Day 2: Sheffield to Tullah
Posted by Melissa on | March 9, 2008
Sheffield > Cradle Mountain National Park > Tullah
MC and BB 110km
Out onto the main road, past the pub, under the stony gaze of Mt Roland. Turn right into a formidable headwind (that John later describes as “a hand on the forehead”) and pass through undulating country and settle down for a 6-kilometre 11 per cent upward grind. Simon’s warning that there is no flat country in Tassie seems to be true. The temperature drops and the wind picks up as we turn off the main tourist road into Cradle Mountain National Park, over the cattle grid and past the scurrying echidna, It’s 10 degrees so after a quick lunch we keep going and head back out into the tourist traffic – a steady trickle of winnebagos - and gusty winds and a short rain shower.
Our next home is Tullah, a former mining and hydro town ringed by mountains. The temporary portable housing sets a certain dreary scene but the rooms are cosy, the showers hot and the view over Lake Rosebery a million dollars. We find a spot beside the lake to watch the wind ripple the black peat-stained waters, and hardy locals jumping off a pier into frigid waters.
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