Australia

Day 1 – December 10, 2022 – From New York to Los Angeles See You Later, New York City! 6:00am. Well, after so many months

Day 2 & Day 3 – December 11 & 12, 2022 – From Los Angeles to Melbourne Waking up to a Storm in LA! Storm

Day 4 – December 13, 2022 – From Melbourne to Hobart At the Melbourne Airport We landed in Melbourne at 8:00am, under cloudy skies. Walking

Day 5 – December 14, 2022 – Relaxing in Hobart The Coldest “Winter” in Summer Time Homemade bread by Alex for breakfast with fresh jams

Day 6 – December 15, 2022 – Visiting the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens Surprise of the Day… I was awakened by a text from my

Day 7 – December 16, 2022 – From Hobart to the Tasman Peninsula and Port Arthur On the Road to the Tasman Peninsula We left

Day 8 – December 17, 2022 – Touring the Tasman Peninsula Tessellated Pavement State Reserve We woke up fairly early and had breakfast (breakie as

DAY 9 – December 18, 2022 – Tasman National Park – Cape Hauy Hiking the Cape Hauy Trail in Tasman National Park Entering Tasman National

DAY 10 – December 19, 2022 – From the Tasman Peninsula to Hobart Last Day on the Tasman Peninsula Checking out of the Lodge and

DAY 11 – December 20, 2022 – Richmond The Richmond Bridge It was an easy and slow morning. Since Richmond is only 30-40 mins from

DAY 12 – December 21, 2022 – Downtown Hobart Small Hobart Neighborhood Today was a perfect day to visit downtown Hobart and other points of

DAY 13 – December 22, 2022 – From Hobart to Shearwater Final Prep before Leaving for Shearwater The morning was busy getting ready to leave

DAY 14 – December 23, 2022 – From Shearwater to Corinna Family Gathering It took us some time to load the cars and get everyone

DAY 15 – December 24, 2022 – Corinna Down the Pieman River First day in Corinna! A bit cloudy, chilly, but not too bad –

DAY 16 – December 25, 2022 – Corinna Christmas Day Jim and I got up around 8:00am. We had some coffee and caught up on

DAY 17 – December 26, 2022 – Corinna Kayaking Day Another gorgeous day, lots of sun and blue skies. A couple of days before, we

DAY 18 – December 27, 2022 – From Corinna to Stanley Goodbye, Corinna much stuff!! Lots of empty bottles of beer, wines… must’ve been some

DAY 19 – December 28, 2022 – Stanley Slow Morning This morning, we woke up to strong winds and chilly weather. The door to our

DAY 20 – December 29, 2022 – Stanley Another Slow Morning Jess and Alex were still not quite at full strength due to Covid, however,

DAY 21 – December 30, 2022 – From Stanley to Hobart Leaving Stanley The Touchwood Café We woke up to a very windy and chilly

DAY 22 – December 31, 2022 – The Salamanca Market, Hobart Slow and Lazy Morning We woke up quietly and had a leisurely morning. Today’s

DAY 24 – January 2, 2023 – Hobart’s MONA A couple of days before, we had made reservations to visit the MONA (Museum of Old

DAY 25 – January 3, 2023 – Hobart’s Bonerong Wildlife Park Last Day in Tasmania! The last day for me to be in Tasmania! We

DAYS 26 & 27 – January 4-5, 2023 – Journey Back Home PART I – Wednesday, January 4, 2023 – From Hobart to Brisbane My