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Neil's Round the World Trip!
I arrived in Taz at 6 in the morning and we hired a car and drove from Hobart up Mount Wellington-the views were spectacular! Later we drove along the Tasman peninsular and saw some fantastic beaches. We also visited a blowhole and Port Arthur a former convict colony.
We drove up the East Coast through seaside villages and firstly stopped in Swansea at a caravan park but our caravan was awful (70's decor, rust, musty smell you get the idea) so we got our money back and I drove us to Bichono and we checked into a beautiful little hostel by the sea. We popped into a nearby pub and were going to have dinner but it was quite expensive.
So we just had a pint of Boag's (the Tasmanian Beer). When I ordered my pint(or schooner as they call it 3/4 of a pint) a regular picked up on my accent and said: "You're not a pom are you?" I replied: "No, Scottish" he then piped up "close enough". The regular then splurts: "You like soccer up there?" "Yeah it's the most popular sport" to which he retorts: " poof's game mate, only Aussie Rules is a proper man's game!". He then said to me in a slightly intimidating manner "You must have rich parents mate, coming here?" I replied saying that I'd worked loads and got a loan. He then finished his drink (which was a half-pint!) and left. He was the typical redneck Aussie bloke, loves sports and very arrogant.
We moved on to the fish and chip shop and had Blue Grenadier fish and chips with too much salt. Everywhere here they put tonnes of salt on your food. I have now started asking for no salt and they look at me like I'm from outer space.
We were told by our hostel owner to go to the Bichono Blowhole at 9.30pm as penguins return to their rookery in the rocks at that time. So we excitedly ran down to the blowhole at the right time and nothing..we stayed for a hour :(
We spoke to a couple Naya and Geoff. She was from Toronto and was really talkative and he didn't say a word. They wanted to meet uo with us in Launceston the following night but the girls weren't too keen as they thought Naya was a bit too intense.
Went to bed at 1am really exhausted!!
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