Blogs from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania - page 18

Today we had a relaxing day. When we woke up we were excited to see that there was snow on the top of Mt Wellington! Steve and I walked down to the Salamanca Markets and had a lovely wander around all the market stalls. We then met up with our friend's daughter, Bianca and had a coffee and catch up with her which was lovely. Steve and I then took a walk up through Battery Point and back to the waterfront. We had a woodfire pizza for lunch at the Cargo Bar, very nice. We then came back to our apartment and I did some blogging and generally relaxed. A lovely way to spend a bitterly cold and wet afternoon. ... read more

Nu ar det mandag igen.. hemkomna fran hobart(huvudstaden pa tasmanien) dar vi spenderade helgen, akte dit redan torsdag eftermiddag da vi fick sjuss av ett par killar i klassen som anda skulle kora ner... nastan alla i klassen aker ner till hobart pa helgerna, da de har familj och vanner dar.. alla lakarstudenter laser forsta aren dar nere och gor sen klinisk placering dar eller i launceston..dessutom verkar hobart vara en lite roligare stad, lite storre, mer utestallen och fin natur runt omkring! har verkligen varit en toppenhelg! hunnit med massa, kanns som vi varit borta nastan en vecka. Pa onsdagkvallen var det barbeque hos nagra av vara klasskompisar.. nagot som skiljer sig har fran hemma ar att det i princip inte finns nagra lagenheter, alla bor i hus- de flesta envanings sa staderna stracker ut ... read more

Well.....what can I say? Where does time go? A lot has happened this year. Verity is 1 in only a month and George is growing into a little boy with an Aussie accent( It does make us chuckle, getting him to say 'G'day mate' and 'Alright Cobber' and 'No worries mate'.........poor boy!...could be deemed a form of abuse/racism maybe!?) We have just applied for Citizenship so that we can all have an Aussie passport, not just Verity who is the only official Aussie in the house at present (well Brit/Aussie.......we remain British too!!!) It will be good to be able to vote in the next election as it was a bit frustrating seeing what was happening this time but not being able to vote at all. I went back to work at the beginning of this ... read more

Here's a little more news (sporadic as usual) of my cycling progress, as I reach week 3 on the southerly state of Tasmania. So what's new since last time... Yes, I made it to Melbourne ! That certainly felt like a great achievement at the time : riding the 2500 or so kilometers down the coast from Brisbane ! So, to celebrate, I booked myself onto the Spirit of Tasmania, sailing overnight to Devonport, with a return ticket in my pocket for one month later. So there you go, I've now been prolonging the cycling fun (or should I say madness) for a couple of weeks on the cold cold island of Tassie. And for those of you who've not yet heard, I also took the decision to end this year-long adventure after this month. I'm ... read more

Ma olen nyyd ennast paar p2eva yritanud blogilainele seada, t2na on vist oige p2ev. Nimelt onnestus mul paariks n2dalaks Tasmaaniasse soita. Tasmaania on yks osariikidest, mis asub kagu Austraalias. See on pindalalt veidike suurem Eestis, kuid elanikke on ainult pool miljonit. Maastik on t2iesti uskumatu! Yhel hetkel oled vihmametsas, siis m2gedes ja 15 minuti p2rast rannas. Meil olid lennupiletid 30. m2rtsiks kella 6ks hommikul. Minuga lendamas olid veel 2 sobrannat toolt - Alison ja Rachel. Alison on Sotimaalt ja Rachel Floridast. Olime koik v2ga elevil, et nyyd tuleb suur seiklus. Kuna lennujaam on linnast p2ris kaugel, pakkus me s6ber Anthony (kes elab lennujaama korval), et voime tema diivanitel maanduda ja ta soidutab meid hommikul kell 5 lennujaama. Kolisime muidugi kohe sisse. Enne veel oli vaja t2histada Alisoni viimast ood Melbournes, sest tal oli pilet Tasmaaniast Sydneysse. ... read more