Triabunna to St. Helens
After Triabunna, we stop next in Bicheno.
Wineglass Bay in nearby Freycinet National Park is usually mentioned when someone decides to rattle off the top ten beaches in Australia. It is reached by a four-hour hike. We procrastinate and choose a drive-up lookout and the ten minute walk to Sleepy Bay as activities for the afternoon instead.
A Bicheno company offers a penguin watching tour but someone tells us to just go near the boat ramp after dark. The opportunity to encounter penguins causes particular excitement for one member of our party. We do see penguins and at close range too. You will have to believe me - they don't like camera flashes.
The next it rains and we are forced to drop Wineglass Bay from the itinerary.
Wineglass Bay in nearby Freycinet National Park is usually mentioned when someone decides to rattle off the top ten beaches in Australia. It is reached by a four-hour hike. We procrastinate and choose a drive-up lookout and the ten minute walk to Sleepy Bay as activities for the afternoon instead.
A Bicheno company offers a penguin watching tour but someone tells us to just go near the boat ramp after dark. The opportunity to encounter penguins causes particular excitement for one member of our party. We do see penguins and at close range too. You will have to believe me - they don't like camera flashes.
The next it rains and we are forced to drop Wineglass Bay from the itinerary.
posted by Steve at 1:37 AM
1 Comments:
Glad to hear you went and saw some penguins. They are pretty amazing to watch up close, hey? The pictures I took when I was in NZ were taken before dusk, so I didn't need a flash. However, they were pretty small and, therefore, difficult to appreciate in the photos. At least you captured one picture of a puffin!
Annalise
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