Burnie Tasmania,
A dream come true, visiting Tasmania, which is a truly beautiful and one of the few untouched spots in the world. We had a gentle time on the Tasman sea and were told by John Foster our captain from Liverpool that were were very very lucky!
As we had to go through Australian passport control, we didn't get to Burnie until after 10 . We decided to rent a car and concentrate on one part of the island and explore it thoroughly. We were lucky to get the last rental available in Burnie, at Avis. The cost of the one day rental with taxes was $80.00. We had met a lady from Tasmainia when we were in Auckland and she gave us some advice about where to go. We chose a one hour ride to Stanley. The road ran along the water and was spectacular. There was no traffic. There is very little population here. Stanley is a delightful little town where they have a cable car, that goes up a small outcropping of rock called the Nut. It was formed 13 million years ago. After our ride to the top and a two km walk around the top we returned to town. We wandered into a filming of the Australian version of Top Chefs. The entire town had come out to watch and we retired to a pub to watch the filming too.
We enjoyed interacting with them and had a delightful day. On our way back we stopped at a Whiskey Distillery, and sampled some of Tasmania's special brews. The land around the Distillery looked a little like Napa. Very beautiful. After returning our car we returned to the ship where we were greeted by a group of Tasmanian bagpipers who seranaded us as we boarded. Truly Tasmania lived up to my expectations.
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