An entry from Adam...

Tasmania was fun! We stayed in cozy cabins. We went to Cradle Mountain. It snows on top of Cradle Mountain. It took two hours to walk around Dove Lake.
Devonport
Cradle Mountain

Then we drove four hours to get to Hobart. We went on the Tahune airwalk which is the highest and longest in the world. We met Dad’s friends (Rich Little from Chatham, ON!) for dinner and I played with Simon and Thomas who were 5 and 7 years old. Over the fence in their backyard there was a walnut tree. A branch was hanging over their yard which made it easy for us to collect the walnuts. That was so much fun! (Pictures taken at the Tahune Airwalk)


Rich Little, son Simon and Dave (Rich and Emma had us over for dinner after the Airwalk with Emma's parents. We enjoyed some Aussie fare like oysters, mussels, local wines and Wally burgers - yes Wallaby burgers! It was fun to catch up with Rich since we haven't seen each other much since our days at Western)

The next day we traveled to a place called Port Arthur which is where the criminals lived a long time ago. We saw the insides of the ruins. There was a bush fire a long time ago which burned off the roofs. We took a boat cruise around the bay to check everything out.

Port Arthur (ruins of a prison used for British, Irish and even a few Canadian prisoners back in the 1800s)

Bad boy in shackles
The next day we drove to Coles Bay and stayed at another cozy cabin. We went on another big hike up a mountain to get to Wineglass Bay. When we finally got to the beach, a friendly Kangaroo was waiting for me! I petted him for a long time. We ate our lunch on the rocks by the ocean and watched a crazy man go for a swim! The water was so cold there was NO WAY I would go in.

Coles Bay

Adam's new mate!

Wineglass bay

Hiking up the mountain to near Wineglass Bay

On the last day we drove up to Devonport and took the Spirit of Tasmania ship to Melbourne.