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The highlight of today was the blow hole at Bicheno. We were lucky to see it on a morning where the waves were crashing against the coast, forcing the water through the hole and high into the air, way above our heads. It was also a bright, blue-sky day, which made the spout of water... Continue Reading →
Today, we had a drive further up the east coast of Tasmania to see Bay of Fires. I’d seen pictures of this area and didn’t really believe the sea would be as turquoise or the rocks as orange as in the pictures, except maybe on the brightest sunny days. I was pleased to be proved... Continue Reading →
This morning, the plan was to visit Freycinet National Park to climb Mount Amos where we’d have a stunning view of Wineglass Bay. First, before checking out, we had another great breakfast with homemade bread and jam, prepared by our Airbnb host, Mike. He even got some bacon out of the freezer to make bacon... Continue Reading →
I know the title is polictically incorrect, but today we’ve been back in time learning how convicts were treated in Port Arthur in the 1800s and how many ended up in asylums because of the way they were managed in the prison system at that time. Port Arthur was a secondary punishment station that was... Continue Reading →
Today we left Rich and Rach’s for an 8-day road trip up the East coast of Tasmania, across to Cradle Mountain, where we might find some snow, then back to their house via the centre of the state. After waving Richard off to work, Lexie and Tom off to school, and Rach to her upstairs... Continue Reading →
Today we’ve been to Tahune Airwalk. Tahune is aboriginal and means ‘peaceful place by running water’, which it certainly was. On the way to Tahune we stopped in Geeveston, where we saw this great graffiti in a recycling yard, and visited a craft centre. Because it’s a Monday in winter and the weather was overcast, there weren’t... Continue Reading →
At last! We both had a good night’s sleep! Unfortunately, after yesterday’s wall to wall sunshine, we awoke to quite heavy rain. Nevertheless, Richard lit the barbecue outside... luckily it’s undercover... and made us a tasty cooked breakfast. After writing yesterday’s blog... I hate it when I get behind with it... Richard took us for... Continue Reading →
After our early get up to see the lunar eclipse, we dressed and went into Hobart for breakfast with Richard and my nephew, Thomas. They went to have their hair cut while John and I wandered around Salamanca Market. This is an outdoor street market by Hobart waterfront. It has over 300 stalls selling Tasmanian... Continue Reading →
I can’t resist an extra blog post because I’ve had great fun photographing the pademelons, the starry sky and the lunar eclipse. I even saw a shooting star for the first time... usually John sees them and I miss them! Pademelons are marsupials, which are smaller than wallabies, and they hop around Rich and Rach’s... Continue Reading →
Eight hours sleep! Fantastic! Unfortunately John wasn’t so lucky but, hopefully, we’ll both be ok tonight. Anyway... today we had a lovely morning meeting lots of Tasmanian wildlife, including wombats, Tasmanian devils and koalas, who were all super cute! Bonorong is a wildlife sanctuary, not a zoo, and primarily looks after Tasmanian native animals who... Continue Reading →
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