A taste of Freycinet

School holidays this week saw us head to Coles Bay on the East Coast of Tassie. We had the generous offer of staying in a house whose owners were away. Their daughter and her family are good friends of ours so we decided to go at the same time. With 9 children between us, the kids had a ball! The property has a house and cabins so there was plenty of room. Pity we couldn't all have stayed for longer. This is the view of the Hazards in the Freycinet National Park from our cottage.

Then there was lots of this: (ignore the shadow!)

And plenty of this:

The girls were even brave enough to get wet twice on Tuesday, at two different beaches. The morning saw nine children wading and paddling through the water without their trousers. Needless to day, despite our suggestions to stay in the shallow water, they ended up with a few pairs of wet panties! Things were a bit more civilised, but still a bit cold, in the afternoon.

The rest of us were happy to watch -

The next day was all about sight seeing and walking some of the great tracks through the national park.

Sleepy Bay was just gorgeous - calm and sheltered. We could have spent ages there.

And then the walk to the well known Wineglass Bay - that is, the Wineglass Bay lookout. With lots of walking in the morning, and then setting out at 2.40 in strong winds, making it to the beach was expecting too much of little legs. This was taken after an hour or so of climbing a great track, but with many steps -

The last time we did this walk was on our honeymoon, and we made it to the beach that day. Wow, life has been busy with these gorgeous girls since then. Taking in views of a coastline like this made our little trip very worthwhile.

And yes, at night there was plenty of card games, reading and crochet happening. It's keeping me warm as I hook now!

Hope you can enjoy a little getaway like this one day soon.

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