Four days hiking and glam camping with 9 gorgeous girlfriends, how lucky we are. What a fantastic time, ran out of superlatives.
Day 1
Mel and I met up with, Marien, Jane, Liz, Kate, Prue, Judith, Pam, Anne plus our 2 guides Gen and Karl just south of Swansea at Spikey Bridge, they had all departed Hobart earlier that morning.
Spikey Bridge
sent Knud & Paul on their way, they had another few days cycling before catching the ferry back
We continued on to Cole Bay, here we met with our boat that was to take up to Schouten Island,however a change of plans as winds too strong and sea too rough so we ended up being dropped off at the northern end of Hazards Beach.
The morning catch of crayfish, some happy fishermen that day
on Hazards Beach
our boat
our lunch, delicious
We left our beautiful lunch stop and began our 7km walk back around the coast to the car park at entrance to Freycinet National Park, here we were picked up by the lodge bus and transported back to our accommodation at Friendly Beaches Lodge. Eco lodge, nestled in the bush not far from Friendly Beach. Met our 'lodgies' Jemma and Dan, they ran the lodge and did the cooking and what a fantastic job they did. Beautiful fish dinner and birthday cake for Marian. I wonder if she got tired of us singing Happy Birthday?
Day 2
Two options today, Coastal walk or a hike up Mt Graham. Pam and Marian opted for the mountain climb the rest off us for the Coastal walk. Off to Cole Bay, onto our boat, seas still a bit rough
Pam and Marian, dropped off at Cooks Beach and set off with Karl for a tough day of climbing. The rest of us with Gen got dropped off at Bryans Beach.
After crossing through bush we came out to Cooks beach, continued along beach then into bush again
Our lunchtime stop, how beautiful was this! Called My beach, perfect place for a swim, a tad bracing, very refreshing
drying the swimmers before setting off for rest of hike
Through more bush then onto Hazards Beach, wind picked up and we were sand blasted. Up to northern end of Hazards then across the isthmus onto Wine Glass Bay. Interesting aside, Wine Glass Bay got its name from not only looking like the shape of a wine glass but also from all the blood that was in the water from the whaling station that was also situated here. It was here we were to wait for Marian, Pam and Karl to rejoin the group.
local wallaby took a particular liking to Jane, even began licking her!
Our intrepid hikers rejoin us , from here we all hiked up out of Wine Glass Bay, stopped by the Wine Glass Bay lookout then back down to the carpark ready to be driven back to the lodge, all pleasantly tired after a 17km hike.
Day 1
Mel and I met up with, Marien, Jane, Liz, Kate, Prue, Judith, Pam, Anne plus our 2 guides Gen and Karl just south of Swansea at Spikey Bridge, they had all departed Hobart earlier that morning.
Spikey Bridge
sent Knud & Paul on their way, they had another few days cycling before catching the ferry backWe continued on to Cole Bay, here we met with our boat that was to take up to Schouten Island,however a change of plans as winds too strong and sea too rough so we ended up being dropped off at the northern end of Hazards Beach.
The morning catch of crayfish, some happy fishermen that day
on Hazards Beach
our boat
our lunch, delicious We left our beautiful lunch stop and began our 7km walk back around the coast to the car park at entrance to Freycinet National Park, here we were picked up by the lodge bus and transported back to our accommodation at Friendly Beaches Lodge. Eco lodge, nestled in the bush not far from Friendly Beach. Met our 'lodgies' Jemma and Dan, they ran the lodge and did the cooking and what a fantastic job they did. Beautiful fish dinner and birthday cake for Marian. I wonder if she got tired of us singing Happy Birthday?
Day 2
Two options today, Coastal walk or a hike up Mt Graham. Pam and Marian opted for the mountain climb the rest off us for the Coastal walk. Off to Cole Bay, onto our boat, seas still a bit rough
Pam and Marian, dropped off at Cooks Beach and set off with Karl for a tough day of climbing. The rest of us with Gen got dropped off at Bryans Beach.
After crossing through bush we came out to Cooks beach, continued along beach then into bush again
Our lunchtime stop, how beautiful was this! Called My beach, perfect place for a swim, a tad bracing, very refreshing 
drying the swimmers before setting off for rest of hike
Through more bush then onto Hazards Beach, wind picked up and we were sand blasted. Up to northern end of Hazards then across the isthmus onto Wine Glass Bay. Interesting aside, Wine Glass Bay got its name from not only looking like the shape of a wine glass but also from all the blood that was in the water from the whaling station that was also situated here. It was here we were to wait for Marian, Pam and Karl to rejoin the group.
local wallaby took a particular liking to Jane, even began licking her!
Our intrepid hikers rejoin us , from here we all hiked up out of Wine Glass Bay, stopped by the Wine Glass Bay lookout then back down to the carpark ready to be driven back to the lodge, all pleasantly tired after a 17km hike.
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