After
a long morning of hiking in the sun at Cradle Mountain, two consecutive one-night stops, and long
drives, I was totally beat when we arrived at Strahan. Consequently, I was asleep by 8:30 pm and
slept for 11 hours.
With
two nights and a full day in Strahan, we did a local walk to Hogarth Falls, followed
by coffee at “The Coffee Shack”, before driving out to the Ocean Beach.
The
walk to Hogarth Falls is about 25 minutes each way and takes you through lush
rain forest. Although the falls are not
huge or otherwise spectacular, it was a very nice walk, and thankfully, the
tall growth kept us out of the sun.
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| Trail to Hogarth Falls |
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| Hogarth Falls |
The
Coffee Shack is the #1 rated café (of 4) in Strahan, and we were not
disappointed, with great coffee, and excellent muffins, banana bread and olive
bread.
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| Strahan Main Street |
The
Town of Strahan sits in sheltered Macquarie Harbour, but Ocean Beach, 6 Km from
the town centre, is fully exposed to the West.
The beach is pure sand, 33 Km long, and the dunes along this stretch of
coast are home to breeding Shearwaters (Mutton Birds).
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| Ocean Beach, Strahan |
Twenty of the world’s twenty-five most
venomous varieties of snake are found in Australia, but there are only three
types of snake in Tasmania, all of which are venomous. The positive thing about Tasmanian snakes is
that if you are bitten by one, you don’t have to identify the type, as one
anti-venom can be used to treat the bite of all three snake varieties. My best guess, with help from Google, is that
the snake that we saw on the drive out to Ocean Beach was a Tiger Snake.
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| Tiger Snake |
In
the evening we dined out, to celebrate the looming end to our mini-vacation,
rather than fighting to find a place to dine at in Hobart.
We had an excellent meal, looking out over Macquarie Harbour, and
watched the sun sink into the ocean.
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| We Four Dining Out |
Tomorrow
we head back to Hobart, the longest drive of our holiday, so it will be a
tiring day for us all.
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