What's in a name? Well in Tasmania having the name Jim Bacon means I'm famous! Or at least my namesake was. Jim Bacon was the Premier of Tasmania from 1998 to 2004. Whereever I have gone on this trip I have been reminded of this fact...so who is he? Jim Bacon was the Premier of Tasmania from 1998 to 2004. He was a member of the Labor Party and k...

We got up quite early and were surprised to see two other cruise ships in port, the Sapphire Princess and the Crystal Serenity. Hobart was very busy. We took the free shuttle into town, it took only about five minutes. We went to the information centre, then walked around the docks. We explored an interesting sculpture commemorating Antarctic Ex...

We made it safely to Hobart, and had a short ride from the airport to the hostel. We stayed at Central City Backpackers which is in the centre of the city. On our first day we visited the famous Salamanca Markets. There were over a hundred stalls selling lots of different things: food, books, clothes, souvenirs, crafts etc. It was really good an...

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...

So.... spent a night in St. Helens, next day travelled to The Bay of Fires, so called as when it was 'discovered' allot of the local Aboriginals were found having fires here, anyway, again more beautiful beaches, and although BLOODY cold, these were brethtaking, white sand, & a real STRONG Turquose colour to the sea, got to look at the pics of t...