Once we picked up the Getz, we headed into downtown Devonport. We park
ed and walked down to a coffee shop where we got some breakfast. We made our way back to the car, picked up the stove canisters, and were off. First we had to head to the Tamar Valley to do some wine tasting. This is a little out of my element. Jacqueline was excited about it, but I did not care much. We were so blown away on the drive by all the vegetation. It was green and there was so much water around. Supposedly it rains 300 days out of the year in Tasmania. It was beautiful, though slightly overcast on this day. We stopped to take some pictures, but the beauty was more in the whole environment rather than in a specific site. There were fields of poppies all around us and we read later that Tasmania produces 40% of the w
orld’s poppies. It was less than an hour to get to the Tamar Valley. We stopped at the first winery that we found. It was rather early being 10am. This made us feel a little awkward to taste wine. I pretty much just let Jacqueline do the work. Eventually, we bought two bottles of wine, which made Jacqueline happy and the wine tasting was over. We thought we might get vineyard tours or something, but the whole wine tasting experience is odd. If someone asked me to go strawberry tasting, I would be like, “That tastes like a strawberry.” I am not sure why wine is so different. Plus I don’t even really like wine that much. Oh w
ell, we moved on and in Launceston we got lunch and some groceries for the week. When leaving Launceston, the roads suddenly got crazy. They took us up steep hills and around many winding curves. We constantly questioned whether we were on the right track, because these were supposed to be major roads. We
finally figured out that their major roads took us to scenic spots and through winding crazy areas. After driving a few hours, we found ourselves at the Weldborough Pass Rainforest Walk. It was only fifteen minutes, so we figured this was a good way to stretch our legs. The vegetation was awesome. There were huge ferns and great big trees. It was nice to be in a dense forest again. Back in the car and our drive took us to St. Helens. Here we had accommodation for the night at the Sweetwater Villas. The owner did not seem too concerned 
with us and gave us the room. It was an apartment style place. We quickly got our stuff in and got ourselves out as we headed out to the Bay of Fires just north of St. Helens. We parked and the first thing that we noticed was that there was no one else here. The beach was beautiful. The sand squeaked under our feet as we walked. The water was beautiful turquoise and the air was just warm enough to be in shorts and short sleeves. We walked the whole beach. The only other person
s that we saw were locals including a guy with a pit bull who ran right up to us. It was the first of many that we would see as this seems to be a popular breed in Tasmania. What I thought was interesting was that the algae on the rocks was orange, which I had not witnessed before. It was a very good way to spend the late afternoon as it was such a nice walk along that beach. We worked up an appetite and since we had a kitchen, we cooked ourselves our own dinner. We made Alfredo pasta with calamari. It was very scrumptious. We walked down to the paved walk by the bay near our villas after dinner. It was chillier now and I got in some rock skipping, before we went back to the room. It was a great first day and we were excited for what tomorrow would bring.
ed and walked down to a coffee shop where we got some breakfast. We made our way back to the car, picked up the stove canisters, and were off. First we had to head to the Tamar Valley to do some wine tasting. This is a little out of my element. Jacqueline was excited about it, but I did not care much. We were so blown away on the drive by all the vegetation. It was green and there was so much water around. Supposedly it rains 300 days out of the year in Tasmania. It was beautiful, though slightly overcast on this day. We stopped to take some pictures, but the beauty was more in the whole environment rather than in a specific site. There were fields of poppies all around us and we read later that Tasmania produces 40% of the w
orld’s poppies. It was less than an hour to get to the Tamar Valley. We stopped at the first winery that we found. It was rather early being 10am. This made us feel a little awkward to taste wine. I pretty much just let Jacqueline do the work. Eventually, we bought two bottles of wine, which made Jacqueline happy and the wine tasting was over. We thought we might get vineyard tours or something, but the whole wine tasting experience is odd. If someone asked me to go strawberry tasting, I would be like, “That tastes like a strawberry.” I am not sure why wine is so different. Plus I don’t even really like wine that much. Oh w
ell, we moved on and in Launceston we got lunch and some groceries for the week. When leaving Launceston, the roads suddenly got crazy. They took us up steep hills and around many winding curves. We constantly questioned whether we were on the right track, because these were supposed to be major roads. We
finally figured out that their major roads took us to scenic spots and through winding crazy areas. After driving a few hours, we found ourselves at the Weldborough Pass Rainforest Walk. It was only fifteen minutes, so we figured this was a good way to stretch our legs. The vegetation was awesome. There were huge ferns and great big trees. It was nice to be in a dense forest again. Back in the car and our drive took us to St. Helens. Here we had accommodation for the night at the Sweetwater Villas. The owner did not seem too concerned 
with us and gave us the room. It was an apartment style place. We quickly got our stuff in and got ourselves out as we headed out to the Bay of Fires just north of St. Helens. We parked and the first thing that we noticed was that there was no one else here. The beach was beautiful. The sand squeaked under our feet as we walked. The water was beautiful turquoise and the air was just warm enough to be in shorts and short sleeves. We walked the whole beach. The only other person
s that we saw were locals including a guy with a pit bull who ran right up to us. It was the first of many that we would see as this seems to be a popular breed in Tasmania. What I thought was interesting was that the algae on the rocks was orange, which I had not witnessed before. It was a very good way to spend the late afternoon as it was such a nice walk along that beach. We worked up an appetite and since we had a kitchen, we cooked ourselves our own dinner. We made Alfredo pasta with calamari. It was very scrumptious. We walked down to the paved walk by the bay near our villas after dinner. It was chillier now and I got in some rock skipping, before we went back to the room. It was a great first day and we were excited for what tomorrow would bring.
3 comments:
we'll i'm jealous!
Hi,
You certainly chose a great place!
Why not follow up the honeymoon with a return visit in the middle of the Bay of Fires at The Gardens!
Cheers
John
This was an amazing place! We must return. The beaches were so private. It's amazing that beautiful beaches like this can be so empty. We had an excellent dinner on this day with some delicious wine. I would love to honeymoon all over again with my wonderful husband ;)
-Jacqueline
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