Monday 13^th February, 2012

After a short walk at the beach I visited a special market hall where they showed and sold artisanry. You could see different handmade papers, jewellery made of glass and sea shells, clothes and cheese. I looked a bit around and informed me where to go on. My trip led to Penguin. There is a very big figure of Pingu and everything in the village is about penguins. On some beaches at the east coast live little penguins, they are also at home on Philipp Island. After I went on to the harbour town Devonport. As all remarkable is along the beach, I walked along the beach promenade. I was a bit disappointed, then except of the harbour there is not much here. The ferries from Melbourne land here, but that will be in the evening. As it was only noon, I decided to drive on. Over the countryside I could drive with 110 km/h and reached soon Launceston. Here I was looking for accommodation and was walking a bit through the town. The evening I enjoyed in the vis-à-vis park.

Sunday 12^th February, 2012

Under the blue sky I made a walk to the Dove Lake. Then I bid farewell to the Cradle Mountain National Park and drove northwards. The drive went over the country and a saw some farms. They are about to harvest the potatoes. I Stanley I stopped to go up to the Nut. The Nut is a 143 m high rock where you may walk. With a chairlift it goes steeply up. And while walking at the top I could enjoy the great view. As it was not very late yet, I decided to drive further along the north coast. I stopped a Sister Beach. I enjoyed a bit this beautiful beach, but to take a bath it is too cold for me, even as I changed today the from long trousers to she short ones. My destination today was Burnie. I did not go for sightseeing as it was already late afternoon. I went a bit to the beach to enjoy the sun before the clouds came out again.