Theatre Royal Hotel Hobart

Well - what a day, got into Sydney a little late due to extremely rough seas 300 nautical miles off Sydney. P&O were proactive in rescheduling our flights back to Hobart by a couple of hours, the worst part was were got to the airport normal time and had to ...

... some really good photo opportunities. It takes us about 25 minutes in the car (the Charles Darwin section in the museum yesterday said that it took Darwin about 5 to 6 hours to walk from Hobart to the summit (about 1836 AD, I think), struggling through bush and with no tracks or roads to follow, that is an amazing feat.

We reach the car park at the top about 11.00am and are floored with the height above the landscape below; the summit is about ...

... a smaller one on the front, usually looking like I need a good wash as the result of a long journey (secretly I'd like dreadlocks to complete the look)! Then I look at the tourists (Japanese in particular) with their huge sun visors, maps, taking photos of everything and anything, always a bit over excited! But my cool traveller image soon went out of the window when I found myself sitting on a bus with a picture of Karl Kennedy and the words ...

... draussen in der bucht liegen zwei inseln, auf der einen wurden die leute bestattet, auf der anderen lebten kindergefangene (von 9-18 jahren). man kann sich die zustaende kaum vorstellen, unter denen die leute hier gelebt und gelitten haben. wir hatten das glueck, eine wunderschoene unterkunft zu bekommen. der wirt ist ein uriger schwede, der sich ein wunderschoenes haus gebaut ...

... we stored our bags then set out for a walk in "Downtown Hobart". Still very sleepy on a Sunday morning! We found a cafe for brekkie, then did a bit of browsing. We chilled out back at the hostel for a bit before making the trek to the bus station, and purchasing all of our tickets from Tassielink that we'd use during our week. A few hours later, we arrived in Launceston for Ash to discover she had left her guidebook at the bus station in Hobart. So we got directions ...

Hey hey, Well my time in Australia is coming to an end.....5 days and counting. I've been cramming in the excitement and adventure, as always though over my last few weeks. So, when I got to Brisbane I stopped at Katie's for a week to catch my breath and catch up on admin (washing, blogs etc). In true Brit style we got our glad rags on and hit the town on the Saturday night. I had to drag myself away from the mirror....little dress, heels and GHD straightened hair...I ...

... sich wirklich gelohnt. Wir hatten ein Wahnsinnigen Ausblick und eine coole Wand**ung.Nach dem Abstieg haben wir noch ein Gruppenfoto vor dem Mt Cradle gemacht und sind dann nach Lanceston gefahren um dort ein paar Leute abzusetzen und 2 Daeninnen und eine Franzoesin aufzuladen. Wir waren dann nur noch zu neunt. Dann fuhren wir nach Devonport, ein** grossen Hafenstadt wo wir dann wied** in einem eigenen Apartment ueb**nachteten. 4. Am Sonntag gings dann weit** von ...

... leftovers in our fire pit. They managed to stuff their heads into the cans of beans and corn and were walking around blindly as they enjoyed their newfound feast. I took about a million pictures and Susan called me the possum poparazi. The next day we did a 3 hour long hike that was tiring but so worth it for the views. When we got to the top we were on steep cliffs overlooking the beautiful blue Tasman sea. We saw what we ...

... edellisiin ja erittain hieno. Ensimmaisella sukelluksella saimme seurata kolmen hylkeen pulikointia meressa ja toisella polskimme alle kymmenen metrin syvyydessa kelppimetsassa. Vastaan tuli yksi rausku, mustekala, pari cow fishia, meritahtia, paljon paljon hienoa kelppimetsaa, mutta ei valitettavasti yhtaan sea dragonia, joita olimme varsinaisesti tulleet katsomaan. Kaksi naista meidan ryhmastamme olivat kylla nahneet sellaisen... Hitsilainen ...

... gehad waarbij hij die schouder had verbrijzeld, nek gebroken etc dus wij konden iig niks doen. Ik nog bijna een slang in mn been toen ik terugging naar mijn tas op de maintrack voor pijnstillers, toen er even op 1,5meter een tijgerslang gedag kwam zeggen, gezellig! Gelukkig was er toevallig een stoere ranger in de buurt die 'alarm' kon slaan en 3 uur later werd Steve opgetakeld en naar Hobart Hospital gevlogen. Na deze natuurlijk ...