Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Tasmania trip - Day 2

Alright! so we start with the 2nd day... which is Port Arthur day!

spend the whole day at Port Arhur which is about 1.5 hours away from Hobart.

Port Arthur is a historic site, and it used to be a penitentiary so there are a lot of old buildings there. There are a lot of explanation on what is happening in the past, and we also took a guided tour so the whole afternoon was a history lesson :3

We also planned to have a ghost tour, which obviously have to be done in the night.. so after a cruise tour we went to Tasmanian Devil conservation park... and we arrive just in time to see the feeding.. man they are ferocious.. but the tour guide said that they are actually shy animals.. kinda hard to believe with those sharp teeth they have. The park also have some animals and we watch a bird show which was pretty good.

So the clocks ticking and we are approaching the ghost tour time! (we had dinner beforehand, so we won't faint if we see one). We arrived early, so i decided to go around the site ALONE. yes i am weird.. it's like i'm the only human in the whole area... and its approaching night.. but it was a good spiritual walk... i realise how small we are and how big the universe is... and you cant help but feel watched around... i saw a rabbit or two (cant be sure if the other one is rabbit or possum) but that's about it.

well the ghost tour starts at 8.30... we go around the site with a lantern (it's pitch dark out there)... at each site, the guide will tell a horror story to build up the suspense... and sometimes she will startle us with some action. not bad. but i really curious if we can see one, so i took a lot of pictures. kinda reminds me of fatal frame.

and we end up with.... zip/nada/nothing. well i now have a lot of pictures of the places, but that's it, no sighting at all... but in all, it was a good experience...

we then drove back to the hotel, and i was driving.. one thing to note, there are a lot of roadkills in tassie.. at least i saw 10+. and i almost make another one... I was driving at 80k when there's this possum just chilaxing out in the middle of the road. WTH!

lucky it passed straight under our car... if not, it probably will ruin my holiday... although if it did die, it wasn't my fault haha

so yeah the 2nd day is over... back to the hotel to prepare for the 3rd day!

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