Tasmania

Tasmania is like the love child of Australia and New Zealand. You have amazing countryside, surrounded by lakes and seas, with no people about, but still great restaurants and wineries serving very good cheap wine and food. Instead of doing the obvious touristy stuff, we just jumped in the car and went for a drive. Then only afterwards do we stumble by one of the top ten wineries in Tassy, and then a few hours later the best bar/restaurant in the country. Wherever its beautiful, you find great cheap places. After another gluttonous weekend, eating tons of great seafood and drinking tons of lovely white wine, there just enough time to watch the rugby league final before the last flight home.


The big saturday street market in Hobart

Jude next to Richmond bridge, the oldest town in Tas

A great winery with great food... Jude even liked the oysters!

A gorgeous girl by the Hudson river

Wineglass Bay, voted in the top 10 best beaches in the world

The view looking back over Coles bay

Freycinet National Park

Jude getting blown about by the rocky coastline

Jervis bay

Suddenly we realise that the last 4 months have flown by, as no sooner have i spoken to my parents about coming out to Oz, that they're landing for their big trip. After showing them around Sydney, and there trip to Melbourne and the blue mountains, we all jump in a huge jeep to hot foot it down to Jervis bay for the weekend. Our cabin was overlooking the lake at sanctuary point, close to the bay. After a day trip of seeing amazing beaches, beautiful countryside, what better way to finish it off than watching the Ossy Rules footy final down the pub!


The view from the balcony of our cottage

Apparently the whitest beach in the world

Me and my parents looking a bit dazzled

A lovely little bay we found next to an aboriginal settlement

The view at the top of kangaroo valley

It was very close, especially as my mum's opening line was 'i dont think much of the beer here!' and the game wasn't too bad either!