Under Down Under

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We left New Zealand and headed to our new "hostel" in the Melbourne suburb of Black Rock. We'd met Bri in Western Australia in July and gladly accepted an invitation to become dogwalkers for a week as a holiday from hostel life. We didn't actually do a great deal else for a week, except walk Kiah down the same streets where Shane Warne grew up and Merv Hughes still drinks.

.....and so to Under Down Under. We abandoned plans of the 2nd Test in Adelaide due to a ticketing difficulty i.e. we didn't have any and bought a cheap flight to Launceston. Cricket was supposed to be on the agenda this weekend, so it was therefore ironic that we found ourselves watching the Tasmanian Tigers anaihalate South Australia in a 1 Day Ford Ranger Cup game.

We spent a couple of days in Launceston planning our Tasmanian circuit, before getting another hire car and setting off for the Wild West.

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Photos

Launceston
The local drop

Launceston
Asking Santa for another pair of Crocs for Christmas..accept no imitations, they're ever so comfortable!

Black Rock
Out for a walk with Kiah, our Melbourne dog

Launceston
An undercover Jason Gillespie

Black Rock
Watching the Adelaide Test Match in the Black Rock "hostel"

Black Rock
...practicing for the diploma in Aussie skills

Launceston
The Victorian villas of Launceston

Black Rock
View of downtown Melbourne from Sandringham

Launceston
View up Cataract Gorge

Launceston
It wasn't quite the 2nd Test in Adelaide...Shaun Tait wasn't supposed to be in Launceston either

Launceston
View across the River Tamar

Launceston
Customs House

Launceston
Miranda's customised Crocs blend in with the local daisies.

Launceston
Miranda meets the locals Volume 5 - the Tassie tigers of Launceston