What an amazing place to visit. It certainly was colder than we expected, but nevertheless, that did not deter us from enjoying it enormously. On Thursday we travelled to Strachan (1 1/2 hrs from Cradle Mountain) and took a trip on the West Coast Wilderness Railway. This journey takes you through 35 kms of true west coast wilderness taking 4 hours to complete, using reconditioned original engines from the 1890’s. A truly unique experience that we will never forget. Saturday -we did an incredible walk around Dove Lake – a 2 hour hike – quite spectacular – it did start to snow on us on the way down. It just added to the atmosphere. We went through a section called The Ballroom Forest – just brilliant – if you stood quietly you would swear that you were in a ballroom full of dancing couples – the trees were unbelievable. On the Sunday we walked up to Crater Falls – a stunning waterfall. This is a native area for wombats and surprisingly we did see some during daylight hours. They were just beautiful. During our trip, we stayed at the Cradle Mountain Chateau – a quite large complex just at the base of Cradle Mountain – luxurious accommodation and beautiful food. Cosy wood fires just made it complete. The Chateau also has the largest private photographic gallery in Australia. Rooms and rooms full of very talented photographers works. Definitely a 10 out of 10.