South Korea 2023 Trip
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This is a placholder post, possibly to give myself some accountability.
In 2023, we visited South Korea for the first time.
Continue reading to see an itinerary of where we went.
Japan 2023 Trip
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This is a placholder post, possibly to give myself some accountability.
In 2023, we visited Japan, the first time in 10 years for me and 6 years for A.
Continue reading to see an itinerary of where we went.
More Hobart and some Richmond, Tasmania
Day 10 of Tasmania 2022 trip
kunanyi As Seen From Rosny Hill Lookout
It was starting to feel like we had allocated too many days to Hobart and we felt quite constrained without having a car. Today was market day but found there wasn’t much else we could tackle without a car, so the logical thing to do was to hire a car again, just for the day.
A Disappointing Day
Day 9 of Tasmania 2022 trip
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Yes, it happens. Today was dedicated to visiting the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA). This is an art museum privately funded by a rich dude which subsequently boosted tourism immensely in Tasmania. So, expectations were sky high.
Later, we have a subpar evening in Hobart.
Hobart
Day 8 of Tasmania 2022 trip
River Derwent and Sandy Bay as seen from Castray Box at Sunset
Today was our first full day in Hobart. It was a really relaxing day where we aimed to soak up some history and art and seek out good food.
To Hobart via Ross
Day 7 of Tasmania 2022 trip
Ross Bridge, Constructed in 1836
We had a tightly planned day but the aim was to drive from Barrington to Hobart, which would take roughly 4 hours. We had some extra stops to make because I reworked the things we had to drop on Day 3 into today’s plan. Today is also the last day we have the car. Once again, just because you planned it doesn’t mean things go to plan.
A Day Out in the Eastern End of North Western Tassie
Day 6 of Tasmania 2022 trip
Man vs. Kangaroo
Today was earmarked as a buffer day in case we were not able to do Cradle Mountain the day before. Of course we know that turned out just fine, so we spent the day doing some things on the backup plan like seeing some Tassie Devils and doing laundry at Devonport. From now to the end of the trip, there will be no more hiking and things will be more laidback (and not as exciting to be honest).
Cradle Mountain
Day 5 of Tasmania 2022 trip
Cradle Mountain as seen from Marions Lookout
Cradle Mountain was the second big headliner of our trip in Tassie. We were pretty pumped for it and determined not to screw it up. Turns out we were extremely lucky to see Cradle Mountain on such a clear day - apparently there are 30 such days in the entire year.
Westward Towards Cradle Mountain
Day 4 of Tasmania 2022 trip
Sunset over a private reservoir in Barrington, Tasmania
Today was intentionally a breezy relaxing day where we would just pop in to various places on the North Western Tasting Trail and have a look see or scoff food down our gobs. The only thing we had to do was make our way west towards Cradle Mountain. We had booked accommodation at a repurposed church in Barrington, which was about an hour away from Cradle Mountain. We were going to just commute to the mountain the next day because any type of accommodation closer to the mountain was very exhorbitant.
Freycinet National Park
Day 3 of Tasmania 2022 trip
Muirs Beach, Freycinet National Park
Today we were visiting Freycinet National Park, one of the highlights of this trip. Funnily enough we were not here to actually visit Wineglass Bay beach, but just to get a view of it. It looks absolutely stunning from above and it wasn’t the right season for beaching anyway.
