Ginger Without Borders

Cradle Mountain is almost 5,100 feet above sea level and was declared a scenic reserve in 1922. The campaign to create a park was led by a couple who visited on their honeymoon and decided it should be protected. The area became a National Park in 1947 but the surrounding area was logged heavily up…

Our second Tasmanian National Park destination was Cradle Mountain, which required a further journey down the A1.  Since this is the main highway in Tasmania, it did have one section (of approximately 4 miles) that was a true four lane divided highway in the US sense.  However, instead of a grassy median, there was just…

Our next National Park is Cradle Mountain in the northwest of the square that is Tasmania. But to get there in one day would require a five hour drive, so we elected to stay in Launceston (the second largest city in Tasmania) which is about halfway to Cradle Mountain. The power went out during breakfast…

The All Blacks of New Zealand finally met a better team in England, as England won in the Rugby World Cup semi-final Saturday night. So we were up late watching the game before we started packing for our tour of the national parks of Tasmania. First up is Freycient National Park. Founded in 1916, it…

I mentioned a couple of blogs ago that the Melbourne Botanical Gardens had tons of public restrooms. Australia has a ton of public restrooms, apparently maintained by the local municipal authorities (at least that is what the signs say at most of the facilities I have used). In our first cafe in Brisbane, I thought…