After a night of rain and dropping temperatures as we slept cramped in our two man tent (we will later come to realise that of all the campers in Freycinet, we may have the smallest--and likely lightest--tent around), we awoke to a brisk, windy and clear day 2 of our adventure. After dressing, we hiked over to the Rot-a-loos (a foul smelling invention, but this was the cleanest of the three, Wineglass Bay not only smelled the worst, it was inhabited by a spider larger than my palm). As the hike to Cooks Beach only took about two hours, we took our time packing up camp and making a warm breakfast, including mochas.
The view at Hazards Beach was beautiful, despite the freezing winds--so much for summer in Tasmania.
Just before midday, we set out for Cooks Beach, taking our time to enjoy the woods. Not too much time, for as I was leading the way, I spotted some a few metres on that was not a stick. Rather, it was one of the three snakes native to Tasmania--and all of them poisonous.
Fortunately, I kept my distance and live to tell the tale of my first Australian poisonous snake sighting. Outside of the zoo or museum of course. I made Shannon lead the rest of the hike to Cooks Beach (boy, my investment in gaiters paid off). Through the trees, Cooks Beach came into view--yet another white sand beach with turquoise water. We walked across to the opposite side of the beach to the campsite. This time we were not the only campers; a couple had set up camp after kayaking in. However, we managed to find a site with a view and set up camp for the next two nights.
Of the three campsites in Freycinet, this was the best. That view definitely has something to do with it.
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