the construction. In 1850, every second inhabitant of Tasmania was a convict!

Nowadays, the whole thing is history and the main attraction for tourists from all over the world is the stunning scenery of Tasmania! The Freycinet Nationalpark with the Wineglass Bay is one of the most beautiful in Australia.

On the way there are the vineyards, which are mainly to be found here on the east coast due to the milder climate.

Autumn is probably a good time of year to Tasmania to visit alone if only because we were the only bus in the parking lot 😉 And even with some cloud cover, we were thus able to enjoy the view of the perfectly shaped bay.

Even if the Wineglass Bay is the flagship of the park, I personally found the coast at the Sleepy Bay much unique!

Here the wind formed in soft rock caves that can be visited with some skill.

Really stunning and is definitely worth a visit Honeymoon Bay with the mountains "The Hazards" in the background.

On the way you meet again and again to animal companions like here on a wallaby, almost a kangaroo in miniature design that is sympathetic to me in any case as his relatives in! 😉

On the way to Launceston, the tour then made a detour into the really sleepy village of Ross, the bridge was built by former convicts.

The Freycinet National Park with the Wineglass Bay should definitely be on every Tasmanienreise, ideally one should here be better to rent a car to explore in more detail at the park.

Magnetic Iceland, Adventure Island also for the small budget!

Discovered in 1770 by Captain James Cook, Magnetic Iceland is just 20 minute ferry ride from Townsville on the northeast coast of Australia away. I was the only 50 km2 island was very pleasantly surprised and I have seen in 3 days more animals than the zoo!

We globetrotters always have to pay so on a budget and on the island can be a lot of activities such as hiking and snorkeling without making tour itself.

Probably the most beautiful hike is the forts in only 1.5 hours you can walk up to the old fortress, while next to the beautiful views of the surrounding bays, if you also need a very good eye for koalas.

I must say the little teddy bears are very very sweet, you could watch them for hours doing nothing really.

There are also other trails that lead mainly to the coves that are only accessible on foot and the snorkeling dirket from the beach is possible.

Unfortunately, I was the weather god left in the last few weeks something down so that it has rained almost every day and the view of the snorkeling was too bad. But then, if the sun comes out, it does not matter really hot and muggy and you can get a good sweat!

Nevertheless, I was able to make some nice photos on Magnetic Iceland, the small kangaroos that had wallabies grazing peacefully on the neighboring meadow at the hostel, the rays equal scared in the murky water like me, the blue crab but buried the possum was waiting at the showers to eat. Who knows if I pop in again on the next trip around the world with better weather 😉