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| Cataract Gorge in Launceston |
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| A Wallaby that we saw at Cateract Gorge |
This morning, we flew out of Melbourne and landed in
Launceston, Tasmania. Tasmania is an
island of the southeast coast of Australia, about the size of the state of
Maine (90,000 square kilometers). We rented a car at the airport
and drove into downtown Launceston, a quaint little town with old buildings at the
head of the Tamar River Valley. This
region is known for its vineyards. We
spent the morning at Cataract Gorge, a large chasm right next to the town. We walked around it and took some great
photos. It was amazing to see something
so colossal and different from the landforms in New England.
Cataract Gorge is up to 60 meters high
and about 2.5 kilometers long and is made of dolerite, the most common igneous rock in Tasmania. It had vegetation like that out of a fairy tale. Some trees were scraggly and others were
densely covered in leaves, some were dry-looking and others appeared as though
they belonged in a rain forest. As you can see, there were also wallabies! When we
got to the end of the trail, we had lunch in a park and then went back to our
car to drive to our hotel in a town called Cradle Mountain in Cradle Mountain
National Park. We will be staying here
for two nights, and then drive to Hobart, the capital of Tasmania.
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