Sunday, March 27, 2011

Tasmania

After visiting the rainy Blue Mountains we flew to Tasmania.  We stayed in Hobart the capital.  Tasmania is an Australian state that is and island south of Australia's southeastern coast.  I just say this because I thought at one point Tasmania was its own country.  I never was and still am not very good at geography.  It is about the size of West Virginia.  A lot of people describe it as a miniature New Zealand.  It has similar make up with the ocean and mountains but to a smaller scale.  It was beautiful and again we really enjoyed our time there.  We are very glad that we added it to our list of places to visit.  Hobart is the capitol and half the people in Tasmania live within Hobart and the surrounding areas but it did not have a big city feel to it.  Tasmania is a very historical area (even though its not a pretty history).  More on that later.  Again, we encountered a good bit of rain but that didn't stop us from doing some exploring.  Tasmania's early settlers were primarily convicts and military personnel so one day we explored the Convict Trail and Port Arthur, a penal colony.  The next day we stayed around Hobart and a small town called Sorell right outside of Hobart.  Our last day we drove a couple hours north to Feycinet National Park.  It was a beautiful drive and even more beautiful park.  Again, the weather did not cooperate 100% but enough for us to get in a hike.  Aaron sure did develop a lot of endurance while living in AU and from all our walking.  Pictures to come...

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