did paddock have a vison constraint on his drivers licence

In the 1820s, shore-based whalers set up camp in the bay, hoping to pluck off Southern right whales as they made their winter pilgrimage up the D’Entrecasteaux Channel from Antarctica. Though it’s peaceful today, the view from this spot wasn’t always this picturesque. Though historically used by whalers, Recherche Bay today is about as peaceful a place as you’re likely to find. We go for a swim, spend a while taking in the view, and watch as a small fishing boat pootles past, followed closely by a pod of dolphins. Give Monet a couple of centuries and even he couldn’t paint anything quite like this. Recherche Bay (of which Cockle Creek occupies the southernmost point), lovely and silent save for the waves lapping against the shore, is warmed by the gently simmering sun. It helps that we’ve arrived late in the day, an hour or so before sunset. Could-be-the-setting-for-a-Disney-movie-nice. To head further south from here, you can choose to either swim to Antarctica or hike the South Cape Bay trail into the depths of Southwest National Park-the largest and wildest chunk of protected land on Tasmania, where even the wilderness is engulfed in wilderness.Īnd it’s all just a couple of hours’ drive from Hobart. This, Cockle Creek, is where all roads in Australia cease.

The southernmost tip of Australia is (apparently) just a two-hour drive from Tasmania’s largest city, and you can stop off for cider (or apple juice, if you’re driving), sushi and platypus-spotting along the way.

Did paddock have a vison constraint on his drivers licence