{"id":478309,"date":"2026-02-13T23:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/478309\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T23:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:22:13","slug":"sophie-ellis-bextor-explores-east-coast-after-party-in-the-paddock-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/478309\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophie Ellis-Bextor explores east coast after Party in the Paddock show"},"content":{"rendered":"

British pop star Sophie Ellis-Bextor has showed her 718,000 Instagram followers a taste of the Tasmania\u2019s north-east.<\/p>\n

Fresh from headlining Party in the Paddock last weekend, Bextor spent some time taking in the scenery of Tasmania before flying to Perth.<\/p>\n

From floating saunas on Lake Derby to up-close meetings with wombats and Tasmanian devils at East Coast Natureworld, she seemed to make the most of being in the Apple Isle.<\/p>\n

The Murder on the Dancefloor singer posted herself holding a devil and giving a wombat what staff at the park described as their favourite activity.<\/p>\n

\"\"After headlining Party in the Paddock, Sophie Ellis Baxter took some time to explore the north east. Image \/ Pulse<\/p>\n

\u201cShe really loves a bum scratch,\u201d a guide said to her.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can feel how tough their bottom is.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"The Murder on the Dancefloor singer explored the unique Tasmanian wildlife. Image \/ Stock<\/p>\n

The guide said that wombats pack serious power in their hindquarters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey can actually crush the skull of a Tasmanian devil with their bum,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She stayed at The Keep, a luxury retreat on a hill between Weldborough and St Helens.<\/p>\n

She also visited local venues like the Lobster Shack in Bicheno for a seafood platter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British pop star Sophie Ellis-Bextor has showed her 718,000 Instagram followers a taste of the Tasmania\u2019s north-east. Fresh…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-478309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}