The hubs decided to do a locum stint at Tasmania a few months ago, so after lots of planning, here we are in Tassie, and in Tassie we will be for three weeks. We are calling it a working holiday as we’ll be touring Tassie in the weekends 😛
We are staying in Burnie, which kind of reminds me of Port Dickson in Malaysia, but not as touristy. We’re living in a self-contained apartment located opposite the beach. There are sections of the beach which are very industrialised; there is a port where freight ships dock, and lots of giant forklifts around. On the other side of the beach, you can actually view wild penguins. Very cool indeed.
Keeping warm with a gorgeous hand-knitted hat by LeGeeque
The photo above was taken at Fernglade, where you can catch glimpses of platypus. It’s difficult to see them because they are very sensitive to humans. We walked into the forest and waited very quietly for about a half hour before our efforts paid off. We saw three! Didn’t take any photos then as we didn’t want the sound of the camera to frighten them off.
We’ll be off to Hobart this weekend, and will be staying over for a night. It will be fun checking out the town my brother studied at.
If you’ve been to Hobart, or even Tassie in general, do share of the interesting places you’ve been. It’d give me a few ideas of where to go! 😀
omg…. so beautiful!!!!
Thanks for the pics, Tine 🙂
I’ve missed seeing your gorgeous face Tine! such wonderful shots!!! 😀
Connie: My pleasure Connie. The landscape’s breathtakingly beautiful. Mmmmm….
Nikki: Haha, I haven’t shown my face in quite a while, eh? 😛 My husband photographed those pictures. I only had my phone’s camera with me. Tsk tsk.
Port Arthur for the tourisy stuff. Definitely don’t miss Salamanca market and the infamous award winning bratwurst stall. Fisherman basket at Mures. Drive up to Mt Wellington, or down to Bruny Island and Tahune Airwalk. Tassie is beautiful, the possibilities are endless, you won’t be disappointed. 🙂
Oh, also, when you’re up north, pay a visit to Bay of Fires. It’s like a little piece of heaven hidden from the rest of the world.
My brother studied at Tassie too!
We made a road trip from Hobart to Launceston, stayed the night and headed back south via the east coast. We made stops at the quaintest little towns with little tea house along the way. I particularly remember one called Ross. We ate the yummiest pancakes at Mt Elephant Pancakes (if you go there, you gotta read the sign boards! Hilarious!)
http://www.mountelephantpancakes.com.au/
We also stopped at Bicheno to get “blowed” =/ Yeah, it still sounds a bit crude to me. LOL
Salamanca Market rules!
God, I want to go there again …
this brought back the memory of our old days. DH did the same thinig back in the 90’s. and we toured around the island as well. our neighbour back in melbourne was from tasmania so we got some tips from her befoing heading out. it was a great fun. have you tried the little cafe not far from Hobart called Kabuki by the Sea? It has the most beautiful view. the food was all right though. 🙂
Those pictures are beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Hi there, just wandered by. I have a Airwalk website. Truly more information that you can imagine on the web. Wasn’t what I was looking for, but interesting page. Cya later.