The rain continued on and off over night. Our decision to book a cabin ensured we had a dry start. We packed the Pajero and were on our way by 8.30am.
We had to make a slight detour to Wynyard to fill up with unleaded and LPG. The price of LPG is 30c/ltr more in Tasmania than what we paid in Melbourne!
Once topped up we travelled on towards Cradle Mountain. The road was very hilly and windy, the view at Hellyer's Gorge was magnificent.
We arrived at Cradle Mountain around 1.00pm and were pleasantly surprised with the way in which the accommodation at the Discovery Caravan & Cabin Park was laid out. All sites were set in bush surroundings.
We had some lunch and then walked down to the Visitor Centre and purchased our National Parks pass which also provided access to the shuttle bus. Once on the shuttle bus we were driven the 8kms or so to Dove Lake, which is at the base of Cradle Mountain. The bus ride is something that must be experienced, how they can make a one vehicle wide track/road accomodate two vehicles was quite scary.
Having arrived at Dove Lake we took numerous photos and video of Cradle Mountain and Dove Lake. The mountain still had reminants of snow.
We also booked a night tour to view the native animals. This was rather disappointing as there were not that many animals to see.
We returned to our cabin and retired at around 10.00pm.
We had to make a slight detour to Wynyard to fill up with unleaded and LPG. The price of LPG is 30c/ltr more in Tasmania than what we paid in Melbourne!
Once topped up we travelled on towards Cradle Mountain. The road was very hilly and windy, the view at Hellyer's Gorge was magnificent.
We arrived at Cradle Mountain around 1.00pm and were pleasantly surprised with the way in which the accommodation at the Discovery Caravan & Cabin Park was laid out. All sites were set in bush surroundings.
We had some lunch and then walked down to the Visitor Centre and purchased our National Parks pass which also provided access to the shuttle bus. Once on the shuttle bus we were driven the 8kms or so to Dove Lake, which is at the base of Cradle Mountain. The bus ride is something that must be experienced, how they can make a one vehicle wide track/road accomodate two vehicles was quite scary.
Having arrived at Dove Lake we took numerous photos and video of Cradle Mountain and Dove Lake. The mountain still had reminants of snow.
We also booked a night tour to view the native animals. This was rather disappointing as there were not that many animals to see.
We returned to our cabin and retired at around 10.00pm.
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