Tasmania Tour Day 6 (03/05/2011)

I tried to get up as quiet as possible to make sure I don’t wake my roommates up, but two of them were up already anyway. I was waiting for the driver who was too late but he had a good excuse (besides being pretty handsome) because it was his birthday and he said he had to blow out some candles (judging by his fat smile I am guessing his girlfriend blow something as well).

On the way to Cockle Creek we stopped at an apple stall which operated a honesty pay system. The most juicy apples I’ve ever ate.

We got on our way to the Cockle creek, the most south point you could go to on Tasmania, amazing views and a good but very rocky walking tour. Besides that not a lot around the area. Of course the tour guide had to take a quick swim in the ocean. I will upload the video when I have some more access to the internet :)

Next we were off to the Harvesting Caves. It is sometimes unbelievable what nature can produce during 2 million years. Judge for yourself:

Next to the caves the thermal springs could be found. Of course I had to try it out, but the pictures of that are not for the public eye ;) The water was warm-ish, the hot shower afterwards was so much better. And just that you get the right impression, the sun doesn’t change the fact that it still was quite chilly, only the constant walking kept me warm.

Tomorrow another tour is on the agenda which means getting up again very early. Luckily all the girls now in my room have booked the same tour so we kind of have to get up at the same time.

As usual, to be continued….. 

Tasmania Tour Day 5 (02/05/2011)

Of course there had to be a fire alarm at around 9 am on my day off and sleep in. After hearing three alarms outside in the middle of the night that fire alarm gave me the rest and I wanted to tear the siren apart. Well instead I put on some clothes and walked downstairs with the others, some of them rather angry at the person who triggered the alarm. The very sexy fireman came for the inspection and as soon as they left we were able to go back to our rooms. Now I was awake anyway and went for breakfast with one of my roommates. It was her last day and we treated ourselves to a nice English breakfast.

If you ever go to Tasmania be aware that on average everything is more expensive here than on the mainland. Well in the end this is my holiday, so I don’t really look at the money right now and treat myself to some good, nice and yummy things. You know I love my food ;)

After that we went to the Hobart Museum and visited the aboriginal gallery as well as others. The Ice Documentaries and the 3D movie through the Antarctica made me want to go there. It must be very impressive to be there and experience it live. I will defiantly check it out once I have internet again.

Otherwise I only walked around the town as the Mount Wellington (which I originally had on my mind) was in way to many clouds and not worth visiting as you wouldn’t have seen anything from the summit.  So I spend another hour in a bookshop and talked with the girl who worked there about her job. And I seriously start to think about my career and what I would like to do. I always loved books and writing and given the information she gave me this might be something I could really enjoy as a job once I settle somewhere.  I will let you know when I have decided ;)

After that I spend some nice time in the park and just enjoyed and relaxed myself. On my way back to the hostel I saw that the Service of Tasmania offers free internet for half hour. So instead of doing my usual play around I actually sat down and did the important planning stuff in the time I had, checking emails and checked out a few future options. All in all the time ahead is going to be very interesting with some new ideas on my mind.

I will head off tomorrow to another tour and I am really excited that a thermal spring is included. I hope this one is going to be better than the last one I visited in Malaysia.

Read you soon again :)

Tasmania Tour Day 4 (01/05/2011)

Early in the morning I left the Montgomery hostel and found the meeting place for the Bruney Island Tour to be just 5 minute walk away. I quickly got myself a coffee at Mures (mei was that a hot one) and got on the bus. Funnily two girls from the last three days were there as well. They had decided on short notice that they would like to do it as well.  So all three of us got together and chatted away while we were driving to the Kettering Port. We caught the Ferry to the Bruney Island and 20 minutes later we arrived.

We started to head to the place where the boats were waiting for us. They explained what we would see during the three hour ride and the safety rules. As soon as we got on the boat we were given a nice long red jacket to keep us warm and dry. And yes they were needed.

They offered Ginger Tablets for seasickness, but since I haven’t been seasick since I was very young I declined hoping for the best. And there you have it, everything was fine after the tour and the ride wasn’t that wild and the see not that rough.

The ride around the cliffs and caves was one of the most amazing things I have done so far on the Tasmania tour and not just because of all the animals I was able to see in the natural habitat:

Sea eagle

Seals

Dolphins

I know that I have not very great pictures of all of them, but it is not very easy to take pictures while holding onto the reeling and bumping up and down. But the memory is what counts ;)

And again my battery died….. From now on I really have to put it back into the charger every night. It really makes me angry every time I miss a great photo opportunity because I was too lazy to get up and put it there hoping the two of three bars would hold long enough for the next day.

So after now 4 full days of hiking, walking, bussing and boating I am pretty exhausted. I have my day off tomorrow and just do things as I go along. I have a few attractions on my mind, but not sure yet when I will get up. Unfortunately the Cadbury Chocolate Factory doesn’t offer any tours anymore, otherwise I would have done that for sure :)