Solo motorcycle camping Tasmania Wine Glass Bay to Bay of Fires on my Royal Enfield Himalayan S1-E12

It is quite fresh this morning, just waiting for a bit more sun so I can warm up. I wanted to get away early this morning so I packed up my gear and tent as where I was going would probably get busier as the day went on. Tent's packed up so it's time to leave. I rolled out, literally. I made my way along the western side of Great Oyster Bay. The sun was flooding light over the mountains on the other side of the bay so I took a sidetrack to Cressy's Beach as I thought there might be a great photo from there and through my lens I could see the mountains were washed in orange, separated by their shadows. I rode past the vineyards and through the town of Swansea. I rode towards Coles Bay. So I've made it to Freshenay National Park and I'm going to climb up to the lookout overlooks Wineglass Bay. I'm just going to get out of these long pants, put shorts on and try and lock everything to the bike. I think it's 1.3km but it's quite vertical. I locked my bags to the bike and stuck my National Park's park number to the screen. Okay so I've got some shorts on, ready to head up. Light's probably not going to be the best but maybe a little bit of fog around. Probably not, I think it's all burnt off. Don't know how long this jacket's gonna last on me. It's not the longest hike but it looks vertical. Some stairs. Well that's not a bad view first up in the morning. It is warming up, getting my sweat on. Again stairs and stairs. A funky looking rock, a bit like a barrel. And stairs, stairs, stairs and more stairs. And at the top a layback seat where you can recover from all the stairs. I made my way to the lookout where it revealed Wineglass Bay. At the top of the lookout Wineglass Bay and again stunning but this one's a little more special than the others I think. Pretty cool. Keep looking around because don't miss it. I'm actually looking for some light. I think the sun's about to come in. I might get some photos. I'd say that's a great spot to anchor your yacht. Freshenay National Park is Tasmania's oldest park created in 1916. You can understand why when thinking of creating a national park this would have been the first one on the list for Tasmania. It's good to get up early and get some exercise. Now back down the hill which is a lot easier and then north. There are some rather large rocks up here. I then came across this guy on the trail, a little wallaby. If you watch him closely you can see him sniffing and it seems he has honed in on something and I think he's had success. So I left the little fella to enjoy his Back down the bottom with the bike. Now to put bike gear back on and head north. If you're going to do this I would do it early in the morning just because there's hardly there's no one here. There's a couple people going up just as I got back so probably the best before. There's a lot of bus car parks here so it probably gets crowded because it's so gorgeous. Boots back on. National park pass number off and away we go. I rode back into Coles Bay which is the gateway to Fresh Native National. So I've just pulled over to show you what this coastline is famous for I guess. Not this one in particular but there are thousands of these little bays all along the coast. This is on the As we go up it's the orange rock which is a fungi or algae something like that. So you could spend the day by yourself in your own little cove. Just offshore from Coles Bay is Picnic Island. You can stay on the island having it all to yourself. Well that is until night time where hundreds of little penguins come back to their burrows on the island. Back on the bike I made my way up towards Bishanote. Just a quick stop to have lunch. Found a pie at the gas station and some waves here too. Not exactly sure what's in this pie but it's called Nug Palm I think they called it. Chicken Nug Palm. Rated the Ampol at Bishanote. Heading up the coast I may take a detour into St Mary's. Not to see St Mary's but the road in the south and out from the north is worth taking. A lot of turns. Hopefully it's open. The sign said the Elephant Pass was closed so I couldn't do my detour. I pulled over at the point on the northern end of Four Mile Creek. It's not perfect today but it looks like there could be a decent wave here on the right swell. Although the Elephant Pass is closed which is more fun to ride I thought I'd show you the St Mary's side to give you an idea of what it's like. Elephant Pass has a lot tighter turns but this site's still fun. I dropped down into St Helens. It's one of the biggest towns on the east coast. The fishing harbour, great mountain bike trails and the gateway to my next destination. But first I pulled up to the local supermarket to get supplies for dinner tonight. It'll be a feast. I'd made it to the Bay of Fires which stretches from Binalong Bay in the south to the Bay of Fires conservation area in the north and it has to be one of the most stunning coastlines in the world. This is the gardens at the northern end. I headed to Sloop Reef to find a campsite. Well I found myself a campsite I should be able to make work. There's a little bit of dirt to put some pegs in. I'll just have to deal with the sound of crashing waves to fall asleep to. If you're ever having issues getting your tent pegs in like where I am with lots of rocks everywhere see if you can actually find some rocks and use them as anchor points. I also have some rope so if the rocks don't hold I can wrap the rope around the rocks and then tie the tent to that or it's long enough I could probably tie it off somewhere else. Plan A. Let's go with plan A though. Hopefully it works. With the tent set up I headed down a side track to see if I could find access to the water. I came upon a stunning little beach which was protected from the wind. Then I noticed a gap between the rocks at the other end of the beach so I went to check it out. So I came down the little cove behind where I'm camping for a swim and there's this little nook, not cave, I don't know what it is but it's a rock section of beach also tiny but private. Swells on. The water looked inviting so in I went. I'm getting good at getting straight in. It is fresh. Just got to be a little careful because the waves keep building on each other and come up further on whereas where I went out was next to the rocks. Awesome spot if you get here. If you want a somewhat warm rinse off when you're back leave a bottle of water in the sun. It makes a difference. The ocean's that cold it feels hot. I noticed just past the end of the point some cool looking formations in the ocean so I walked up the dirt road towards the peninsula to check them out. I just keep repeating myself in Tasmania. Another stunning place. Every little bay. How cool is the orange? And have a look at this rock. Marvelous anyway. I made my way to the tip of the peninsula to find this cool rock pool and this. Might end up getting a storm. So back at camp and it's amazing how light it still is. It's 7 30. I feel like I need to eat and sleep but we do have a smorgasbord for food tonight. Onion tomato savoury sauce tuna. I'm mixing up. We've got some salmon. Tomato and onion. Salmon. Oh no not that exotic. Same again. Onion tomato savoury sauce tuna for dessert. That's dinner's taken care of and we're charging. Have to charge all these cameras and things. A little charge station's going on right now. That's the only charger I can find that will fit in my side pannier. It's doing the job at the moment. I get a few charges out of it. Did I mention I have a titanium support? Light axe. Well seeing I'm here I may as well take some photos. Just took a few. Not sure how that turned out. It's all a sea spray so that might mellow the place here even with a little bit of swell. Seagulls everywhere. Obviously you can't see them they're all behind. Well that's the end to a pretty epic day. Up early. See that sunrise. Then hike. A bit of exercise and a cool ride. Some of those roads are pretty epic. And to swim this afternoon and yeah just taking some photos and chilling and good food. Now just gonna fall asleep until it waves again. You should be here. If today doesn't make you want to come to Tasmania, nothing will.