Tassie

Dansk

Jamen halløjsa,

Hjemvendt fra Tasmanien. En dejlig tur på 5 dages tid, hvor jeg fik set lillebroderen til Australien. Desværre fandt jeg ikke min egen Mary Donaldson (nej den joke bliver aldrig gammel). Jeg har allerede lagt nogle billeder op, og der vil formentlig komme flere til.
Vi ankom til Hobart tirsdag morgen, efter en lille flyvetur. Derefter fik vi vores lille campingbus eller hvad man kalder sådan en. Vores tur kunne begynde og den første seværdighed vi besøgte, var Port Arthur, et nedlagt fængsel. En spændende oplevelse, hvor jeg desværre må erklære at jeg ikke fik set spøgelset af den lille pige. Øv øv øv. Onsdag kørte vi op langs østkysten til en park. Det var her at jeg fik set min første wallaby 'in the wild nature'. Utrolig hvor tomhjernet man bliver, når sådan et lille kræ kommer hoppende. Ihvertfald fik jeg taget omkring 30 billeder af en busk og nogle ører. Senere fik jeg dog et par ordentlig billeder af min lille ven. I denne park fik vi også nydt et godt måltid til en vidunderlig udsigt. Generelt var Tasmanien en smuk ø, imodsætning til Fyn. Vi må bygge et bjerg på fyn og nogle ordenlige strande. Torsdag fik jeg lov til at køre. In Launceston skulle jeg drøne rundt, som en forvirret gås, idet vi ikke anede hvor vi skulle hen. Ud på den rigtige motorvejen kom jeg dog. Efter et hurtigt stop på en rimelig kedelig hindbærfarm, endte vi i vores anden park. Her fik jeg lov til at holde en lille wombat, hvilket på den ene side var stor oplevelse, men dog var den wombat ikke specielt glad for at en dansk idiot skulle holde om den, så den gjorde sit bedste for at komme væk. Der ud over fik jeg i denne park set tasmanske djævler, en kookaburra, kænguruer, flere wallabies og voksne wombats. En dejlig tur, og det var meget specielt at komme så tæt på dem. Fredag kørte vi tik Cradle Mountain, hvor vi gik en lille tur, der varede 2½ time. Lørdag kørte vi tilbage til Hobart, da vi ville se lidt af "storbyen". Flere af de byer vi havde kørt igennem på Tassie, bestod af 10 huse, og så var den by slut. I Hobart fik vi set en juleparade og der var ligeledes et marked. Underligt at se julemanden, når det føles som om det er sommer. Jeg fandt også lige en butik, hvor de solgte danske ting og havde lidt dansk historie. Om alt var korrekt, vil jeg ikke udtale mig om. Nå men campingbussen blev afleveret, flyet blev nået og nu er jeg tilbage i Melbourne, godt i gang med at planlægge den næste tur. Alt går godt, og billetten tilbage til DK i marts, bliver snart bestilt.

English

Hello hello,

Back from Tassie. It was nice to spend five days on the little brother of Australia. Sadly I did not find me a Mary Donaldson, say the prince of Denmark did. I've already uploaded some pictures of the trip, but I'll probably upload more, after I get the pictures from the friends I travelled with.
We arrived in Hobart, tuesday morning after a short flight from Melbourne. We picked up the caravan that we had paid for and was ready to begin the trip. The first thing we saw was a Port Arthur, a prison that had been closed down. Very interesting to listen to the stories about the prison. Sadly I did not see the little ghost-girl, that aparently is haunting there. Wednesday we droe up the East coast to the first park. It was a very beautiful drive. In the park I saw my first wallaby. It is amazing how stupid you get, when there is a small wallaby close by. Think I took like 30 pictures of a bush with ears. Okay I did get a few good ones after the wallaby came out of the bush. In the park we had lunch with a great view.
Thursday was my turn to drive. A confused goose in the middle of Launceston, is how I would describe it. We had no idea, where we were, and then it's not really fun being a driver of a big caravan on the "wrong" side of the road. Haha but we found our way. At the next park we saw more of the Australia animals, such as wombats, Tasmanian Devils, more wallabies, kangaroos and a kookaburra. It was amazing to get so close to the animals. Even though I must say that when I was holding the little wombat, I didn't get the feeling that he really liked it or trusted me. But come on, who would?
Friday we went to Crandle Mountain. It was really nice and we went for the shortest walk around a lake. It took about 2½ hours. I think it was really beautiful Crandle Mountain.
Saturday we drove back to Hobart, because we wanted to see a bit of the "big city". It was scary to see that some to the towns in Tassie only had around 10-20 houses. A town/city on the map and still there aren't more than 10-20 houses (it's a ghost town if you ask me). In Hobart we saw a christmas parade and they also had a market. It is so weird that they are having christmas parades at the moment. It does not feel like christmas at all. I also found a Danish shop, but lets just say that not everything in the shop, was a symbol of Denmark. We handed in the caravan, flew back to Melbourne and that's where I am now. Planning my next trip. Everything is fine and I'm soon going to change my ticket to marts, where I'm returning to Denmark.