Tasmania
11. April 2019 in Neuseeland ⋅ ☁️ 21 °CToday I leave Tauranga for my journey around Tasmania with my friend Jeanette.
Today I leave Tauranga for my journey around Tasmania with my friend Jeanette.
After a rocky start yesterday we had an uneventful flight to Hobart but then had to wait for half an hour for our vehicle, then we were upgraded as they didn’t have what we booked, oh well, nice bigWeiterlesen
Walked from Hotel to Salamanca Market downtown Hobart this morning. Lovely cafe for breakfast then a wander, magic place, best market I have ever been to.
Back to pick up car then drove to PortWeiterlesen
Early bus trip from downtown Hobart to Kettering for the ferry to Bruny Island then 40 min drive to Adventure Bay to board a boat for a three hour trip. Great weather, no major swell, magic boatmanWeiterlesen
Before leaving Hobart we went to Mt Wellington again and managed to get to the top, 1.2km above the city. What an amazing view BUT freezing cold, apparently around 3degrees, and VERY WINDY. Worth theWeiterlesen
Headed out on a 33metre catamaran on McQuarie Harbour (6 times bigger than Sydney Harbour) out to the Southern Ocean then up into the Gordon River, interesting commentary on settlers and convicts.Weiterlesen
Headed out this morning on the West Coast Wilderness Railway for a slow trip from Strahan to Dubbil Barril through the rain forest. Built in 1896 to transport ore from Queenstown to Strahan, aWeiterlesen
Headed out to do the 179km trip to Burnie through forest and lovely farmland via a lovely old mining town called
Zeehan, visited a reserve and walked through a disused rail tunnel remnants of theWeiterlesen
Wow, what a day. Headed to Stanley, stopped at Wynyard for breakfast, have never eaten so much bacon in one helping🍳🍳went into Table Cape Geological Site to visit the Lighthouse. We walked alongWeiterlesen
Reisender Have a wonderful trip....take lots of photos. 😚💕