Franklin Square, Australia Travel Journals & Blogs

Traveler This side of things
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- Feb 13, 2023, 8:00pm
- ☀️ 8 °C
- Altitude: 46 m
- Australia Tasmania Hobart Hobart CBD Franklin Square -42.876724, 147.32124142°52’36” S 147°19’16” E
Day 142
A day of church's
February 13, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Today was my day off so I decided to try and be busy.

The tower captain in hobart invited me to join them at their secondary church to ring in the morning. It is a Jewish Orthodox church now but was once an Anglican church. Beautiful interior and some pretty nice bells. They ring sort of funny but not bad.

There were some cool buildings opposite that I really liked. And another church close by.

Then sat about and had a muffin and berocca while I planned. Wrote a few emails and tried to finalise my east coast plans.

Made some quesadillas for dinner. Tomato cause, cheese and fake chicken. Very nice.

Then had ringing again this evening. We rang a touch of Bob which I haven't done in forever. So very proud of myself for that.

Got back to the hostel and found out the new fridges were up and running. They are only for long termers so I now have a lovely clean fridge spot, that doesn't smell like fish and has a lot of space.Read more
Traveler that is amazing, ringing in Tas as well as Ditchling. I will have to tell David. xx
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Traveler 2024 - A Whole New World
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- Feb 22, 2024
- 🌬 32 °C
- Altitude: 57 m
- Australia Tasmania Hobart Hobart CBD Franklin Square -42.882036, 147.31833242°52’55” S 147°19’6” E
Day 53
Chardonnay H3 (Hobart, Tasmania)
February 22 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 32 °C
Last time I was here, was for INTERHASH 2000. The Chardonnay H3 set the Red Dress run for well over 1000 hashers back then. This time we gathered at 1300 on a Thursday, and the local hash put on a trail for us, which was very kind. Trail started from the “Hope & Anchor Tavern” that is the oldest continuously licensed pub in Australia. Prices were not old though, beer was $14 AUD, and the soda was $8.50 . . . yowser.

At the appropriate time, the hares called us all together on the street for a quick chalk talk, and off we went. Runners enjoyed a 9 km trail (walkers got 5) that headed out of town passing the war memorial, and then out through a park. Some people thought it was too hot out at 33 C, but felt quite normal to me.

As the pack started returning to the pub after trail, we eventually circled up for a few down downs. The hares had to get back to work, but a few locals were able to hang out with as we circled up. We had a fun circle with several good songs, and then back to the floating hotel. On On to three days of open seas as we head to New Zealand, next stop Dunedin on Monday.Read more
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Modabostan Tour du monde
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- Feb 17, 2016, 3:00pm
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 21 m
- Australia Tasmania Hobart Hobart CBD Franklin Square -42.88199, 147.3230742°52’55” S 147°19’23” E
Day 104
La Tasmanie, une destination hors route
February 17, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Bon, c'est vrai, on avait pas prévu d'y aller, mais finalement la Tasmanie c'est quand même l'Australie. Et comme on est un peu des malades des extrêmes (toujours plus loin, plus long, plus au sud, plus d'aventures), on a pas résisté à aller explorer cette destination peu connue qui fait rêver. On débute par Hobart, bonne grosse bourgade qui se laisse vivre autour de son port, on visite aussi le musée célèbre musée d'art contemporain, le ...

Puis on part à la découverte de cette île la plus australe de l'Océanie. Au programme, beaucoup de walibis et kangourous, des émeus, des porcs-épics locaux, les vaches et des moutons, des paysages parsemés de champs et de pâturages, qui font finalement penser un peu à la Suisse, ou à la Bourgogne.Read more
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Nolwenn Lerigoleur Vous avez vu le diable de rasante?😄
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Nolwenn Lerigoleur Heu je voulais écrire tasmanie et non rasante !!!
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Modabostan Au zoo de Sydney seulement...il se cache bien le malin
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Svata Coupkova TASMANIA, Australia
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- Oct 9, 2015, 4:00pm
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 20 m
- Australia Tasmania Hobart Hobart CBD Franklin Square -42.88178, 147.3238242°52’54” S 147°19’26” E
Day 3
Hobart
October 9, 2015 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Patek je normalni pracovni den, a tak jsem se opet musela zabavit sama. A tak jsem prochodila Hobart, 300tisicove hlavni mesto Tasmanie. Nejdriv jsem to vzala pres centrum a namesti Salamanca, kde se kazdou sobotu kona prosluly trh, ktery si pry zadny navstevnik nesmi nechat ujit (ja si ho ujit necham, o vikendech vyrazime z mesta pryc).
Pak do pristavu v Sandy Bay a na desatou zpet do centra do Parlamentu, kde jsem se jako jediny zajemce zucastnila free guided tour. Pan byl super a prozradil mi toho spoustu o tasmanske demokracii (napr. to, ze volby jsou tu povinne - kez by to tak bylo i u nas!).
Domy na hobartske waterfront driv slouzily k ruznym ucelum, cela jedna ulice tu kuprikladu byla tovarnou na jam. Zamestnano tu bylo v dobach nejvetsi slavy az 1100 pracovniku!
No a pred prohlidkou (opet free) Hobart Museum a Art Gallery (vstup zdarma) jsem stihla i botanickou zahradu. Muzeum je nadherna budova se spoustou zajimavych vystav - napr. o aboriginske historii Tasmanie nebo dnes vyhynulem Thylacinovi, neboli tasmanskem tygrovi (nekteri veri, ze nekde v prirode, v hlubokych lesich jeste zije, posledni v zajeti ale zemrel v hobartske zoo v roce 1936). A nebo taky o Antarktide.Read more
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Svata Coupkova TASMANIA, Australia
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- Oct 27, 2015, 5:58pm
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 28 m
- Australia Tasmania Hobart Hobart CBD Franklin Square -42.87645, 147.3183842°52’35” S 147°19’6” E
Day 21
Hobart
October 27, 2015 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Elizabeth Street, na ktere jsem v Hobartu 3 tydny bydlela, je pekelne dlouha. Je na ni spousta obchodu a hlavne vsemoznych restauraci - od japonske pres reckou po irskou... naposledy jsem prochodila mesto, nechala vytisknout par fotek, spalila se na slunci na Salamanca Square, uzila si posledni paprsky australskeho slunce...
...a pak prisel cas vyrazit na letiste smer Melbourne. Uteklo to :-(.Read more
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Traveler Tassie '23
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- Feb 16, 2023
- Altitude: 36 m
- Australia Tasmania Hobart Hobart CBD Franklin Square -42.883179, 147.32234842°52’59” S 147°19’20” E
Day 4
Day 4 - Launceston to Hobart
February 16, 2023 in Australia
For something a bit different, we chose to return to Hobart via the East Coast, somewhere I hadn't been before. My dad always said it was his favourite part of Tassie, so had to see what he was on about.

The day started fairly slowly. After we checked out, we walked to City Park, mainly to see the Japanese Macaques that live there. Before we got to see them, we had to stop at the large conservatory, jam-packed with plants 🪴, followed by way too long admiring the well maintained garden beds. The monkeys are fun to watch but, as time was ticking, we needed to move on.

After a quick look at the local shops and some takeaway breakfast, it was off to Hobart, the long way. We diverted to Ben Lomond National Park, which was well worth it.

Heading east from there brought a surprise as we ended up on a gravel road for around 50km. Whilst it was a beautiful drive through the forest, it did slow us down a bit.

We arrived at the east coast before heading south towards Bicheno. Dad used to tell me how much he liked it there and I can see why. It's a cosy little spot and seems to be a great place to relax.

There were no more stops between there and Hobart and it'sa really nice drive with plenty to look at. Unfortunately, we arrived just on peak time and got stuck in a bit of traffic making our way to the hotel.

Overall, a nice drive, albeit a bit longer than expected. It was nice to get into the hotel room and relax, topped off with some KFC for dinner.

(For some reason, the tracker wasn't working on the app. Fortunately, Jen's was working, so I've included a screenshot for reference)Read more
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