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Sun, Jan 04 04:54 PM

Who says there's no such thing as a free lunch..

 

Back into work now after spending some time over the festive period in Tasmania. Wonderful place, very similar to the South Island of New Zealand in appearance.

 

The many highlights included:

 

Seeing Tasmanian Devils. Strangely cute, they're roughly the size of a Staffordshire terrier with the same robust build. However, don't for a minute think of hugging one as their temperament is unpredictably wild and they have very strong jaws and a good set of canines. Unfortunately they're under threat as a large percentage have been recently stricken with an unknown facial cancer. 

 

Seeing and experiencing the native old-growth forests. A real gem, again under threat this time from a large and rapacious timber company that practically owns/runs the state and wants to replace old growth forest with pine plantations.

 

Port Arthur. Originally a convict settlement from the 1830's till 1877, the remains of the site are a major tourist attraction. The history is fascinating as the facility was originally set up as an experiment for penal systems. A must-see even if you Wiki it.

 

The capital, Hobart was closed on Christmas Day. No eating establishments were open, not even the Information Centre to tell us tourists what was open. So we wandered around the streets and came upon a crowd of people in the same boat in one of the city malls. Turns out the city put on a free lunch for anyone who came along. There were a couple of hundred people mingling together - students, homeless, tourists - and we had a brilliant Christmas lunch - thanks Hobart! 

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Dreamer38 Dreamer38:

Future Vacation?

I just read your blog and I found it very informative. I was born and raised in Canada and have never travelled outside of North America (except a few US destinations but those don't count because I lived in a border town). Australia is one of those places I would love to come and visit one day. I have a friend who travelled there by himself about 5 years ago for a month. He absolutely enjoyed himself.

 

Your blog was just fun to read. Thanks.

Rexo Rexo:

I think you'd enjoy it, Dreamer38.

Tassie has roughly the same climate as the warm areas of Canada (it has seasons anyway!) so I can see the attraction. It doesn't have the red ochre deserts of the outback but it does have plenty of kangaroos and wallabies if you're interested in wildlife.

 

The people are friendly and there isn't a lot of them - the whole island has a population of approximately 500,000. 

 

So if you're making plans to get away from it all, there are few places that would match it. 

 

angieszz angieszz:

I love Tassie

Anyone ever interested in chilling out, slowing down, seeing pristine landscapes then Tasmania is a rare place on this earth.  I loved every minute of it.

 

Angie