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Tasmania Mania!!!
Hello, Hello! Her is an update from Australia. I know that we have been slacking on updating, but this is mostly because we haven't had internet for a while. I sort of like to write in a linear style, older events to newer. But on this entry I will make a breif exception to the rule. On April 11th I proposed to Kathleen, she said YES!!! More on …
Day 232 - Hobart
22.42 - Things have been very different today. Different from the life I led for the last 6 weeks in Christchurch anyway but already I miss it. I don' think it's so much the fact that I miss New Zealand, although I do, it's just I miss my friends even more. For that reason, I think my perception of Hobart has been tarnished because, to be hones, it …
After a good night's sleep...
We didn't do much in the capital of Tasmania, though the scenery is pretty nice. We gunned it to Hobart from Cradle County and so got here after dark. We stayed in a pretty dirty hostel called Pickled Frog.
Slowing Down to Tassie Time
Clearly all I needed to do was moan and complain about the weather and someone would listen. As I walked out of the internet cafe I walked into sunshine -- not pure, not a cloud in the sky sunshine but it was sunshine nonetheless. The change in the weather allowed me to feel like less of a bum and explore the city a bit. Brisbane will never be on …
Victory in Van Diemen's Land
I've been told that Tasmania is not like the rest of the country and that the people have a bit of a reputation of being um, different (in the same way that the Isle of Man in the UK and West Virginia in the US are i.e. the family tree tends to be rather circular). The island also has an unfortunate shape: ask any Australian woman to show you her ' …