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Wineglass Bay crescent of blue water framed by green-clad mountains in Tasmania
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Tasmania Off-Grid: Cradle Mountain, Wineglass Bay and Hobart’s Hidden Charm

A week in Tasmania, three regions, no rushed days. Here’s a route through Cradle Mountain, the Freycinet coast and Hobart that’ll make you cancel a return ticket.

@craig·22 Apr 2026·8 min read·👁 20
📍 Tasmania, Australia
Kylie Phaup-Stephens's cargo-ship travel journal — CC La Tour crossing the Tasman Sea
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Travel Journal: Crossing the Tasman on a Cargo Ship

Kylie's first-person account of a cargo-ship crossing from Melbourne to Napier on the CMA CGM container ship CC La Tour. Five days, three meals, one captain who loved New Zealand, and the long red bloom of pohutukawas at the other end.

@craig·7 Dec 2010·10 min read·👁 29
📍 Tasman Sea