While still in Hobart we made use of the free bicycles
for hire from the museum. We took these to the nearby botanical gardens which
was quite funny because I was too short for mine and felt a bit unsafe as I
couldn't touch the ground (damn short Davies legs)! Also Gwenda's handlebars
were broken so she was all over the place too. This didn’t break our biking
spirit though and we rode through the streets singing ‘Tazza Tasmaniaaaa’ at
the top of our voices. The botanical gardens were lovely and my favourites were
the cactus house and the Japanese gardens.
The day after this we headed to Launceston to stay with Gwenda's great aunty and we were spoilt to death by her family. They treated us to a nice meal the first night and we tried 'parmys' which is basically crumbed chicken but was really nice. The following day we went to have a look round the town and also to a beach in Low Head called East Beach. In the evening we had a BBQ with Gwenda's family which was delicious (I could get used to Aussie BBQs).
On our last full day there we went to Cataract Gorge which was really nice; there were wild peacocks running around and it was really nice and sunny with lush scenery. We also went to the nearby zoo and saw the famous Tasmanian Devil's being fed, were able to feed wallabes and kangaroos and saw cute koalas and wombats. Luckily we had gone to Launceston at a good time because there was a food and drink festival on where I STUFFED my face- I ate wallabe sausages, feeling slightly guilty after seeing them at the zoo.
We went back to Hobart the next day to catch our flight and stayed with Gwenda's cousin Robert who also spoilt us with food and took us to the jail where Brits were historically transported. One guy got transported for six months for stealing a loaf of bread.
The day after this we headed to Launceston to stay with Gwenda's great aunty and we were spoilt to death by her family. They treated us to a nice meal the first night and we tried 'parmys' which is basically crumbed chicken but was really nice. The following day we went to have a look round the town and also to a beach in Low Head called East Beach. In the evening we had a BBQ with Gwenda's family which was delicious (I could get used to Aussie BBQs).
On our last full day there we went to Cataract Gorge which was really nice; there were wild peacocks running around and it was really nice and sunny with lush scenery. We also went to the nearby zoo and saw the famous Tasmanian Devil's being fed, were able to feed wallabes and kangaroos and saw cute koalas and wombats. Luckily we had gone to Launceston at a good time because there was a food and drink festival on where I STUFFED my face- I ate wallabe sausages, feeling slightly guilty after seeing them at the zoo.
We went back to Hobart the next day to catch our flight and stayed with Gwenda's cousin Robert who also spoilt us with food and took us to the jail where Brits were historically transported. One guy got transported for six months for stealing a loaf of bread.
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