LIVEALITTLE

My first vacation within a vacation with the perfect travelmate. Brian, I can't imagine agonzing through the frigid, wet, unsufferable tundra of Tazzie with anyone else! Thanks for being patient and tolerant with my attempts of driving on the wrong side of the road for the first time, turning on the windshield wipers when I want to signal for a turn, being to lazy to change gear coz my left hand was lethargic, insisting to park so we get to watch sunrise conveniently, not showering (but I didn't SMELL!), "spot" checking, ambitious driving schedules, carrying the packs even though they didn't fit on your back comfortably and snoring. AND, I loved that you introduced us as being from Sydney! I really felt like I belong in my new home...

Our hectic Tazzie breakdown:
12/4 W Arrive in Hobart 10:35a -> drive and cold camp in Lake St. Clare (Brian gets too comfortable with me and knocks me out with a supersonic fart! Also, the zero degrees sleeping bag leaves me shivering the entire night. I'm gonna have to report his poor investment!)
13/4 R Start Overland Track and hike a freezing, wet 5 hrs to Waterfall Hut. It was great to see snow though.
14/4 F HAPPY EASTER! Hike 3 hrs to Lake Will (pbly took us alot longer since we totally missed the obvious sign to the Lake initially). Hike 3 hrs to Scott-Kilvert Hut (Packers we met in the Waterfall hut raved about the stupendous warmth which eminanted from the Scott-Kilvert stove -- needless to say we didn't feel much of it. Clothes had to lie directly on the stove to get dried. And we shiver-slept again.)
15/4 Sa Hike back to the car via Dove Lake and Hansons Peak. My right shin hip hop dance injury pops up and Brian chivalrously mounts my pack as well and I hobble for 2 hours. We swing by Devonport for a gander, then rented a caravan for the night. Being trailer trash was way fun!
16/4 Su @ Mole Creek, we spelunked Honeycomb Cave -> Leatherwood Honey tasting -> drove 2 hours to Low Head to watch the fairy penguins come ashore for the night
17/4 M @ Launceston -> strawberry picked -> cheese tasting -> "apple picking" -> Tamar Valley wine tour -> Cataract Gorge
18/4 T zip to the east coast for Bay of Fires -> Mt Elephant pancakes we'd been anticipating since we got the business card on day #1 -> 3hr hike of Wineglass Beach -> luxurious dining and sleeping in the car facing east into the sea in anticipation of catching the sunrise
19/4 W occluded sunrise -> Russell Falls @ Mount Field -> Ocean Beach -> Henty sanddunes -> another night in the car sprinkled with tales of horror and death to tingle our nerves every time a car would drive by us on the major road.
20/4 R Gordon River Cruise -> Petrol station where attendant remarked we had been sleeping in the car because we were too damn cheap -> Hobart -> drinks with our newfound Wine Tour friends Pauline and Adam -> we accept their invitation to crash on their livingroom floor for the evening
21/4 F Refreshing hot shower at Pauline/Adam's -> Cadbury too-much-chocolate tour -> Antarctica exhibit at the Tasmanian Museum -> Royal Botanical Garden stroll -> Whiskey tasting -> gorged ourselves with a Domino pizza pie EACH (luckily they are only 8") -> quick nap to digest the pizza -> Penitentuary Ghost Tour where Brian spooked me by blowing into my ear.
22/4 Sa HOME!


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