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November 9th 2009
Hello All! Wat een geweldige weken heb ik achter de rug! Vanuit Cairns hadden Mirelva en Vincent een grote auto gehuurd en zijn we langs de kust van Queensland naar het zuiden gereden. We hebben gekampeerd, iets wat niet echt mijn voorkeur had, maar ik had me over laten halen. De eerste nacht sliepen we in een Nationaal Park, compleet afgelegen aan een kristal helder beekje, midden in het bos. Er stond 1 andere camper een stukje verderop. Toen we aankwamen was ik nog heel stoer, want wat ging er nou gebeuren… Maar toen werd het donker en durfde ik niet eens meer naar het ‘pieshokje’ (quote van Mirelva)! Op een gegeven moment hoorde we geritsel in de bosjes en al onze zaklampen werden paraat gehouden en toen hopte er een Walibi de bosjes uit! Zo ... read more
October 20th 2009
Llegue a Hobart, Tasmania, y la ciudad en si es mucha mas pequeña de lo que me imaginaba, ya que te la puedes andar en cuestión de medio día. Por la noche lo que mas me sorprendió es que a partir de las 6 de la tarde se convierte en una ciudad fantasma, no encuentras absolutamente a nadie ni ningún sitio para poder cenar,. Hasta los McDonalds están cerrados y los Burguer King. Aquí en Australia no hay Buguers se llaman Hungry Jack´s por problemas de registro de marca. Hay un mercado los sábados por la mañana que se llama el Mercado de Salamanca, referente a la ciudad de España, y es muy famosa en toda la isla. Al día siguiente después de ver la ciudad me cogí una excursión de todo el día para ir ... read more
August 14th 2009
I have realised that time has been passing me by so quickly and I have not managed to get that many blog entries out. I am now 35 weeks pregnant so not long to go before the little girl is born. I do hope it is a girl, in that I have not been able to resist buying lots of pink clothes which will all have to go on ebay if this turns out to be a boy !! I have two weeks left at work - I only do the three days a week so it's not so bad. The worst thing is that I can't sleep. I seem to wake at 3am every night for a few hours............ah well. My sister and family came out a few weeks ago to stay for 5 weeks ... read more
The Summer of My Salvation: Chapter Thirteen - Hobart
Published: August 20th 2009Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Hobart
August 12th 2009
It was a coin flip between Tasmania and Darwin, perhaps even Cairns. In place of parasols, sunscreen and holidaymakers poolside, I have opted for drizzly, pastoral, and off the radar screen. I have to congratulate myself for choosing so wisely. It’s hard to put a finger on it, but I’ve hit my stride in Tasmania. Those familiar ties are back to signal the winter stages of my brief Australian excursion. Every now and then a bitter, liquid film smothers my tongue, another reminder that the days are waning and this is my last stop. I question if I should have foregone the mainland entirely and dedicated more time poking about the perilously narrow country lanes that cut through sheep farms of the Midlands and the low but craggy peaks of the untamed Southwest. Tasmania is no ... read more
June 8th 2009
04:30 ZULU TIME SOMEWHERE ON AN ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC A TAXI DRIVER WITH THE CODE NAME "THE CONDUCTOR" ARRIVES AT HIS DESTINATION TO PICK UP PASSENGERS UNKNOWN..... Always wanted to start something like that. So 4:30 am is quite early but that is when our taxi to the Sydney airport arrives and our Tasmanian adventure begins. We arrive at the airport early and I sense that their may be some bitterness amongst all present, to my crazy desire to get to the every airport early or even very early...however, after some coffee and food this feeling subsides. We arrived in Hobart and our driver (let us call him Steve for this narrative) went to fetch the rental car while we waited for the bags. Should have been relatively quick considering it was a small plane ... read more
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June 3rd 2009
I leave the mainland of Australia for the short 3 hour flight from Sydney to Tasmania's Capital City, Hobart. Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1803 as a penal colony, Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2008, the city had a greater area population of approximately 209,287. The city is the financial and administrative heart of Tasmania, and also serves as the home port for both Australian and French Antarctic operations. The city is located in the state's south-east on the estuary of the Derwent River. The skyline is dominated by Mount Wellington at 1,271 metres high. The first settlement began in 1803 as a penal colony at Risdon Cove on the eastern shores of the Derwent River, amid British ... read more
April 14th 2009
Here we are again into the second month of our Tassie adventure. Our last day camping back at Seven Mile beach, (just out of Hobart), we awoke to an exceptional clear blue sky day 26deg, (such a joy in between the cold and not so blue ones), so what better way to begin the day than with a long leisurely walk along the beach, taking photo’s, collecting shells, -some for our beautiful little granddaughter Lucille and one special one for our Godchild, Laura, for her birthday, later in the month. Rest of the day was spent doing chores, packing away all our goodies from Salamanca, 2 loads of washing, topping up our groceries and making 3 varieties of healthy soups to top up the freezer supplies, for on some of the cooler days ahead. But the ... read more
April 12th 2009
Nosso passeio de barco em Bruny Island estava marcado para as 11 da manha, entao para estarmos no local destinado ao embarque no barco para o passeio tinhamos duas opcoes de horarios para pegar o ferry que faz a travessia de Kettering para Bruny Island (o das 7:45 ou o das 9), escolhemos por pegar o das 7:45, pois deveriamos chegar, no local do ferry, 30 minutos antes para segurar lugar e do camping onde estavamos era 1 hora dirigindo ate o ferry, ou seja era 6 da manha e ja estavamos no carro a caminho de Bruny Island. Chegamos ao ferry com uma certa antecedencia, a tempo de apreciar o nascer do sol. A trevessia foi rapida ainda tivemos tempo de para para tirar umas fotos, e antes do que tinhamos previsto ja haviamos chegado ... read more
April 11th 2009
Hoje nem tomamos cafe antes de sair, pois guardamos nossa fome para ser saciada na feira. Quando moravamos no Brasil adoravamos ir comer nas feiras livres em Curitiba..... O Salamanca Market eh uma feira livre que acontece todos os sabados ea titulo de comparacao para aqueles que conhecem a cidade de Curitiba, eh parecida com a feirinha do largo da ordem aos domingos. La encontra-se de tudo um pouco, bijouteria, frutas e verduras, fotografias, produtos locais como mel e lavanda e claro barraquinhas de comida tambem. Entretanto aqui soh nao tem as comidas tipicas do Brasil, mas tem coisas bem tipicas por aqui como: porcao de batata frita, cachorro quente (tipo australiano), sonho (eh aqui tambem tem....e com varios tipos de recheio) e muita comida chinesa..... Logo que chegamos tratamos de parar em uma barraquinha de ... read more
April 10th 2009
Ontem passamos um tempao analisando nossas possibilidades para o dia de hoje. Como o tempo esta meio fechado e eh feriado decidimos ir visitar Port Arthur. Port Arthur eh um local historico localizado a uma hora e meia de Hobart, capital da Tasmania. Trata-se na verdade de uma prisao de do seculo 19, onde a Inglaterra mandava os condenados para passar algum tempo la (pena maxima de 7 anos). A maior parte dos presos eram pessoas que tinham cometido pequenos delitos: como roubar uma camiseta ou comida. A prisao em Port Arthur tinha como objetivo reabilitar os presos para que estes pudessem voltar a viver em sociedade entao ali, se trabalhava o tempo todo, nao tinham tempo para o oscio se nao estivessem trabalhando era porque estava na hora de recolher os presos novamente para as ... read more
