Bicheno has been great – some nice wildlife tours, good seafood, awesome scenery, and a nice cottage to relax in. After checking out, our innkeeper (Sandy) shares with us the nest of a pair of penguins who have been visiting their home for a couple of years. The parents are off hunting for the day,…
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We follow up on laundry this morning and then head down to the local coffee shop for breakfast. I had pancakes and Dick had pouched eggs. We head down to Freycinet National Park, Wineglass Bay. We get our visitors pass and drive down to the trail head for the Wineglass Bay Lookout. After a quite…
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Staying at the small ‘Astor Private Hotel’ in Hobart has been a hoot with eccentric and entertaining fellow guests and host. After checking out, we drove down the Tasman Peninsula to Port Arthur, a world heritage site and former penal colony. It’s a huge complex of over 30 buildings in various states of repair and…
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We wake to the sound of the church bells ringing at the Cathedral down the street. A quick breakfast and we head off to the farmers market. Rain is threatening on and off for the day, so we’ll see how it goes. Seven years back, the Sunday Farmgate market began with an honest and simple…
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