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Travel Blogs from Queenstown
Planlos in der Wildniss
Auf die Schnelle fiel mir einfach nichts ein, was ich mit dem freien Tag anstellen sollte. Um direkt zum Mt. Fields Park zu fahren war die Strecke zu lang, zumal ich einen Tag später in den Cradle Mountains Park zurückfahren müsste. Eine Nachricht von der Canyoning Tour hab ich auch noch nicht, keine Ahnung ob ich das dann am Montag nachholen kann …
New Norfolk to Queenstown
Ooooh, a cold 1 degree frost this morning, but a clear day outside, apart from the fog over the Derwent River. The bedrooms at Tynwald are olde world fashion, with canopies over the beds, high ceilings (maybe punched tin panels), local books to read and some mod-cons (electric blankets and wall heaters to keep out the chilly night air). Slept …
Cold Feet (and Everything Else, for that Matter)
After spending several days driving around Tasmania, I have come to two conclusions. First, the United States needs to adopt the metric system. Seriously. It is ridiculous that the US is the only country that does not follow it. Now, figuring out how fast we can go and how far something is involves a complicated mathematical formula to convert the …
McDeloraine
Leaving Stanley behind, we jumped in the car, off in the direction of Wynyard. Not many ATM's adorn the streets of Stanley, so much so that the only accepting of foreign cards was out of cash the previous evening! After cashing up in Wynyard we took the road south toward Strahan on Tasmania's west coast. Arriving in Strahan we dumped the bags, me …
Manly and Glebe!
Today, I woke up pretty early, had a quick breakie and headed out to Glebe. Ross' friend Katie told me that the best hot chocolate she'd ever had was at the Otto Cafe in Glebe, so I decided to find it. The walk to Glebe ended up being really long- around 45 minutes one way! I went the wrong direction on Glebe Point Rd. so that also made the journey …