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<\/a><\/p>\nHere is a view of the lodge on our way back up the beach.\u00a0 Such a cool design!\u00a0 It’s supposed to look like a Manta Ray from above.<\/p>\n
The next morning we had a new guide, Paul, who has been with Saffire for 12 years.\u00a0 He was chock full of information.\u00a0 We embarked on yet another of “Tasmania’s 60 Great Short Walks” around the Cape Tourville lighthouse.<\/p>\n As per usual, incredible views are the norm here!\u00a0 Make sure Freycinet National Park is on your bucket list!<\/p>\n As we were leaving the parking lot we saw this Wallaby standing behind a car.\u00a0 Paul told the guy in this photo that he was thirsty, so this guy started pouring his water bottle into his hand, and the Wallaby drank every drop he could!\u00a0 The drought here is real!\u00a0 Our hearts broke for the little guy.<\/p>\n We then drove down to the edge of Cole’s Bay to a spot Paul said was excellent for photos.\u00a0 He wasn’t wrong!<\/p>\n A slightly different shot.\u00a0 That water is just gorgeous!<\/p>\n That afternoon we had yet another excursion to Cragie Knowe winery.\u00a0 I’ve gotta say, these wines were quite good!\u00a0 I even bought a bottle of Pinot!\u00a0 The Riesling was excellent, but I can only carry so much wine on this trip.\u00a0 Definitely visit this spot, the owner, Glenn Travers, is an absolute hoot!<\/p>\n Here’s that bottle of Pinot.\u00a0 Highly recommended!<\/p>\n I stupidly went and hit “publish” instead of “save” at this point previously, so those of you who read up to here and wondered WTF?, here is the rest of the post.<\/p>\n On our final morning at Freycinet we took a harbor cruise with Saffire’s own boat.\u00a0 The first stop was this small spot along Cole’s Bay where two brothers from Italy decided to quarry the gorgeous pink granite along the shoreline back in 1934.\u00a0 They did it all by hand.<\/p>\n A little farther along the bay is a more traditional quarry site, that operated up until 1970.\u00a0 Pink granite from this site can still be seen in some famous buildings today, including the Parliament House in Canberra, the capital city of Australia.<\/p>\n As we were traveling along the shoreline our guide, Fraser, saw this fairly rare White-bellied Sea-Eagle in the trees.\u00a0 We actually ended up seeing 4 of these guys during our cruise.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n