Australia Revisited

A girl at work is wanting to travel to Australia in August, and so she's asked me what places I would recommend. I've already sent her the link to this old post, but then I started thinking; I think I wrote that one on my last day in Australia, as I was sitting at the airport waiting for my flight, what about now, almost a year after I got back, which places would I then recommend?

As my laptop hasn't got any Scandinavian letters since I bought it in Australia, it's such a hassle writing anything in Norwegian, so I figured I might as well write in English and at the same time make a post of it, this way I can also share my thoughts with more than just one person.

Feel free to share your own thoughts and favourite places in the comment section!

Things to DO while you're in Australia:
Hold a koala (only allowed in Queensland)
Pet a kangaroo
Try surfing

Places to see:

Yulara. 
Go to Yulara and see Uluru and Kata Tjuta. I'm always surprised when people doesn't know what Uluru/Ayers Rock is, it's one of the most famous places in Australia besides the Reef! It's expensive to get there and stay there but it's absolutely worth it! I'm saying go to Yulara instead of Alice Springs because that way you can actually see both Uluru and Kata Tjuta from where you're staying, and you don't have to travel for hours to get to either of them.

Posts from when I was in Yulara:
Yulara 1
Yulara 2
Yulara 3

Great Barrier Reef
You can travel to so many places along the north of Queensland and see the Reef, I went to Cairns, and although the city was nice enough I wouldn't say it was so special that anyone HAS TO see it. But the Reef, oh the Reef! So beautiful. I could stay there forever just look at the beautiful fish and the reef itself, I kind of wish I had gone on a trip that lasted two or three days so that I could have gone to the outer Reef as I've heard the colours are stronger there, but I was happy with just the one day as well. One of my friends, EG that I met in Yulara, recently went to the Reef and the Green Island, he only went for a day as well and was happy with that.

 Great Barrier Reef

***Not necessarily a must see, depends what you like, but if you do go to the Daintree Rainfores/Cape Tribulation you HAVE to stop at the Daintree Ice Cream Company!! You'll never have that ice cream again!
Daintree and Cape Trib is good just to get to see the Australian Rainforest. You'll see plants and trees you'll not see anywhere else in the world.

Melbourne and the Great Ocean Road
My favourite city along with Hobart! I can't really explain it, it's just so nice and laid back, it was just the feel of it that made it my favourite. The top things to see in Melbourne: Just hop on and off the free tram or shuttle, you'll see loads. Queen Victoria Market, Luna Park in St Kilda, go at night so you see it all lit up and that way you can also see the penguins at St Kilda Pier. Just walk around the city centre and see the street art, it's amazing how beautiful it can be when people are actually allowed to spray paint the walls.
The Great Ocean Road is Amazing as well, and seeing as the Twelve Apostles are eroding it's a good idea to go see them now while there are actually some left!

Posts from Melbourne:
Melbourne 1
Melbourne 2
Melbourne 3 (Great Ocean Road)
Melbourne 4

Port Macquarie
It's a small place, you don't need more than a day there, just make it a stop if you're taking the Greyhound. To me, it's worth the stop just to go to the Koala Sanctuary and see the painted rocks along the esplanade.

Port Macquarie

Hobart
Not many people bother going down to Tasmania and Hobart, but I loved it there! I liked it just as much as Melbourne. Tasmania is the only place you can see the Tasmanian Devil, and I think Hobart is worth the visit just to go to MONA, the most amazing museum and art gallery I've even been to! I also wish I had gone inside Port Arthur while I was there. Hobart also has some of Australia's oldest buildings if you're interested in that. And then of course there is Salamanca market with all it's yummy food and beautiful items.

Hobart 1
Hobart 2
Hobart 3
Hobart 4
Hobart 5

Sydney
Of course you can't give Sydney a miss if you go to Australia! A lot of people go to Bondi Beach just because it's a beach they've actually heard of, but I would suggest doing the beach walk from Cogee to Bondi just to see some of the other beaches there as well. Manly is a nice place to visit, I might have an immature sense of humour and laugh at everything that said Manly, but it's a beautiful place, and very good for surfing. You also have to see the Opera House (I can't imagine anyone going to Sydney and not seeing it), Sydney Harbour Bridge and Darling Harbour. There is fireworks on at Darling Harbour quite often and you should make sure you go at least once, the one on Australia Day (January 26th) was absolutely amazing!
The Blue Mountains outside Sydney is nice, it depends if you like hiking though. The day I went the weather was terrible so the mountains were grey instead of blue and loads of people on the tour was complaining, but I quite liked it, just to get out and do some hiking again, do some exercise and see a place I'll probably never see again.

Sydney 1
Sydney 2
Sydney 3
Sydney 4
Sydney 5 (Blue Mountains)

Did I miss anything important? Please let me know in the comments.

One of my "goals" while I was in Australia was to see every state capital, and I did, I have not written about them all here but if you go to this old post you can find some more info about them and at the bottom of that post there are labels that will take to to all posts about those places.

My friend isn't too bothered about Western Australia, but there is something there I wish I had known about while I was in Australia, I would definitely have gone! Lake Hillier a lake in the south of WA, and it's PINK!! I think I have to go  back! Not something I would have wanted to miss had I known about it! I wonder if they are going to film the last Hunger Games movie there?

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Top places in Australia

Everybody has different places they like in a country, different things they want to see and do and that they want other people to see and do too. Here is the list of what I liked in Australia, which I think other people should see and do too.

Agree? Disagree? Let me know what you think. What are your favourite places in Australia?

Adelaide

• Central Market (cheap food)
• Old Adelaide Gaol
• Blackeby’s Old Sweet Shop
• Migration Museum

Airlie Beach

• Whitsunday Islands, but go for longer than just one day.

Brisbane

• Mt. Coot-tha lookout and botanical gardens
• South Bank
• GOMA
• Australia Zoo

Byron Bay

• The lighthouse

Cairns                                                                        

• Great Barrier Reef, snorkelling is good, but if you can you should go diving and for more than just one day.
• Kuranda Scenic Railway
• Tjapukai Cultural Park
• Daintree Rainforest, get some ice cream from the Daintree Ice Cream Company!

Canberra

• Lovely city just to walk around in and see all the statues and monuments
• Mt. Ainslie, it’s pretty cool how you can see how the city is laid out from up there.

Darwin

• Chinese Temple
• The termite mounds, just the size of them is really impressive!
• Mindil Beach Sunset Markets, they are on a Thursday and Sunday night during the dry season.

Fraser Island

• Lake McKenzie
• The pinnacles
• It’s a personal choice, depending on what you want to see, if you want to go just for a day, which is what I did and thought was enough, or more.

Hobart

• MONA
• Mt. Wellington
• Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, or somewhere else where  you can see the Tasmanian devil
• Port Arthur (I didn’t get to go inside, but I wish I had)
• Salamanca Market

Melbourne

• St. Kilda, for Luna park and the penguins in the evening
• Great Ocean Road
• Just take a walk around the city and look at the street art

Perth

• Clock tower, don’t  necessarily go in, just see it
• King’s gardens
• Freemantle Prison

Port Macquarie

• Koala Sanctuary
• The painted rocks along the esplanade

Sydney

• The Opera House
• Fireworks at Darling Harbour at least once (Awesome on Australia Day)
• Bondi Beach , if you go during winter it’s not too busy
• Harbour Bridge
• Go to Manly and laugh yourself silly because of how they use the name

Yulara

• Uluru
• Kata Tjuta, everybody seems to focus on Uluru, but the Kata Tjutas are definitely worth a visit as well!

Hobart - Part 4

Written on: 16.04.12

Yesterday I went to MONA (Museum of Old and New Art). Actually I biked there! I got a free bike at the museum and art gallery in the city and then I cycled the 10kilometres there. I think it’s around 10 anyway, I can’t remember what the signs said, someone said it was 13. Anyway. However far it was I could definitely feel it in my legs. Getting back on the bike after I was finished at MONA to go back to the city was absolute torture!

Outside MONA

 MONA was really good. I absolutely loved it! I was able to get a concession ticket for $10, a normal adult ticket is $20. But it would have been worth the $20 as well. There seemed to be more new art than old, and usually I’m not good with new art (completely white canvas with one red line anyone?), but it was actually really good. It’s completely uncensored and some of it I guess is quite controversial and it makes you think. There is a lot about sex and death, but also some funny things like a water feature that makes words and a fat car and plants growing in plastic. If you ever go to Hobart, or anywhere in Tasmania, you HAVE TO go to MONA. Someone also told me that they change things around and get some new thing every 3 months or something, so even if you’ve been it’s worth going back. I’m not allowed to share pictures from it unfortunately.

There is one exhibit at MONA you have to line up for: the Gallery of death, or Death Gallery. And you’re only allowed in 2 at a time. I had to wait 30 minutes to get in.  There was another girl on her own further back in the line, so when it was my turn I asked if she wanted to go in with me so she wouldn’t have to wait. The exhibit, was good, but wasn’t really worth waiting that long for. The thing is; they were just wasting space in there, if they had set things up differently they could have let more people in at a time.

View from outside MONA

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Today a girl from the hostel and I rented a car (she drove, I was the map reader) and went on a mini-road-trip. I didn’t really want to have to spend more money, but as it meant I got to see a little bit more of Tasmania for less than it would cost to pay for a proper tour I decided to treat myself (I tend to do that a little too much….).

 We went to Richmond first. There are loads of beautiful buildings but, as usual, you have to pay if you want to go into the gaoul or the model village or anything, so we just walked around and looked at the buildings and then we walked to the oldest bridge in Australia and the oldest continuously used Catholic Church in Australia.

 After Richmond we went to see the Tesselated Pavements. It’s so impressive that it’s all made by nature, it looks like it’s man-made!

 At the Tesselated Pavements I managed to drop my camera in the sand… Yeah… It’s not working anymore… It’s only 9 months old! Oooops!! Hopefully I will be able to take it into a shop and get it fixed, they should be able to just use one of those air machines or whatever and blow the sand out of it. I borrowed my friend’s camera for the rest of our trip but didn’t take many pictures anyway.

After the Tesselated Pavements we continued driving toward Port Arthur, stopping at the Tasman Blowhole, Tasman Arch and Devils Kitchen on the way. I have to say: one of the best things about driving your own car is that you can stop wherever you want to.

Since you there is nothing to see at Port Arthur unless you pay to go in, we just went to a lookout and saw it from a distance. We’re poor backpackers! I would have loved to go there, but I just couldn’t justify spending even more money today.

 After Port Arthur we went to White Beach before heading back to Hobart. White Beach is nothing exiting; we only went there because the name made it sound a little bit interesting, like it would be as white as Whitehaven Beach.

All day we saw a lot of road-kill!! It was horrible! At one point I saw a wallaby that had been hit and I swear I saw its ear twitch!! I regret not stopping to check, but I didn’t have any gloves or anything. We actually stopped at a chemist’s about an hour later and bought some disposable gloves, just because we felt so bad about going past so many dead animals without checking them. I found the number to call if we found anything alive, and then we stopped and checked the road-kills that looked fairly fresh. When I went to BonorongWildlife Park there was a baby wombat there that had been found alive in its mother’s pouch after the mother had been killed by a car. However, all the road-kill that I checked had all been dead so long that if there had been anything in the pouches that would have been dead too as the babies can’t survive that long without milk. I felt better about checking them, but at the same time I’m glad they had all been dead so long that I didn’t have to check the pouches. I wish I could have gone back to the one I thought twitched its ear, but it had been so long and we couldn’t remember where it was we had seen it.

We drove a total of 255 kilometres. For the car and fuel we only paid $45 each altogether, and I think that we got too see a lot for that amount of money. It was a good day trip.

Like I’ve said before I would love to come back to Tasmania. Maybe I’ll get a 3-month tourist visa one day and use all that time just to explore Tasmania. I have to save up some money first though so that I can pay for all the various attractions. Hobart also has the best tap water so far in Australia.

By the way, if you find any hurt animals or orphaned baby animals in Tasmania, especially around Hobart, you can call Bonorong Wildlife Park 24/7 on: (03) 6268 1184. I’m not sure how big an area they cover, but at least if you call them and it’s outside their area they can probably give you another number to call or something. And always carry disposable gloves in your car. 

Tassie Backpackers

Well, I’ve decided to put what I write about hostels in a post on its own because it takes up so much space most of the time, which can make a post seem a bit long and “daunting”. This will also make it easier for people that have Googled the name of a hostel I’ve stayed at and just want a review of the hostel and not the place I’ve been to.

When I was in Hobart I stayed at TassieBackpackers at The Brunswick Hotel. There was no lift at the hostel, so I had to carry my suitcase up a flight of stairs; they weren’t too long though so it was fine.

The hostel has loads of doors open and in a way part of it is outside so it gets really cold. I found a heater in the dorm that I turned on when I was in it during the day and in the evening, but at night we had to turn it off and open the windows so that the air wouldn’t get to stuffy.

The dorm I’m in is alright, it’s a 10 person one, just ladies, there isn’t a lot of space for luggage or anything but it seems to work. The bathrooms are really old (and freezing cold) and could use some renovating. The shower is either scorching hot or freezing cold and has hardly any pressure (usual hostel shower).

There are no signs towards anything in the hostel so I just had to guess my way to places or get people to show me.

There is a courtyard outside, so it’s cold, where there are some tables and chairs and you can connect to the free Wi-Fi, and there is a roof over the courtyard so you won’t get wet if it rains. There is also a small common room with a TV and a small bookshelf where you can swap your books instead of spending your money on buying new ones.

The kitchen is large, but hasn’t got much bench space so it’s better to go when there is nobody else in there if you need to cook. There are two ovens, I was actually quite impressed by that, it’s the first place I’ve been to with an oven.

There is one washing machine and one tumble dryer but the hostel doesn’t seem very busy so I don’t think they need more. It’s $3 to use each. The washing machine isn’t very large though, so if you have a large amount of clothing that needs washing you might have to do 2 loads.

The staff I’ve dealt with has been very friendly and helpful.

The hostel’s location is great! It’s just around the corner from Elizabeth Street, the main shopping street, and there is a Woolworth’s literally straight across the street!

My stay at Tassie Backpackers has been nice. Yes, it’s cold (that’s just the season as well) and the bathrooms needs renovating and they need to put signs up to make it easier to find things, but at least the location is good, the staff is nice, and there are no bedbugs!

Hobart - Part 3

Written on: 13.04.12

I paid for the tour of Theatre Royal today. I was actually the only one doing the tour and I felt a little bit like I was in a library because the guide was talking so quietly. It’s a beautiful theatre, it’s very small so I’m a bit surprised that they still use it, but at the same time it’s great that they do instead of just getting something new and bigger.

 My main reason for going was because I wanted to see the basement which, according to my Hobart’s historic places-map, incorporates remnants of the original theatre, including the tavern commonly known as “The Shades”. We did go into the basement, but I only got to see some of the old dressing rooms that were now used as storage. The part where “The Shades” is, which is right under where the seats are now, is closed off, which is a shame. So I’m a bit disappointed that I spent money on that tour when I didn’t get to see what I really wanted to, but at the same time the Theatre is beautiful and I didn’t have to pay for a show, and the money from the tours goes to bring disadvantaged children to the theatre, so at least it’s for a good cause.

"Grafitti" on one of the walls in an old dressing room.

 After the Theatre tour I walked around Hobart to see the rest of the historic places on the map.

One of the places on the map is St. David’s Park, which used to be a cemetery. The cemetery closed in 1872, and by the turn of the century its condition had become a public disgrace. In 1926, the area was converted into one of the City’s most attractive parks. It was fun to see the massive gravestones, has anybody ever seen a modern version of those?

 There were also some walls with loads of gravestones on them. I had a look at some of them, and it was so sad to see how young people were when they died, and there were quite a few for young children. Although I do have to admit that many of them are much prettier than the modern ones.

Written on: 14.04.12

I went to the Salamanca market this morning. It’s on every Saturday from 8.30am to 4pm. I went with one of the other girls from the hostel as soon as it started so that we could do that and then still have the rest of the day to do whatever we wanted.

 There were so many nice things at the market. I would love to have an apartment here and loads of money just so I could fill it with things from the market! Haha! There was also loads of food stall, many which did free samples. Needless to say I got a free sample from every stall that had something vegetarian.

After the market I walked up to Anzac Parade.

When I got back to the hostel I played some cricket with one of the guys in the courtyard… Not really the best idea as there is tables and chairs there and people sitting there with their laptops, but we managed to not hit people with the ball. I almost did, but only once. I have never played cricket before, and although we were just pitching (or I guess it’s called bowling in cricket?) the ball and hitting it with the bat to each other it was really fun. It’s also quite tiring; how the professionals can play for a few hours I don’t understand. I wasn’t very good at hitting the ball to start with, but after a while I got better, and it’s always fun when you can tell you’re getting better at something.

Tomorrow I am going to borrow a bike at the museum and art gallery in town and cycle to MONA (Museum of Old and New Art), I have heard it’s really good, and I saw the pictures one of the other girls took there and it does look amazing, so I’m really looking forward to that.

One of the girls at the hostel and I went to Dumpling World for dinner tonight. We ordered vegetarian dumplings and stir-fried noodles. The noodles were really nice, but we both agreed that the dumplings had too much garlic in them. I quite like garlic, but with these I had to dip them in a lot of soy sauce, which I don’t normally like, just to try and get rid of some of the garlic taste. Maybe the meat dumplings are alright, but I would not recommend the vegetarian ones.

Hobart Big City Tour

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.

 The last stop was Bonorong Wildlife Park. We got there early so we could go and feed the kangaroos before the tour started. Although I’ve seen plenty of kangaroos by now and fed a few before, I still love seeing them. They also had some birds and small animals that we could look at before the tour. I felt sorry for the birds though because the cages they were in were so small they couldn’t fly or anything.

Sugar gliders

 When the tour started we got to see a baby wombat that was really funny and full of energy, she kept running around and digging and when the guide went into the enclosure she head-butted her. She was 8 months old, and when she’s 2 they are going to release her back into the wild. She’s at the wildlife park because her mother got run-over by a car, but luckily someone checked her pouch and found Xena (or maybe it was Zena).

 We then got to see the Tasmanian Devils. I thought they were really cute, although I can understand why someone might get frightened of them if they meet them at night. There were three in the enclosure and the wildlife park is going to keep them until it’s safe for them to be released, which might not be in their lifetime because of a cancerous disease (facial tumour) that’s killing off the Devils in the wild.

 The last animal on the tour (it was a very small wildlife park) was a koala. I’ve seen quite a few of those as well now, but I absolutely love them. They are so cute! I wish I could take one home with me. It wouldn’t have anything to eat though, no eucalyptus trees in Norway!

 At the wildlife park they also had an albino Common Brushtail Possum, which was very cute!

 Except for Cadbury (who would think I would say that!) I really enjoyed this tour. I wish I could go on many more because I already love Hobart and would love to explore Tasmania a little bit more. Who knows? Maybe I’ll come back to Australia at some point after all!

Hobart - Part 2

Written on: 11.04.12

Today I walked around Hobart and looked at some of the historic buildings again, just a different route than yesterday.

Royal Engineers' Building

 I also went to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Unfortunately the museum is tiny at the moment because they’re doing some redeveloping. There was an exhibition about the South Pole and Roald Amundsen, and there was a map there showing where the magnetic South Pole has been since the 1600’s, I thought that was really interesting, I knew that the Poles changes place, but it’s still strange to actually see the change on a map.

I went to the Theatre Royal as well. It looks lovely from the outside, and I think I will go back on Friday to take a tour of the inside as well. Especially because of what it said on my map is in the basement:

Theatre Royal: Australia’s oldest functioning theatre opened in 1837. It was substantially remodelled in 1856 and 1911-12, and restored after a serious fire in 1983. The basement incorporates remnants of the original theatre, including the tavern commonly known as “The Shades”.

There is so much history and so many beautiful buildings in this city, and outside it. I wish I had enough money to go on tours and see everything! I like Hobart almost as much as Melbourne (maybe even more!), just because there is so much to see and such beautiful scenery!

Ingle Hall, one of the oldest buildings in Hobart

Hobart - Part 1

Written on: 09.04.12

Isn’t it amazing how tired you can get from just sitting on your bum all day? I arrived in Hobart at 11pm last night, 9 hours after I got on the plane from Airlie Beach. It was nice to be able to go to bed straight after I got to the hostel (Tassie Backpackers), although it was hard to carry my suitcase up the flight of stairs when I was so tired. I’m glad there was doonas at the hostel, because it was freezing!!

It was still freezing this morning when I woke up; I did not want to get out of bed. It was cold in the dorm and it was cold in the bathroom and it was cold outside. The highest temperature it’s said on my phone today is 9 degrees C. It’s weird to think I’m still in Australia! I knew it’s colder in Tasmania since it’s so far south, but I didn’t realise it would be this cold already. It’s kind of like a Norwegian/British autumn. Hopefully my phone’s weather forecast is right and it will get warmer later this week. I actually had to go out and buy myself a scarf and a pair of gloves (which I am wearing while typing this!) because it’s so cold! I don’t want to buy too many warm clothes though since I’m heading north again in just over a week.

I walked around Hobart a little bit today and I went to the Tourist Information Centre. While I was there I booked a tour for Thursday and I got a map of the historical buildings of Hobart. On the historical buildings map I circled the ones I want to see and divided them into three walks that I will do on three different days, starting tomorrow. So I now have a walk to do on three of the days I’m here, a tour on Thursday, then there is a market on Saturday that I’d like to check out (Salamanca Market), that leaves only 2 days where I don’t have anything to do so far. I think it will be easier to get off my bum and actually get out and about now that I’ve got all that planned, it’s too easy to just stay inside with a book when nothing is planned. So if all goes well I think I will do this in the rest of the places I’m going to here as well; check out the TIC and plan what I want to do while I’m there. I like planning. I’m a planner.

 When I got back to the dorm from my walk I decided to close the windows, I had thought of doing it earlier I just didn’t know if we were allowed, but I was too cold to care anymore, and then I found a small heating fan, or whatever it’s called, that I turned on. It’s slowly getting warmer, but I’m still sitting here with my gloves, scarf, cardigan, long sleeved top, jeans and socks. At least it’s warmer than it was this morning. I just have to remember to turn it off before I leave the dorm; I’d rather not start a fire.

Written on: 10.04.12

I walked around to see some of the historical buildings in Hobart today, as well as seeing some really nice buildings I got to see streets in Hobart that I might not have walked down if it wasn’t for the buildings that I wanted to see. I took pictures of some of them, but many were just average looking buildings so I didn’t bother. 

I think the most interesting one was the Penitentiary Chapel and Criminal court.

Penitentiary Chapel and criminal court

 “For over 150 years the area south of this site was used as a gaol. In 1966 it was bulldozed. Only John Lee Archer’s handsome Penitentiary Chapel (1831-34) and adjoining offices escaped destruction. Today it is the home of the National Trust which provides guided tours of the building and accounts of its grim past.”

The back of the Penitentiary Chapel and Criminal Court

I did want to take the tour that they offered, and if I have enough money left of my budget at the end of my Hobart stay I might go back and get one. It was only $8 concession and $10 for a regular one. I can sometimes get a concession one just because I’m a backpacker and have a YHA card which is great.

 On the way back to the hostel I walked past a Chinese restaurant. I think it was called Dumpling World or something like that. I had a look inside and their food is fairly cheap, so I might treat myself to dinner there one night. It must be nice food as well because when I looked inside there was a long line of people waiting to order at the take away counter and also many people sitting at tables.

By the way, did you guys know that Western Australia and Tasmania doesn’t celebrate Easter Saturday, but Tasmania celebrates Easter Tuesday? Most of the shops were open today though, and there were a lot more people about than what it was yesterday, yesterday it almost seemed like a ghost town.