Hobart Road Trip

A last minute road trip to Hobart

We confirmed the road trip,

planed the itinerary,

booked hotel,

packed luggage

within three hours.

Aahhh-Ha ! :D

Day 1 - 07 Dec 2013 

We leave Mowbray, Tasmania at 7 am

(2hours and 30mins drive from Mowbray to Hobart)

The view and landscape are really breath-taking.

Too bad, can't share with you all cause I can't catch any nice photo

as we are in highway :(

Around one hour drive, 

first stop - ROSS

A relax town which famous with

Scallop Pie and Vanilla Slice

Bakery 31 

Famous Tasmanian Scallop Pies

Strongly recommended by my boy

We decide to have the pie in the house.

Spot the scallops?

Great curry filled with at least 5 - 7 scallops.

Rating : 5/5

Seriously one scallops pie just can't satisfy me

I am a super-scallop-lover 

but I got to leave some space for the dessert.

So here we go for the white-dessert

Ross Village Bakery

(Traditional Wood Fired Oven)

Just some greeting messages from the bakery in different languages.

Oohhh... How cute.. :DDD

For vanilla slice, we have decided to TAKE-AWAY

as a snack for next 1 hour and 30 mins drive.

And also another one reason - CAMERA without memory card

What a sad case, 

we only realize that we leave the memory card at home

when I want to take picture of the scallop pie. :'(

Therefore, please forgive me for the bad-quality pictures/photos.

Have a walk before continue heading to Hobart

Perfect weather here

Sunny Sun + Windy weather + Green Landscape + Blue sky

Along the way is almost FULL GREEN on the ground

endless - trees, grass, mountains

I guess if I live here for few years,

I might able to fully-recover from myopia. :D

The sky is just in perfect blue with pillow-like clouds.

And now our first stop in Hobart :

Salamanca Market 

a street market in Salamanca Place, Hobart.

A major tourist attraction and 

is held on Saturday between 8.30 am and 3 pm.

Photo from Mr. Google

Due to parking lot only valid for 2 hours

Unable to capture any nice photo while I am busy enjoying the market.

2 hours is too little time for me. >.<

They sell various items from fresh food to clothing.

See a cute snail soft toy but I didn't buy it,

My boy also say it is cute. :)

First time I meet tourists after arrive Aussie.

Most of them are from China, Korea, Japan and Malaysia,

differentiate from their language. Hehehe....

I feel excited every time I meet Korean or Japanese. 

Don't know why......

And we have Crispy Roll for lunch

Most of their rolls are lamb...

Babe don't really like lamb so we only got one choice

which is the one chicken wrap

Hungry babe can't wait for his roll.


BBQ Chick Wrap

You can see a few "live bands" in the market

The group is preparing to set their musical instruments.


Manage to catch a picture before leave the market

Too bad this market only hold on Saturday

Or else I might want to visit again before I leave Tassie.

I love to visit this kind of market

where i can enjoy, understand how the locals live.

If you are travelling to Hobart, 

please do not forget to have a stop at Salamanca Market. :)

So our next stop is 

Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)

Opening Hours : 10 am - 5 pm, closed on Tuesday

Admission fee : $20 for adult 

*if you are not from Tassie or student card holder

15mins driving distance from Salamanca Market

Due to the dark lighting, is hard for us to capture

Here are some arts in the museum

Heartbeat light-bulb at the entrance 

All these light bulbs are "beating"

After you try, your heartbeat will be recorded and

follow the flow to reach here to "beat".

The "scary" chapter

Didn't take much photos also.. Hahaha..

Here are a few one I personally quite like

Pregnant woman giving birth? I guess

The Skull

My favourite one.. hehehe..

Second one is enlarge version of the first one.


Another red one I like. :D

This is a "jumping bed" I guess

babe don't want to jump with me

So sad, looking at kids jumping like crazy on it. :'(

New version of Little Red Riding Hood story

which only valid for age 18+

Hahahahaha..... :DDDD

This one scare me - The Red Box

If you see carefully, might notice that there is a hole in the middle

What is inside the hole : 

A woman with white mask quietly playing with the white papers.

Aarrgghhhh... I still feel gerli when I post this photos. @@

The next scary arts I love

A doll hang on the right hand side and

another doll head at the center part.

Spot the three heads at the bottom?

Think of Akuma in D-Grayman when I see this

especially the doll with smiling face on the right hand side

How many faces you can see in this art?

The Tunnel 

which leads to the library

As per babe, every step you take will have some sounds.

The sounds and lighting give a sinister feeling.

The Cat


The Pink sector

A kind of insect which collect gold items as their "shell"

Just wonder why they want to get something so heavy


The bubble car - Porsche 

Have a look of Mummy before we leave

A sentence in the information card which we have to read

and understand for entering the room makes my day :D

"Please don't die there, we just can't afford it!" 


Outdoor view of MONA


View of the city from MONA

Heading to hotel check in before continue our journey to the Green Nature

Last minute hotel booked : Carlyle Hotel 

Room rate : $85 per room per night

Rating : 7/10

Simple and clean hotel, surprisingly they do provide breakfast

although website shown No-Breakfast for my booking.

10 minutes driving distance to MONA or RTBG

Royal Tasmania Botanical Garden (RTBG)

Opening Hours : 8 am - 6.30 pm daily

Admission : F.O.C.




The one we spend quite some time to look around
The Japanese Garden





Autumn Leaves




Defeated by the sunny SUN


Selfie section :P



After rest, is JUMPING TIME ! Wweeee~~~ :D

Babe rocking with his early christmas present

Stereo Vinyls Collection from Boundlezz Unlimited

We arrive Hobart city area around 5 pm something

It's actually quite late so almost all the shops are closed.

He insists and wants me to have a walk around the city

since we are already there.

I don't mind to walk but.........

the super-cold-strong wind :'(

and .....

really nothing much to see la...

Korean & Chinese restaurant - Arirang

I think they are more to Korean style.

and Mr. YG is in the TV when I enter the shop

Aah-Ha.. :D

I am just simply brought together by fate with YG family

Wwweeeeee~~~~~  Mood UP UP UP !!!


Bibimbap (mine)


Kimchi soup with steam-rice (his)

Exhausted when arrive hotel room

but still selfie non-stop.. Hahaha...

By me



By him

Day 2 - 08 Dec 2013

Oppss... We missed our hotel breakfastand someone got bad mood

Just like a kid get mad when he can't get his favourite food/toy.

HAHAHAHAHAHA...!!!

Heading directly to our first stop with empty stomach

Sorell Fruit Farm

Opening Hours : 8.30 am - 5 pm daily

Admission : $8 Adult for fruit picking

About 30 mins drive from Carlyle Hotel

Have our shared-breakfast in cafe,

re-fill energy for the fight ! :D

Selfie while waiting 


Bacon with Eggs Benedict ($12)


The battlefields


 Strawberry farm





Other berries farms

Fighting with strong cold-wind and berries. Hahaha..

Never think too much, eating berries while we pick. :D

The strawberries are just big, sweet and juicy

Other berries are too sour for me

Please ignore my messy hair. 

How to choose berries?

The darker are the sweetest. 

Lesson learned. Hehe..

We have spent nearly 2 hours in the fruit farms

and my stomach is fully filled with strawberries.. 

They don't have any limit for how long you spend there

and how much you pick.

However, all the Take-Away picked fruits have to be contained 

in a plastic container from the owner.

We feel it is actually quite worthwhile for the only $8 admission fees.

Let's let's ... Let's go to the zoo~~

Zoodoo

Opening Hours : 9 am to 5 pm

Admission fee : $22 Adult

30 mins driving distance from Sorell Fruit Farm

Some main animals to see in Tasmania, Australia

Koala (is not a bear) with Eucalyptus

Wallaby

looks like kangaroo right?

But they are in smaller size


Tasmania Devils

It is fun here cause we can actually get closer to some animals.

Is different with the zoos I been, which we only can see the animals in the cages.

Feed machine is available in most of the entrance 

Each cup of feed costs $1

The sheep comes near me cause it thought I have feed.. 

hehehe... I got chance to touch it..

Zoo Safari Bus tour is super-exciting sections

You will be given a cup of feed in coach, visit 3 sections of farm

Section 1 : Ostriches and Emus (食火鸟) 

Emus are the ratitae relative of ostriches

sizes are slightly smaller than ostriches

Seriously feel that I am lucky not to sit at the first seat of middle row.

The ostriches will extend their heads to search for food.

Please don't think they are eating gently

Most of the visitors are shouting when feeding.

But it is fun to have this experience.

I personally feel they are scary because of they big eyes

stare at me like this... T^T

Section 2 : Alpaca

is called 羊驼 or so-called 草泥马 

sounds like rude word right.. 


Guide is distributing the feed.


Babe feeding the alpacas


Big head snap.. Tehee...

Section 3 : Camels

They refuse to come near to the coach 

even the guide say :"Please~~"

After few minutes communication, 

they finally come and kiss the guide..

Aawww~~ so sweet... :)

After the short safaris bus tour,

is time for the feeding and shows.

We only go for the big cats feeding cause I am tired to expose under the sunny sun

and we have a long hour drive to next destination

Tadahhh~~~

I am feeding the mama lion

Continue to our next destination

Bicheno 

It takes 2 hours and 20 mins drive from Zoodoo in Richmond

Have our late lunch at Pork's Place at Bicheno

Seafood basket


Vanilla + Raspberry ice cream

Torture myself.. Eating ice cream in this cold weather + strong cold wind

Even babe trembling while the wind blows. XD

This is the process of blow-hole (left side of the stone)

He can't wait to go to the stone there. =.=''

Spot the little him??

I still hiding beside the tree.... protects me from strong wind

I also join him to ki siao there after finish my ice cream

since come already, no point to afraid right? xD

BUT !!!! REALLY EXTREMELY COLD !!!!!

especially when we meet the big blowhole

cold strong wind + cold seawater =.=''''''

Anyway, I do enjoy here. :D

Bad circumstance happened when we heading back to Mowbray, Launceston.

In Tasmania, except for city areas or tourist areas,

others are town or small village.

We choose to re-fill petrol at the next town area when we leave Bicheno.

The petrol station is closed in the first town 

so we have no choice to continue to next town area.

Too bad, the petrol station in second is closed too..

OH MY GOSH !!!!

Petrol left are not able to support us to reach the city area.

Babe go and check with the locals see 

whether there is any other nearest petrol station

and we realise is about 7.30 pm.

Most of the shops close around 5 pm - 7 pm, 

including the small petrol station.

Stop at the petrol station

and... and... 

AND.....

A white big car just stop at the petrol station.

An old uncle unlock the main door and go in to the shop.

Is the owner !!!!

How lucky are we !!!

Thanks god !!! :DDDD

Lesson learned : 

Please do not expect there is a open petrol station

in small town especially after  7 pm. :P

End my trip here with love