Tasmania Australia Vacation

by Dots
(Alice, Australia)

A colleague of mine suggested Tasmania for vacation this year. While I have always wanted to visit Australia, I rarely envisioned Tasmania as the place I would fall in love with.

The capital of Hobart is a bustling town with an unusual mix of city life, art galleries and the relaxed feeling of being at the beach. I traveled to wineglass bay, which I would highly recommend to anyone.

The state park offers beautiful hiking trails and gorgeous vistas. I have to admit I was skeptical of traveling across the world, but the more I learned about Tasmania the more interested I became.

My colleague loved St. John, USVI so I took his recommendation and visited in Feb 2009. I spent four days in Hobart before traveling to Freycinet National Park...getting there from Hobart was tricky.

There is a bus line from Hobart up to the park, but I opted to drive and see the sights along the way (no Tasmanian Devils unfortunately :). The pics are almost as good as the ones from Trunk Bay in the USVI, plus there is the benefit of having summer in February!

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