Uncouched Potato

Day 2 of our trip we detoured to Liffey Falls on our way to Cradle Mountain. The walk is about 30 minutes return from the car park. We then grabbed some grocery from Woolworth in Deloraine and headed off to Cradle Mountain. If you haven't read the previous post, and is planning to go to Tasmania, remember that plastic bags are not free in most places, even in Woolworth. The staffs in the Cradle Mountain Information Centre were really helpful. You can purchase a Daily National Park Pass ($24 for 24 hours), a Holiday National Park Pass ($60 for up to 8 weeks), or Annual National Park Pass ($96 for 1 year). http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/?base=914   We were given a map and information about the walks. There are limited car allowed to drive the Dove Lake car park due to the limited car spaces. If you are planning to drive there, go earlier or later. There are frequent shuttle buses from the information centre. It is free with your National Park Passes. Ask at the Info

We arrived at Launceston in the afternoon to begin our 9 days trip in Tasmania. The weather forecast for Tasmania for the coming week was pretty wet, but day 1 was a beautiful sunny day. With the top temperature of 23-24 degrees, it actually felt much warmer than that. We picked up our little red hired car and headed towards Cataract Gorge. There was a chairlift for $12 one way, $15 return, but you could also walk to the otherside in 10 minutes. The chairlift is apparently the longest single chairlift in the world. (unless they forgot to take the sign down when longer chairlifts were built) We saw many wildlife in the park... peacocks, wallabies and birds. There was a pool right next to the chairlift which looked very tempting in the heat. There were a few tracks that you can take around the park. We only had time to visit one of lookout.   We stayed in Auldington. A very comfortable hotel near the central of Launceston. The staff at the reception was