April 4, 2010
Loading up for the ride to the trail head:
Some of the native inhabitants as seen through the bus's windows:
Clair points out Tasmanian Devil tracks:
...and points out some Tasmanian Devil tracks. Later, she showed us the way Aborigines carried fire:
Very comfortable digs all in all. 
The skies cleared around noon just about the time we were arriving at the Bay of Fires beach: 
After a long and pretty walk along the BOF, we reached Bailey's Rock (Claire called it Turtle Rock...it works for me)+Rock.jpg)
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Here are some [long delayed...now that I'm back home, lots of other things are competing with my time] pictures from the Bay of Fires Walk.
First the Cast of Characters beginning with Claire and Joe, our leaders: 
Then we have Dimity and Gary from Melbourne
(Gary here shown with Joe)
Then we have Dimity and Gary from Melbourne
(Gary here shown with Joe)Arlene and Julie from Sydney 
Richard from Victoria 
and moi: 
and moi: 
We gathered at the Quamby Estate outside Launceston for an equipment check and orientation. The location of our walk is circled:
Loading up for the ride to the trail head:Some of the native inhabitants as seen through the bus's windows:Clair points out Tasmanian Devil tracks:...and points out some Tasmanian Devil tracks. Later, she showed us the way Aborigines carried fire:
We spent the first night in this compound. All the huts had been transported in by helicopter.
Very comfortable digs all in all. All of us appreciated the amount of work Claire and Joe did. This is cleanup duty after a terrific meal of grilled Tasmanian salmon over pasta.
A good latrine facility, too. Verrry important!
Overall, we had perfect weather. But the morning of the second day we started in a little rain:
The skies cleared around noon just about the time we were arriving at the Bay of Fires beach: After a long and pretty walk along the BOF, we reached Bailey's Rock (Claire called it Turtle Rock...it works for me)
And then we saw the Lodge, our objective for the second and third nights:
This is a detail of the Lodge from the picture above. 
Sunrise from the deck...and a reflection: 
This is a detail of the Lodge from the picture above. Sunrise from the deck...and a reflection: 
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