Like I said in an earlier post I booked a tour for
yesterday. I booked the Hobart Big Ticket Tour through a company called
Adventure Island Tours. They only do small groups, with a maximum of 13 people,
but yesterday we were only 7, which was nice as well all got to know each other
a little bit. The driver was really nice. He remembered everybody’s names and
he knew a lot about what he was showing us and he was always talking, but not
in a way so that it became boring.
The tour took us to 3 of Hobart’s biggest
attractions: Mt. Wellington, Cadbury Chocolate Factory and Bonorong Wildlife
Park. My main reason for booking the tour was because of Mt. Wellington and
seeing the Tasmanian devils at Bonorong.
We started out with Mt. Wellington. On the way
there we passed the Cascade Brewery, the oldest brewery in Australia.
There has actually been snow up on Mt. Wellington
earlier this week, but it was all gone yesterday, and luckily there weren't any
clouds around the mountain top so we had a clear view. It was beautiful and it
reminded me a little bit of Norway actually. The sea and hills reminded me of
the fjords and mountains where I'm from. It was quite cold at the top even
though it’s gotten warmer in Hobart the last few days, but that’s usually the
way it is on mountains.
The next stop was Cadbury Chocolate Factory. I
have to admit I was slightly disappointed. On the leaflet about the tour it
says “Cadbury Chocolate Factory Tour”, but all we did was have a look at
the souvenir shop, then we were led into a room where we watched a movie about
how Cadbury makes their chocolate while a lady told us about it and then we
were led to the chocolate and sweets shop! That was it! I thought we would be
shown around the factory and stuff (Willy Wonka-style! Haha!), but I guess they
can’t do that because of health and safety or something. The chocolate at the
factory was cheaper than what you can get in the shops, but I don’t think they
should advertise it as a tour when it’s just a video presentation.
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