My brief surjoin in Melbourne ends today, although I'll swing back through to pick up bags before flying back home. I'm off to Tasmania for a few days - a part of Australia that's considered a part of New Zealand by the Australians. Go figure. I'm taking the boat (and I have seasickness tablets just in case) and it's an overnight sailing so I've stocked up on some food for the trip BUT it has to be only enough for the journey as quarentine laws mean anything else must be thrown away or confiscated. This applies to anything organic including fruit, dairy, fish, meat, seeds, wood products etc. I've booked a cabin so I'll be able to get some sleep, I just hope we don't have a storm especially as the weather here has been squally.
Melbourne is lovely, not so much a tourist centre but a great city to walk around, people watch and chill out. In fact, I spent this morning in the Australian Centre for the Moving Image watching short films on a whole variety of subjects (and all for free).
OK, I'll see you all when I'm in Tas. Be good my darlings.
Friday, March 28, 2008
I am sailing...
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Tassie is so much more like New Zealand than Australia, its like a foreign country to the Aussies. Hope you enjoy it as much as L & I did. There is so much to see and do in Launceston and the Cradle Mountain area is fantastic.
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