As this was my last day in Tasmania and my only full day in Hobart, I had a rough idea of all the things I wanted to see. I figured I’d nab some breakfast, spend the morning at The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), maybe spend the afternoon …
I drove through the bright, sunny afternoon from the Unzoo, making it to Hobart in about an hour. I easily found my hotel, wandered up to the room to get some water before unloading the car, and… promptly fell face first onto the king bed and slept for an hour. …
One of my major bucket list items for my travels in Tasmania was to become best friends with a Tasmanian Devil. While I did know that was unrealistic, I felt I should at least meet one. This is what brought me to the Tasmanian Devil Unzoo! The Unzoo was created …
I woke up in Port Arthur, and as per tradition for this trip, I packed up to check out of the room. Checkout time was drawing nigh. The procedure went just fine, but when I finally had everything ready to go out the door… I couldn’t find my shoes. It’s …
After my thoroughly enjoyable morning at Jeanneret Beach, it was now time to drive to my next spot: historic Port Arthur, where I was going to spend the night. Port Arthur is about 300 km / 180 miles south of Bay of Fires, about 4 hours away given what Tasmanian …
I had VERY NOBLE INTENTIONS of waking up early pre-sunset, then driving into Bay of Fires to watch the sun come up over the ocean. Instead, I woke up in St. Helens right at sunrise, saw the sky was steel-grey and completely clouded over, and decided to have a more …
Some extras from the last couple days:
While walking around St. Helens tonight, I was passing a bayside restaurant when I noticed that a small flock of birds were milling around on the lawn, indifferent to nearby humans. I didn’t know what they were, so I slowly crept up to them and managed to get a few …
My road trip around Tasmania continued today with a 300-some kilometer trek from Burnie (northwestern corner of the island) to St. Helens (northeastern corner of the island). Today was another day of perfect temperature, though the sky was the color of aluminum for most of the day. Tasmania is being …
Around 2018, I made a goal for myself: I wanted to visit all seven continents by the time I hit 50. Why 2018? Well, I went to Antarctica in 2018. I figured that I had the hard one already, so I should probably do the rest, right? Then there was …
