November 25, 2011
When I told people I was heading to Tasmania, many said to get to Cradle Mountain. The park is several hours northwest of Hobart — our start and end point of the trip –, however, and combined with the other sights on our agenda, it would have taken too long to get there. Brendan and […]
November 10, 2011
Bicheno came after Port Arthur on our road trip up Tasmania’s east coast. It was already near dark when we arrived and significantly chillier, so our only plans were dinner on the water and some wine. Bicheno has a little penguin colony, and we chatted with our waitress about whether or not it was worth […]
November 3, 2011
He was dead. And I felt a bit upset, even though I didn’t know him. The prisoner depicted on the playing card given to me as I entered the “Lottery of Life” exhibit at the Port Arthur Historic Site tried to escape his fate. He was caught and forced to return to the prison, but […]
October 27, 2011
“We haven’t had weather like this, like, ever.” The perky girl at the car rental counter chirped this as she handed over our car keys at the Hobart airport. The warm sun and windless air that had greeted us as we stepped off the plane shocked my system — everyone says Tasmania is cold all […]
October 3, 2011
My favorite color is blue. My love for it is evident in everything from the clothes I wear to my significant other’s eye color. I could care less about cars, but when I see certain shades of blue cruising along the highway, I always say, “I like that car.” Actually, our rental car on the […]
September 10, 2011
We got a false start spotting animal life when we got into Kaikoura. I could’ve sworn I saw two penguins on a rocky beach along the main road into town. We pulled over to discover they were a different, though indiscernible, kind of bird. We drove a few minutes more under the hazy gray sky, […]
