Hotel Grand Chancellor Hobart

... longer and had 2 flights instead of a direct flight. Oh well, we are home and we are all very tired<br><br>That's it -Cruise is over - adventure is finished!<br><br>thanks for following along!<br><br>Definitely doing it again - everyone loved it!<br><br>J5<br>

By 8am we are at the airport after returning the rental car and catch our flight to Sydney with Virgin Blue. We have 4 hours to fill between flights and depart Sydney at 3.30pm for Coffs Harbour, so head back into Sydney for lunch<br><br>The worst part of a holiday is ...

... the way they were treated, in particular the solitary confinement, when they were locked in a dark room for days, only being allowed out for exercise and to go to church, but even then they were kept by themselves and were not allowed to look or talk to anyone. Not surprisingly a lot of them ended up being kept as they were seen as mentally unstable. We spent the next two days taking in the scenery, walking up hills to lookout points with views ...

... year in Tasmania. No wonder some of them are endangered. Our helpful campervan owner did tell us " If a roo jumps out don't swerve - we had someone who did last week and he drove off the road and turned the van right over". The possums come out at dusk and are very non-plussed about humans - one seemed very reluctant to exit our van after making inroads up the steps. Going to the loo at night on the camp site was quite a ...

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... passing thru Oatlands, the "duck" town. Yes, folks, there was the giant duck-shaped hedge, the duck weather vane, the duck-crossing road sign, other duck things, and, of course, the live and true duck on the road - with attitude! The duck wouldn't move as it was surely king (or queen - I didn't check!) of the road. (The only thing more uptight in Australia than this duck were some Qantas/Jetstar employees!) Next, it was on to Ross to the reputed bakery for a snack. This quaint town ...

... Larks is Tasmania's very own whiskey making place and much like wine tasting, they supplied us with whiskey tasting - on the rocks!! Not really our cup of tea so we took the guys word for it and chose the best bottle he could recommend as a gift! Nice place but the souvenier things were quite expensive so our visit here was quite short lived. We were surprised however to find on our way out a laminated card with the recipe for "Hot Toddy" - a whiskey ...

... the top where a tour guide leads you down the road and then an off-road section, passing the Cascade brewery before finally arriving back in Hobart. The views from Mt Wellington were incredible (and are now on Facebook). It was one of the best things I've done here. We couldn't get a tour of the Cascade Brewery however, as it's not on at the weekend :-( Well, off towards Launceston tomorrow. Cheery bye.

... roosting (sorry -it was too dark to take any pics,) and had an exciting boat trip along the coast to the junction of the Tasman Sea and the South Atlantic Ocean, which was bracing to say the least. We the had two days in Geeveston, where we climbed Hartz Peak, and two days in Triabuna where we climbed Mount Aaron in the Freycinet Peninsula, which could be one of the most scenic viewpoints we have been to. In ...

... I had yet to cross off on my 'to-do' list. Here, I did my David Bailey thing for Team Canada and ended up getting kangaroo poo on my knees in my enthusiasm to get a good shot of them with the roos. Still, that's OK because I love them dearly! However, the roos (for us jaded Britstralians) were mere apertifs for the real spectacle of the day - devil feeding time. Bad table manners simply do not do justice to these guys' take on consuming a meal. They rip apart ...