Tasmania!
Funny, I can remember a time in the not so distant past where I thought that Tasmania might have been at the end of the earth or something. Not that it really was in any way, but my only knowledge of it was from Looney Tunes and the Tasmanian Devil...and in my might that was at the end of the earth. I don't the logic either, don't worry. More importantly though, here are some pictures...
The place we stayed at was really quaint...it was called the Old Bakery Inn, and really used to be a bakery! This is Kasumi (my travel buddy visiting from Japan!) standing in the lobbyish area.
We stayed in Launceston, a small town...I think they said it was a city but I don't believe it! Oddly enough, they had some Japanese Macquarie monkeys in the park...kinda random, but apparently they like to keep monkeys there. They were cute and fun to watch...
There wasn't a whole lot to do, though the city was nice and good for relaxing...took a bit of an adjustment for me as I am kinda a city kid...but Kasumi felt immediately at home! These are a few pictures of the park near our hotel. The rocks were kinda cool. And boats are always nice.
We lucked out and had a gorgeous sunny day to explore the Catarac Gorge...it was a great walk, and we had the most delicious lunch at a restaurant called Stillwater...highly reccommend it, a little expensive on a budget, but lunch is doable I think.
The next day we went on one of the best tours I have ever been on, just a day tour, with Tiger Wilderness Tours. We went into some caves and saw a rainforest and then went hiking at Cradle Rock National Park and saw a super old growth forest. It was all fully stunning! It was my first time going into caves, so I was pretty excited for that too to say the least!
...Our little tour group admiring the view at Cradle Rock and the mountain, or
rock, itself
A little dissapointed there was no tasmanian devil on the sign, but this one was still pretty amusing...
The place we stayed at was really quaint...it was called the Old Bakery Inn, and really used to be a bakery! This is Kasumi (my travel buddy visiting from Japan!) standing in the lobbyish area.
We stayed in Launceston, a small town...I think they said it was a city but I don't believe it! Oddly enough, they had some Japanese Macquarie monkeys in the park...kinda random, but apparently they like to keep monkeys there. They were cute and fun to watch...
There wasn't a whole lot to do, though the city was nice and good for relaxing...took a bit of an adjustment for me as I am kinda a city kid...but Kasumi felt immediately at home! These are a few pictures of the park near our hotel. The rocks were kinda cool. And boats are always nice.
We lucked out and had a gorgeous sunny day to explore the Catarac Gorge...it was a great walk, and we had the most delicious lunch at a restaurant called Stillwater...highly reccommend it, a little expensive on a budget, but lunch is doable I think.
The next day we went on one of the best tours I have ever been on, just a day tour, with Tiger Wilderness Tours. We went into some caves and saw a rainforest and then went hiking at Cradle Rock National Park and saw a super old growth forest. It was all fully stunning! It was my first time going into caves, so I was pretty excited for that too to say the least!
...Our little tour group admiring the view at Cradle Rock and the mountain, or
rock, itself
A little dissapointed there was no tasmanian devil on the sign, but this one was still pretty amusing...
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Cool. Nice to see Kasumi with you there, hope it was loads-a-fun!
Word C dawg, i'm getting around to coming over to oz and replying to your text I'm just a little snowed under with exams coming up soon d(^^)b
Kasumi still kicking around did she quit as well?
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