This is without any doubt the high point of our 2010 year end family trip, sans Terri & Fergus who were grounded by the twins. Wine Glass Bay is arguably the most beautiful beach I have come across anywhere, the 'Queen Bee' of Freycinet National Park, a 2.5 hour drive from Hobart, base camp of our way too short 4-day visit to Tasmania. I need to declare this breath taking view is copied from a post card as my camera will not produce such a wide angle shot.A picture is worth a thousand words, everything you see is authentic, the sand is confectionery sugar white, the curve of the bay is perfectly round. With encourgaement from Dora, Andrea & Jess this overweight aging man actually made the 3-hour hike up the hill (at the top right hand corner) then down to the beach, back up the hill again and stayed in one-piece. All my efforts on the treadmill is nothing compared to this hike.
The beach must be 4-5 times larger than Repulse Bay and we were the only 4 souls on it, along with a lone local bush walker, and a wild wallaby who is used to human beings as he came right up to the girls, sniffed their cameras - probably thought it was food - and posed for pictures. At places like this one wonders how we managed to survive in a city like Hong Kong, and why?
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