Tasman Peninsula Tasmania

After a peaceful sleep we were ready to tackle another day heading south along the east coast of Tasmania.

Our first stop was to look at the Spiky Bridge built by convicts back in 1845. 

There was also some information on the nearby Probation Camp they were imprisoned in.

The Mayfield Camp was full but we parked in the day use area and walked along the beach to the Three Arched Bridge also built by the convicts. The views across the water were of the Freycinet Peninsula.

A little further on was the Little Swanport salt work ruins and some more information on how the convicts were used here too. 

We had a bit a walk at the port in Triabunna but the wind gusts were horrendous so we didn’t dally. This where the ferry leaves to go to Maria Island. Due to the weather we decided not to go. We will leave it for another time. 

From here we took the shortcut via Welangta Road to Dunalley. We stopped at Boomer Bay for some fresh oysters - $16 doz.

There was a plaque to commemorate the landing of Abel Tasman in 1642. Obviously the Dutch weren’t interested.

Then we enjoyed some fish and chips before heading onto the Forestier and Tasman Peninsula. As we have previously visited Port Arthur we continued on a little further south to have a look at Remarkable Cave. Wow what an experience. The wind had whipped up the ocean into a frenzy. 

It was only a short walk down to the cave. We were impressed with the boardwalk constructed here and thank goodness as each wave coming through the cave had a different result. 

Needless to say we got wet and so did these guys

We then headed to the top of the peninsula to Lime Bay camp ($13pn) in the hopes we would get some shelter from the worst of the wind. We did get a spot overlooking the turquoise coloured water and the wind wasn’t too bad. 

206km today.