20160216 Tas Wilmot to Cradle Mountain

20160216 Our next stop Cradle Mountain and as we climb closer to the top we can feel the change in the air, time to put the heater on I think Des.
The area was glaciated during the ice age (about 10,000 years ago) when a huge 6 km ice cap formed and glaciers flowed from its edges carving the landscape into dramatic shapes with their unstoppable erosive powers.  Cradle Mountain was named in 1827 by Joseph Fossey who decided it bore a remarkable similarity to a cradle

A fly by shot of the scenery on the way to Cradle Mountain, the “Lonely Shed”.
Heading to Cradle Mountain when we passed this car club only we don’t know what they are, I bet Johnny Mc would know.








We passed Wilmot known for its quirky letterbox trail which are made from scraps of material and shaped into elaborate mail boxes, very creative.











A lawn mower, the one stop letterbox drop, as I called it, the beer can angel and many more, pretty cool ha.




Forth River as you drive up the mountain and Des even stopped so I could get a photo.









At the top and ‘OMG’ it is bloody freezing, we can’t believe the drop in temperature, now I get what they mean, “experience all for seasons in one day”, you got that right.
A shuttle bus takes you to your desired drop off and you can either take one of the many walks back or wait for the next shuttle bus, well! Des and I were ready to just hope straight back on the bus, but we braved it, only because the next bus was 15 minutes away.

Dove Lake was formed by a glaciation, it’s just a bloody lake, it certainly didn’t impress us.
But then I downloaded an arial photo of the lake, so much better than mine and much more impressive.
Then I looked up, is that snow on the tip of Cradle Mountain Des, no wonder it’s bloody freezing, about 5 degrees, we came we saw and we left.
I get a lot of laughs from the classic Wicked Campers and their wacky verses.
Location: Cradle Mountain TAS 7306, Australia

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