Blogs from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania - page 17

Hello all, I know it's been a while but I've been having so much fun in Tasmania that there's been no time to update my blog. I'm planning to do one big update on the whole of my time in Tasmania before I leave. Some of you may be aware that Tropical Cyclone Yasi (the largest cyclone to hit Oz for some time) is heading towards Cairns and due to hit land late Wednesday night / early hours of Thursday morning and will be devastating if it doesn't lose any momentum. I'm due to fly up to Cairns on Friday! At the moment it's a waiting game and I'm waiting for my travel agent to advise me if anything changes. So at the moment I'm safely tucked away in Hobart and may have to stay here ... read more

First stop Hobart. We arrived in the evening just before sunset and my verdict so far was that Tasmania was more than beautiful. I always think that if the drive from the airport is impressive then good things are likely to be ahead. We checked into our hostel and took a stroll down to the Salamanca area where everything was happening. This was clearly where Hobart came alive in the evenings. Tasmania is said by some to have the best food in Australia and we stopped at a little Vietnamese restaurant in Tasmania for dinner. Does that mean it's the best Vietnamese in Australia? Or just the only one in Tasmania? Anyway, it was good food and we managed to get there just before a queue around the entire restaurant formed. We discovered that Tasmania is ... read more

Not very restful night of sleep - waking every ten minutes concerned about over sleeping and missing our flight. Woke at midnight to thundering tropical rain (usually one of my great joys) and spent the next few hours concerned that our little access road to the outside world would be flooded and prevent us from accessing the airport, even though it adjoins our suburb! I booked our taxi online for the first time and so was also concerned that this system may not work and no taxi might appear. At the appointed hour (4am!) our turbanned taxi driver appeared through a break in the rain. He was extremely friendly and chatty and we both felt embarrassed that we were almost completely unable to understand anything he was saying in his beautiful singsong accent. Didn't want it ... read more

Beste mensen, bij deze de blog van Tasmanie! Nadat we Melbourne wel gezien hadden, hebben we besloten om het vliegtuig naar Tasmanie te nemen. We hadden gekeken om een georganiseerde tour te nemen maar dit was erg duur en omdat we dit ook hadden gedaan in Alice Springs ( the rock tour ) dachten we dat we dit ook wel zelf zouden kunnen doen! Dinsdag ochtend 7 december om 7 uur zijn we vanaf Melbourne op het vliegtuig gestapt naar Hobart. Dit is een 1,5 durende vlucht dus om half negen waren we op bestemming gearriveerd! Toen we onze backpacks van de band hadden opgepikt konden we door naar het verhuurbedrijf ( budget ) waar we onze wagen hadden gereserveerd. . We hadden tijdens het boeken de keuze uit meerdere wagens maar we hadden uiteindelijk gekozen ... read more

Arrived in Tasmania Lastnight. Its COLD here! had to buy a jacket today. Im really excited about being here in Tasmania! I think it is going to redeam my disappointment so far with Australia. Hobart seems like a really cool town. There is alot of really old buildings, museums, a beautiful harbor and plenty of shopping. I spend the day wandering around the town and made it down to the harbor. There were a couple big black ships that caught my eye and upon closer look they turned out to be two boats from the Sea Sheperd fleet from the TV Show "Whale Wars". I wasnt going to pay to go onboard or even wait in line for that matter, but as i was going by a man said i could jump to the front of ... read more