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    • TravelerThis side of things
      Day 150

      Do you ever?

      February 21, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 9 °C

      Do you ever wonder about the statistics of your life?

      I dont know why but I thought about it yesterday and I cant get it out of my mind. I'm just so curious now.

      For instance, how many people have I had a conversation with? What percentage of my life have I need asleep? Those are like mundane ones, but I thought of it first when I was at work. I was standing polishing cutlery and was so curious about how many knives I must have polished in my life. I mean, I've been working hospo for 3 ish years now, I must have polished a lot.

      And then other things, like how many times have I narrowly escaped injury? Or how many hours have I spent reading?

      I don't know why I just keeping thinking of new ones. I'd love that to be something you could know.

      Anyways, that's a little view into my weird brain.

      Did a 12 bell practice on monday. My first ever and it was all simulated on the computer. There are 12 bells in the tower but 2 are semitones so rung on all 12 normally is just not a good noise. The tower captain is creating a computer program that assesses the ringing and the ringers individually. The program is insanely clever, it gives perfect stats on who is ringing to fast or slow. If anyone was out, its insanely clever mechanics. Obviously they are just linked to the hobart bells currently as the sensors have to be put in perfect timings to get the accurate readings, but it is definitely a way to modernise ringing. Any mathematician or scientist would have a field day with it once it is perfected. It makes my brain very happy to look over.

      I also bought myself some wool. It isnt a great photo as the wool is actually a light blue. But I decided I wanted to make something. It took me around a week to figure out what I could make that I actually need but finally got it. I am making a laundry bag. Its hard to organise a backpack when it comes to dirty and clean clothing because it all fits in one spot. So hopefully with this I will be able to separate it out easier. I dont really like this pattern, I dont think the holes are big enough so I am going to make it again with a 2 chain gap between the stiches and hope that is bigger. Might need it to be 3, not sure yet.      Read more

    • TravelerThis side of things
      Day 127

      Walking tours

      January 29, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

      Did a cutesy little walking tour of Hobart. Met a girl on the tour who is also in my hostel so was nice talking with her.

      Our guide was really nice and is thinking of going to england in a few months. She wanted to live and work in London but I may have accidentally convinced her not too. I didnt intend too but she didnt seem to mind too much. I just said there was more to see than just London.

      We met at another cute park which I loved. We walked past a pretty house which does tours that show the lives of the servants in Hobart. Might do that tour later on.

      We also walked past the old hospital and up to Battery Point. Saw the amazing view of Kunyani from the Battery Point road.

      Then down to one of the oldest and grandest buildings in Hobart. This was built by a guy who used to run the whaling ships. From this position he could see over the entire city, river and docks. Up the top of the building he would sit in his office and watch everything that his employees were doing. Sounds kinda creepy but it was effective. It is also supposed to be haunted and they used to do ghost tours as well. So might do that at some point.

      The down to Salamanca and saw the steps I had walked up yesterday. Turns out these were built by a guy who was sick of walking all around the headland and decided he would build some. He had some spare land so just built them. Love it.

      We finished the tour at the parliament gardens and the boat of to Mona.      Read more

    • TravelerWeltreise
      Day 69

      Hobart

      March 15, 2023 in Australia

      Ich bin nach dem Ausflug noch etwas durch die Stadt gegangen, wie in Neuseeland, an vielen Stellen ziemlicher Kontrast zwischen alt und neu.
      Dabei bin ich auch auf das älteste Hotel Australiens gestoßen.
      Und schönes Hafengelände mit vielen Fischrestaurants.      Read more

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    • Tasmania & New Zealand
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      Day 26

      Hobart part II

      March 9 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

      Our Hobart hotel is lovely. We were due to stay somewhere else, but there was a fire there before Christmas, so alternative accommodation was found for us. We’ve ended up with breakfast included, which wasn’t on our original package! Had dinner at the Hog’s Breath restaurant - we’ve been to a few in Aus - so seemed right to go here as it’s next to our hotel. No more cooking on a bbq for us!

      So the news this morning said temps here would be in excess of 34 degrees. That’s hot for Tassie and for us, especially as we’ve encountered such variable temps up to now. It ramps up from low to high then down again without any warning!

      We’ve been looking forward to today, as we’d arranged to meet Mel & Shaun. Mel is one of my lovely friend, Anna’s daughters. Anna isn’t here anymore but we catch up with Mel when either of us is in each other’s hemisphere!

      We started by walking around Salamanca Market, Aussie’s most famous. It was fab, food, drink and nice things to buy. At the same time, HMAS Hobart has docked here, so the city was celebrating this too. There was a naval parade, and crew from the ship around town. A great vibe.

      In the afternoon we’d booked to go to Mona - a completely indescribable art gallery! You get there on a party boat, and the fun continues - the installations are a mix of intriguing, controversial, beautiful, baffling, thought provoking. Brilliant.

      We ended up at the oldest pub in Australia, which was mins away from our hotel. A fab day but oh boy, completely knackered from the heat and all the walking 🤪

      Had a final wrangle with the packing - lets call this round a draw!

      Tomorrow we’re off to NZ….. Chapter two of our trip 😁      Read more

    • TravelerThis side of things
      Day 165

      Final few days

      March 8, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      I'm quite proud of myself the last few days, I've been fairly busy.

      I kicked it off by finally finishing my book. Chose a lovely evening in the park to finish the final couple chapters. Hobart to London, on a thumb and a Pray, top tier book. Probably one of my favourite reads from the last few years, which believe me is saying a lot. I read so much. The story was well written and inspired me on loads of places I want to go. Rather political and slightly biased against the US in particular. But it displays a clear and stark view of the past and the world in it's current state (though it was write in 2015 so is beginning to be dated).

      Tassie, one of my colleagues, decided to draw on my hand and the outcome was hilarious so I had to capture the gremlin that was created.

      My friend Moni who I met in Sydney and I decided we are going to go to Bali together in April. I have never really travelled with anyone before so that will be fun. Moni only has 9days off so I am going to stay in bali after she leaves. Probably for a week or so, not sure yet. Then I will fly from bali to Darwin and spend a week or so there. After that I have no clue where I'm going but that will be decided by where I can get a job. By this point it will be May, so I will need to get a job and stay somewhere for a few months again.

      And of course there was the dreaded laundry. Packing is very difficult when you wear your closed on a 2 week cycle and you are at the end so everything is dirty. So I did laundry. In probably the worst laundry facility I have every used. The hostels washers and dries are bad and overpriced, I knew this. I have after all had to do laundry there before. But today was a special occasion. Today, the washes simply got my clothes wet, and they dryers spung them. They came out sopping wet and the same level of dirty as before. I was not pleased. Particularly as I paid $12 for that. The most expensive laundry I have yet paid.

      Once it was all hanging and drying in my room, I realised I would not be able to pack and would have to do it all tomorrow. I was not pleased.      Read more

    • TravelerAns andere Ende der Welt 2017
      Day 47

      Tasmanien - Tag 3

      October 25, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

      Tasmania - is so amazing and soooooo beautiful...I can't believe it...

      Der Wecker klingelte um 6.30 Uhr und ich hab erstaunlicherweise gut im Scary Hotel geschlafen. Bin um 7.30 Uhr mit wehenden Fahnen dort gestartet und nun endlich im heutigen Nachtlager angekommen. 12 Stunden später.
      Gestartet bin ich im schönen kleinem verschlafenen Strandörtchen Strahan (dort waren leider die Unterkünfte für mich unbezahlbar). Dort war ich am Ocean Beach. Also ganz im Westen der Insel. Nach einem kleinen Strandspaziergang ging es weiter. Vorbei an Henty's berühmten Sanddünen. Was ich aber an Dünen nicht mag, dass die super lang sind bevor man am Meer ist. Ich hab es aber aus der Ferne gesehen und bin dann umgekehrt. Ich habe doch keine Zeit. ;) Bin dann weiter zum wunderschönen Cradle Mountain Nationalpark. Bin dort mittags angekommen. Denn man muss sagen, dass ich hier noch zur Serpentinengöttin werde bzw. geworden bin. Hier fährt man den ganzen lieben Tag nix anderes. Wollte dann da nur einen kurzen Walk machen. Hab mich aber auf der Karte verlesen und dann wurde aus der Stunde mal eben drei und das ordentlich mit rauf und runter. Bin nen anderen Weg als zuerst gedacht gegangen.
      Hier meine Highlights auf dem Weg.
      Ronny Creek (da waren einige Wombats zu sehen)
      Crater Lake
      Wombat Pool
      Lake Lila
      Dove Lake
      Und danach musste ich auch noch 2.5 Stunden nach Launceston für mein Nachtquartier fahren. Ich bin so fertig. Aber es war sooooo ein schöner Tag.
      Erstmal wieder Landschaftsbilder...      Read more

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    • TravelerHawai’i 2020
      Day 46

      Exploring

      February 22, 2020 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      The Saturday morning Salamanca Market is the largest in Australia and is a major attraction in Tasmania. There was a little bit of everything....garden produce, artisans, local foods, locally produced gin, food booths and entertainment. I was impressed but there were so many people there, in part because a large cruise ship was in port.

      After lunch I took a leisurely stroll along the waterfront and discovered another free music event. This was a Blues, Brews and BBQs Festival sponsored by a local brewery. There were a lot of people crammed into a small space so I listened to a couple of songs and then moved on.

      It was warm and sunny. I slowed my pace down and enjoyed a relaxing day. For dinner I walked across the street to a locals hotel and pub called The Welcome Stranger Hotel and ordered a pizza for take-out. The pizza wasn’t the best but the experience was worth it.      Read more

    • TravelerTasmanien 2016 bis 2017
      Day 49

      The Taste of Tasmania

      December 28, 2016 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 18 °C

      Direkt am Hafen findet auch gerade ein großes "Fressfest" statt, aber anhand der gesalzenen Preise gehen wir dann doch lieber wieder kostenlos die eintreffenden, millionenschweren Yachten anschauen.

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