From the Beginning

Here we are again. So far so good. We start the journey from the blog at a place called Freycinet National Park.  National Parks in Tasmania are worth while to anyone travelling down here, they are full of long walks, scenery thats to die for, and wildlife galore. Oh, and for the men out there...the fishing is pretty good too!
Here is a photo of Dave and Tom with there catch of the day; 5 estuary cod's. He was so excited! I could see it in his face once i saw him coming over the hill. Apparently they are really good fighting fish; even as they were filleting them they were still jumping around. This is the life.... fresh fish for dinner, a cold beer in hand, and a beautiful sunset over the bay. We have been so lucky here with the weather as everyone on the main land said it's be raining 4 out of the 5 weeks. On days of no rain you can appreciate everything your doing and the places you go.


 I'll also add a little video of our day to day driving experiences. It isn't much but it shows our life ha.

Tom and Amy are great travelling buddies if I can call them that. Their got all the gadgets that show them every road possible, so most of our drives involve some sort of 4WD'ing (shortcutting I guess). Only annoying bit is we end up getting all the mud and dirt from theirs onto ours. 

The biggest highlight of the day was me having a shower. Finally, a caravan park with power and a clean hot shower. It has been 5 days without a shower and after that long its starting to affect how I hug Dave :P I had a 20 minute shower and it was fricken GOLD!

Today was all about history. Port Arthur Historical Site and the Convict era in Tas. We had a full day of walking tours, a boat cruise etc. Mucking around was a definate too, we were all trying to scare each other in the haunted houses. We were debating whether or not to go on the ghost tour of the jail but decided other wise when we saw photos of (apparent) ghosts. That night we stayed in the local national park but didn't want to pay the $13 for the night, so for anyone who wants to get around it; arrive late and leave early! If a ranger did come our excuse was "we only have a $50 note" hehe. 

The next day was full of general site seeing. The best place we found was 'Doo Town' where every house had a 'Doo' sign. It took us a while to stop and take all the photos but it was worth it. After all that excitement we stop for the night behind Dunnally Hotel which was a perfect site when its wet and cold, the hot cheap dinners and the fire place put us in a happy place. 

Hobart was the next stop. Both Dave and I thought it was at least a few hours drive from the peninsular but we still haven't adjusted to the fact that Tasmania is so fricken small. It took us 45 mins instead. We ended up driving past Bellerive Oval where Dave was eager to go see. Knowing that we couldn't get in because of a shield cup match on soon I was pushing Dave along; I turn away for one minute and he's in the oval. he chatted up a staff/security officer and got in. There we were able to get photos with Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus and the other team players. Amazing what happens when you just ask. Ohhh, the best part of the day, the Cadbury factory. CHOCOLATE!!!YUMMY!!! The only bad thing is they don't do tours through the factory instead they put you in a room and put a DVD on. But at least they gave us plently of free chocolates and taste testings.