Beautiful Bicheno

The sun is shining, the rain has gone, and Bicheno has been a wonderful 4 days of walking, cycling, talking to locals and just absorbing the beauty all around.  I thought that rather than my wittering on about our time here, the only true way to show you is with a series of Ray's excellent photos.

These beautiful yellow roses were blooming almost sight-unseen outside the Library.

Wallaby Salami anyone?  It's a bit hard to buy it after you see all the cute wallabies locally. 

White faced heron waiting for a fish.

Looking back at Peggy's Point.

Lots of bees working around these very ordinary "pig face" flowers.

Typical rock formations around the shoreline, with red algae which seems to occur all around Tasmania.

Ray found the native grasses very photogenic.

Panorama of Waub's Bay (named after a local aboriginal woman, Waubadebar whose bravery in rescuing two whalers earned her an enduring place in the local story).

Main Street, Bicheno, on Sunday afternoon!

Local church truly ecumenical, shared between Catholics, Anglican and Uniting - not all at the same time of course.

Bicheno Community Church.

Wonderful bakery; good coffee, scallop pies and jelly cakes!

One of the best Deli/Butcheries in Tasmania.  They sell wallaby salami though!

The Log Cabin; they sell everything you can think of and some you can't!

Pastini's Italian Cafe/Restaurant; also excellent coffee and pastries.

Controlled burn behind the town on a Sunday.  Everything we own now smells of smoke!

The Blowhole from a distance.  Wonderful rock formations.

The Blowhole in action; not much action there because of the calm seas, but it comes in with a satisfying noise anyway.

View over Bicheno from Whalers Lookout - with the view of the ocean from the other side of the lookout, the whales didn't have a chance!

The Gulch - the only sheltered harbour in Bicheno.  The outer rocks contain thousands of nesting terns, and a small rock to the right of the picture is a gathering place for fur seals.

Pelargoniums gone wild; they are all over the hillsides.

Foreshore walk to the Blowhole.

We're currently at Freycinet, thinking of doing the Wineglass Bay walk tomorrow.  It's windy but sunny, so all's right with the world.