Today we drove out of Cradle Mountain national park, north and a bit east to Launceston. On the way we visited Devonport, as Mike's from there (the one in the UK).
Before we left Cradle Mtn we did another 6km walk along the valley -weather wasn't nearly as good as yesterday, but lots of interesting things to see - 1,200 year old pencil pine trees, lots of small, flat lizards, views of the mountain with cloud on, etc. Although these trees look completely dead, apparently they're alive.
Tonight's accommodation is much less spectacular than the last two days, so instead of talking about that, here are some more pictures of the cute wombats!!
Wombats are marsupial mammals, pretty big at about 1m long, not very interested in people (and not afraid of them). They eat grass and roots, don't jump, hardly run and come out at dusk. They live in long underground burrows (which from the outside look like hobbit holes!)
So far, the wombats are probably the cutest animals we've seen!
Vicky, Mike, Thomas and Kitty xxxx
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