Ginger and Ed's Excellent Adventures

Bruny Island is a short drive south of Hobart and includes South Bruny Island National Park. Divided into north and south and connected by the neck, a narrow stretch of land connecting the two (above phooto).

We spent two nights at South Jetty Beach campground where we watched the full moon rise over the water and padmelons hop about.

Our first full day on the island was windy, cold, and rain squalls occasionally swept across. We slept in late, then drove up to the nearby Cape Bruny lighthouse. Built in 1836, the 114m tall lighthouse was only the 4th in Australia. The fifteen lamps of the original 1838 Wilkins lantern each burned 600mls of expensive sperm whale oil per hour and needed frequent refilling. The lamps were extremely fragile, being replaced every three nights in 1839.

We spent time in the car admiring the view in comfort and taking care of some business as we had service in the parking lot. We took advantage of a break in the squalls to run up to the lighthouse.

We drove the next day to Adventure Bay, where I had spent a few nights 35 years ago. We took a hike up Fluted Cape. Along the way we saw a young echidna feeding on ants. We watched for a good half hour as it was just feet away and ignoring us completely.

Our last evening we took a short drive to look for white wallabies, which are only found near Adventure Bay. We were in luck and watched them eat. One last sunset and we bid goodbye to Bruny…