We had a bit of an annoying flight to
Tasmania because Jetstar had completely changed our schedule from the
original flight we booked. This meant that we were flying to Melbourne at
9.00pm and arriving (Aussie time) at 10.30ish, then our connecting flight to
Tasmania wasn't until 7.00am the next day. We thought it would be fine to sleep
in the airport and it was alright for the night but I wouldn't really advise
it. I slept on a bench under my towel and Gwend was on the floor next to me
covered by her towel and scarf. In the morning I actually heard people giggling
as they walked by us. I was not in the mood for that. The security checks were
quite funny though because for some reason Gwenda always gets stopped and when
we were coming into Tasmania the sniffer dog there was onto her as he could
smell the remains of an orange in her bag. I was loving it.
When we got on the plane Gwend and I were both
complete knock outs for the whole flight, which was only about an hour. We
couldn't check in at our hostel straight away so we went down to the isite
(tourist info) and raided their stack of leaflets. Unfortunately the weather has
been completely unpredictable today, raining one minute and sun shining the
next. This has been a pain in our plans because we were going to walk to the
botanical gardens. Instead we took a trip to Mount Wellington which is the
highest mountain in Tasmania and has great views. We were crossing our fingers
it wouldn't be covered in cloud when we got to the top and we were in luck. The
view of Hobart from up there was spectacular. Some of the beaches looked
gorgeous and in parts, because we were so high up, you could see where the rain
was coming down. We're in a crazy 'Rasta' internet cafe at the moment and there
is a photo of Bellatrix Lestrange (Harry Potter) up on the wall, hmm.....
We're sleeping in a twenty bed dorm tonight which is full of Asian people who ignore us.
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