Blogs from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Oceania - page 8

We decided to head to Tasmania with Rob and Hayley for 2 nights so on the Sunday we went and booked some flights so we could join them. The flights were booked pretty easily although we are struggling with wifi out here, it doesn't seem a popular thing to use out here which is why my updates aren't as often as they should be (sorry guys!) we had an early morning on the 18th Marcia and Ken dropped us at the airport for our flight with Rob and Hayley not even knowing of we were going to turn up as we couldn't let them know if we'd booked the tickets or not! We met at the airport though and it was really good to see them as hadn't seen them since our 2nd night in Bangkok! ... read more

Prisoners before 1850 had to endure horrid floggings and wearing of heavy chains, etc. But after 1850, a new governor thought he would change the type of punishment that would change the behaviours. He built a separate prison where reform would come through isolation and contemplation. There could be no noise whatsoever. Even the guards had to wear slippers. The prisoners were kept in their tiny cells 23 hours a day. During the other hour they were allowed to walk in a tiny courtyard outside. I am sure lots of these men ended up in the asylum next door! The Isle of the Dead was a small island, where guards and prisoners were buried. There are decorated tombstones for some of the important people of the time. Some years later a few of the tombs were ... read more

. This is another of 'our' travel experiences - this time to Tasmania in 2013. The collective ‘episodes’ describe our journey from our arrival in Hobart, Tasmania (during the 3rd week of October) and our journey to 'relax' away from the stresses of preparing to build (another) home. We'd thought that we could contain our journey into one 'episode', but as we noted after several days of enjoyment we have to break the epistle after a week of travel. Hence, this segment is the first of two. This 'segment' covers our travel from arrival in Hobart (and our 2 nights there), our journey to Bruny Island for a few days, on to Geeveston further south on the Tasmanian coast, before heading back north. . As background, we'd spent the past year finalising a lot of aspects ... read more

I've been looking forward to coming to Tasmania for ages. Firstly, it gives me boasting rights, as now I've visited every State and every Territory in Australia. Secondly, it seems to me when I'm grocery shopping, that all the good quality produce that I buy seems to come from Tasmania - salmon, beef, lamb, cheese, apples...yum! However my first introduction to Tasmania had more to do with history, specifically Tasmania's history as "Van Diemen's Land", a settlement for convicts and colonists, and it didn't take long to figure out that Tasmania loves its heritage and loves to brag about it. Mum flew from New Zealand and we met in Hobart, on Good Friday. It was a gorgeous day, which was lucky, as first up on our agenda was a walking tour. Our walking tour started at ... read more

Die Tage in Adelaide waren ok, aber ich war froh als es endlich weiter ging. Adelaide selber fand ich jetzt nicht soo spannend, obwohl waehrend ich da war 3 Events (Autorennen, Musikfestival und das bekannte Fringe Festival) stattfanden. Jetzt bin ich also wieder in Hobart, Tasmanien. 1 Nacht habe ich im Hostel verbracht, in dem ich mich aber nicht sehr wohl gefuehlt habe und bin jetzt bei einer Freundin unter gekommen. Ein riiiiessen grosses Dank and Jess und Mads, die mich trotz ihrem Umzug aufgenommen haben!!!! Ich werde noch bis Donnerstag frueh hier in Hobart bleiben und dann eine 3 taegige Tour ueber die tasmanische Westkueste nach Sheffield machen. Von da aus melde ich mich vermutlich wieder am 9.3, es sei denn etwas super aufregendes passiert zwischendrin. Die Bilder, die ich bisher gemacht habe koennt ihr ... read more