We got up after about 11 hours of sleep and then walked into town to get some supplies. Hobart is the capital city of Tasmania, and started as a penal colony in 1803. Yes, 1803, adorable I know. Australia is young even compared to the US. Anyway, the big thing we needed was fuel for a camping stove, otherwise we'd be eating a lot of cold food for the Track. On the way we also found Isabel some UGGs, which is only ok when you're in Australia. Now, I said we, but my part consisted of sitting in a chair and zoning out for 3 minutes. Yes only three minutes. In what may have been a shoe shopping world that's all it took. Isabel is awesome and amazing and breaks all gender stereotypes and I'm not just writing this because she'll probably read this post.
Isabel then drove us to Bruny Island (not wearing the new UGGS). For those who don't know, Bruny Island is a small Island off the coast of Tasmania. It's main draw (for me) is penguins. That is why we went there. On the way to the ferry we drove through a bit of pretty countryside and even went through a town called Snug. Seriously, who names a town Snug? We took the ferry over to the island and decided to set up tents and such. Now there are accommodations on Bruny, but I'm cheap, so we were camping out. There was a campsite about twenty minutes in from the ferry, and right near by the penguins (who only come out at night). It was completely full. Damn. So we drove all the way down the island by the excitingly named Adventure Point to check a few more campsites. Closed. Double Damn. At that point we decided it was time to go to the beach where he had lunch and frolicked (not in the water though, it was much too cold). In October The average Tasmanian Sea temperature is 56 F. There was also a ton of wind. Still, it was gorgeous and if you wore a jacket, you could have imagined that you were in the tropics. Here are some pictures
(that's not me) |
We set up our tent and went for a little jog to kill some time. Then it was time to get Isabel some dinner. She'd seen a drive thru Oyster Place called Get Shucked (which at various points I called What the Shuck, Shuck You, and Go Shuck Yourself. This last one was silly of me, as that would obviously be a self service Oyster Shucking place). Closed. We really have all the luck.
Then we hung out near where the penguins show up and watched a gorgeous sunset from pretty much the highest place on the island. Here are some pictures, not of the sunset as I had put the camera away at that point.
Not a Sunset |
Not a Penguin (or a sunset) |
We drove back to the our campsite and saw some animals of the way as most mammals are nocturnal. Also, the stars were incredible. There was virtually no light pollution and the sky was clear at various points between rain showers. An exhausting first full day in Australia, but a fantastic one nonetheless.
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