Bruny Island 2

Our second day on Bruny - we did the tourist thing and booked ourselves on a "cruise" around to the south of the island. I say "cruise" because it was done on a very fast boat and it wasn't a gentle chug along - more of a whizz and the bang bang of the hull smashing the waves.

To give you an idea, they fed everyone a couple of anti-seasickness pills before we left and then gave everyone a sort of orange full body condom to protect us from the spray.

Didn't we look so cool in them?

The trip out took us around a host of fascinating places and sight. I won't bore you wit everything, but here are some of the images that hit home with us the most.

The headland - as you an see, it was a gorgeous day.

We saw a number of caves, but this one was especially beautiful.

Much of the sea cliffs were made of this sort of very hard stone that displayed this sort of fluted appearance.

A fun little cave - as the swell rose and fell it compressed the air in the cave and it either sucked in or blew out quite dramatically.

One of my arty photo attempts - the cave goes right through and there is a small rock on the far side.

Despite it being a nice day and still summer, once we rounded the point that took us into the Great Southern Ocean we just FROZE. This is KAren struggling to keep the condom closed so she can retain some body heat.

What is raucous, stinks like an open sewer used by a population of unwashed people with dysentery, but is fascinating at the same time?

Yep - a fur seal colony. Take a look at the pics and if you want more then just let me know because I have dozens!

This was one playful seal who liked jumping out of the water!

Reminds me of a magistrate I once faced!

Any bird watchers out there? Well we also came across some millions (and I do not exaggerate) of mutton birds (short tailed shearwaters) out there.

After that sort of day we needed to take a walk to both warm up and to work out the kinks that sitting in a bouncing boat for three hours in the freezing cold can give you.

This was the view from the end of the walk - yes, another stunning Tassie water view.