Tasmaania II / Tasmania II

14. - 22. 04. 2010

Strahan... Queenstown... Lake St. Clair...Mt. Field NP...

Mõned nimed kus meie seiklus jätkus. Esimeses kahes viibisime lühidalt, viimases müttasime juba rohkem ringi.

Some of the places we went to. The first ones we visited briefly, on Mt Field we took a longer look around.

Kuulus oma tohutu kõrgete eükalüptipuude poolest / Famous for its really tall eucalypt trees

Värvilised kanad! / Coloured chickens!

Sellist nalja nägin mina küll esimest korda ja seda Zoodoo loomapargi külastuse ajal. Lisaks väikesele farminurgale oli seal mitutsorti papagoisid, ahve, kaameleid, jaanalinde, emusid, valged lõvikutsikad, tiigrid, kängurud, possumid ja hirved... ning veel igavene rodu kohalikku ja vähemkohalikku faunat.

This was a joke new to me and that in Zoodoo wildlife park. Besides a little farm animals corner you could meet all sorts of parrots, monkeys, camels,ostriches, emus, white lion cubs, tigers, kangaroos, possums and deers... and plenty of other local and non - local fauna.

Suhtlemas / Communicating

Vaja sügada! / Need to scratch that itch!

Puhkamas/ Resting

Ja mängimas/ And playing

Tiigrid / Tigers

Lisaks ringijalutamisele sai safaribussiga kaugemalasuvaid linde - loomi toitma minna.

In addition to walking around you could go for a drive with a safari bus and feed the birds and animals.

Kaamleid kostitamas / Giving a treat to the camels

Tasmaania kukkurkurat sööki ootamas / Tassi Devil waiting for food

Ja leiba luusse laskmas :) / And after eating :)

Järgmises loomapargis - Tassie Devil Conservation Park - jällegi kängurud, wallabyd, Tassie Devilid jne, aga ka väike linnushow.

In the next wildlife Park Tassie Devil Conservation Park - some more kangaroos, wallabys, Tassie Devils etc, but also a little bird show.

Podargus strigoides

Minu lemmik - ühtesulandumine oksaga / My fave - blending in with the branch

Ja sain ka oma kängurupildi kätte! :) / And here is the traditional kangaroo shot! :)

Ja tuleb ka Tasmaania III !
And there will also be Tasmania III !

Tasmaania I / Tasmania I

14. - 22. 04. 2010

Kuna nädala jooksul oli päris palju tegemisi, jaotan Tasmaania seiklused kahte ossa :).
Spirit of Tasmania viis meid ööl vastu 15. aprilli ilusti Melbourne´ist üle Bass´i väina Devonporti Tasmaanias.
Infoputkast läbi hüpanuna (kus me sattusime ühe toreda vana naise jutule, kes peale muu kasuliku jutu rääkis põneva loo sellest, kuidas tema kooliajal tulid II MS põgenikud Balti riikidest ning kuidas nendele tundusid nad nii veidrad ja targad... ) suundusime edasi Sheffieldi - seinamaalingute linna:

As there were a lot of adventures during the week, I´ll split it to two posts :).
The night before 15th of April we crossed the Bass Strait on board of Spirit of Tasmania and arrived in Devonport 6 o´clock in the morning. After dropping in to the local information centre (where we met a lovely old lady, who besides giving us great tips on where to go, told us also an interesting story about the Baltic State refugees during WW II - how they came to their school, looking so different and being so smart...) we headed towards Sheffield - the town of murals:


Kus kohtasin ka selliseid vahvaid tegelasi! :)
Where I met those lovely creatures! :)

Alpaka Pedro oma hooldajaga / Alpaka Pedro with his caretaker

Ning sealt põrutasime Cradle Mountain ´i rahvusparki:
And then we headed to Mt Cradle NP:

Jalutasime ümber Tuvi järve... / Walked the track around Dove Lake...



Ja nägime nokklooma! Keda muidu on suht raske looduses kohata / And saw platypus! Who is a rare creature to meet
(Video tegin ka, mis on pildist parem, sest loom tuleb kaldale lähemale / Made also a video which is better as it comes close to the shore)

Wombatid on ka toredad! / Wombats are cute too!

Burbury järve ääres laagris olles saime kahe kohaliku kalamehe käest kaks pruunforelli, kelle õhtusöögiks lõkkel ära küpsetasime :P
Camping at Lake Burbury we met two local fishermen, who gave us two brown trouts, which we the cooked for dinner :P

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Austraalia Alpid ja Pühvlimägi/ Australian Alps and Mt. Buffalo

12. - 13. 04.2010

Olete te kunagi külmkapis dushi all käinud? Või piimasupis ujuvatel kaljudel matkanud? Dingode ulumist unelauluna kuulanud?

Tomatihooaeg venis see aasta küll oodatust pikemaks, kuid kuna praamipiletid Tasmaaniasse juba ootasid, sai enne lõppu ära tuldud. Vahelejäävat paaripäevast vaba aega otsustasime mina ja mu uus reisikaaslane J. kasutada Great Alpine Road ´i läbimiseks.

Have you ever taken a shower inside a fridge? Or hiked on the mountains which float in milk? Had dingoes howl you to sleep?

The tomato season was longer than expected this year, so we left a little early to make it to Tasmania, as we already had booked the tickets. The few days that remained in between, I and my new travel mate J. decided to use for seeing the Great Alpine Road.

Paar pildikest teepealt:
A couple of pics from the road:

Mitu sõpra on pildil? How many friends on the pic?

Tegime tutvust kohalike karjakoaertega ning avastasime bussijaama mugavused. :)
Made an acquaintance with the local shepard dogs and discovered the comforts of the bus station.


Nagu iga endast lugupidav RP siinmail, oli ka Mt. Buffalo omas matkaradu igale maitsele ja raskusastmele.
Meie valik:
Like every self respectful NP here, Mt. Buffalo had several walking tracks and here is our choice:

Leviathan

Läksime Cathedral - Hump rajale, algul oli päris selge ja siis hakkas pilveudu meid endasse mähkima ning vaadet varjama
Went to the Cathedral - Hump track, at first the weather was pretty clear, but then the cloud´s mist started to hug us in

Cathedral - Hump track - et natuke infot kah / A little information

Valged puud / White trees

Mis mina leidsin! / Look what I found!

Torpedo rock

The Horn track: Majake udus / A house in the mist

Vaade Austraalia Alpidele - hmm ütle piimasupp?! / View to Australian Alps - can you say milksoup?!

Ja vaade järgmisel päeval... :) / And the view on the next day

Kõrgus 1723m / Elevation 1723m

Ning üleval - sinav silmapiir / Up there - blue horizon

Järgmine rada oli Old Galleries track - seiklus hiiglaslike kivihunnikute vahel
Meil oli ju vaja otsa ronida! (Selle tee jätsin mina küll vahele ja läksin tagantpoolt veidi lihtsamat varianti pidi).
Next track was the Old Galleries one - adventure between huge rock piles. And ofcourse we had to climb them! (Actually I skipped that route and took an easier one ...)

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Öö veetsime Lake Catani ääres telklaagris - lubas kuskil -2´C ja ega ta soojem ei olnud ka... hommikune dushi all käik oli samahästi kui külmkapis, sest ega pesumajadel siin uksi ees ei ole ka külmematel aladel... aga härmas loodus oli ilus! Õhtul enne uinumist kuulsin ulgumist ja läbi une imestasin, et kes need küll on ning pargivahi käest uurides saime teada , et tegu oli kohalike dingodega :).
Spent the night at the Lake Catani campsite - was about -2`C... morning shower was as good as inside the fridge ´cos no doors on ameneties really ... but the frosty nature was beautiful! Before falling asleep I heared howling and couldn´t really tell who is it... next day we asked the ranger and he said that those would be the local dingoes!

Härmatis ja järv / Frost and lake

Mt. Buffalo külalistemaja mis hetkel küll kinni on ja hooldajat ootab - seal oli kuidagi mõnus ja rahulik, tekkis tunne, et jääks sinna võõrastemaja pidama küll mõneks ajaks :) - ja eriti veel selliste vaadete juures:

Mt Buffalo Chalet, which is currently waiting for a new caretaker was closed, but I still got the feeling that I could stay for a while to this peaceful place... especially when you have such views!


GAR - i mööda allapoole liikudes jäi teele Mt. Hotham, kust oli suurepärane vaade tagasi Mt. Buffalole...
Driving southwards on GAR we passed through Mt Hotham and took one more climpse to Mt. Buffalo...

Välgub!/Lightning time!

On õnnestunud mõned välgupildid saada, mis tegelikule showle küll kõvasti alla jäävad!

I have managed to capture some pictures, but the real show is much more spectacular!