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nexus magazine HOBART, TASMANIA Overseas Experience Tim Elphick Why did you choose this particular destination? I wanted a tropical island, and she wanted somewhere close. Also, we wanted somewhere near to a city, rather than a resort in the middle of nowhere. This was a compromise – not very close and not very tropical. (The sign of a good compromise is when no one is completely happy.) Did you go via a program? No. We booked stuff off the Interwebs. We used RCI to book the resort – if someone offers you a free show just for having a quick chat, then run a mile, it’s not worth it. In fact the Wyndham group who own the resort we stayed in tried the same thing, but we decided that a $25 Coles voucher was not worth sitting through a 90-minute quick chat. What were the highlights of your trip? Salamanca market on Saturday mornings is awesome. It has over 300 stalls and takes over a whole street. Lots of food and drinks and crafts and interesting locals. A great sampler for the whole island in one place. We especially loved the chilli ginger beer. Also, we rode on an old quarry train that used to transport lime up until WWII. It was very pretty, the driver was informative in the talks at the stops, and it only slightly rained on us. What are your 'must do' things while at this place? Go up to the top of Mount Wellington – a steep drive, but the views were great, although it is windy and cold, so wrap up. (Seriously, you drop 10 degrees from what the temperature was in town.) Do one of the winery tours, or drive yourself, and make sure to include Wicked Cheese in your travels — the cheeses were awesome and a great break from wine tastings. Salamanca Street, both for the Saturday market and just for the general nightlife and great restaurants, many of which offer free WiFi, unlike our hotel. MONA is a very interesting art gallery, full of weird and interesting modern art and installations. Just the building itself is a marvel as you travel three stories underground to get to it. But don’t get excited about the signs for a Max Brenner chocolate shop or the free WiFi by the fountain, as they don’t exist. What was something unexpected? We went to a Tasmanian Devil sanctuary, and although we are not normally a fan of zoo-type places, this was great with mostly open pens, where you could see the little devils play and eat. I wouldn’t go so far as to say they are lovable, but they were unusual, and reasonably photogenic. They also put on an awesome show of local birds, including a cockatiel that would steal coins from your hand, and also had Tasmanian Quolls which were the cutest spotted rodents ever. What was the biggest lesson you learnt while travelling or what would you have done differently in hindsight? When transferring in Melbourne to the domestic flight, read the terminal numbers carefully, to avoid stomping off down the road to the wrong terminal, and then having to rush back again. I did get the equivalent of a wolf whistle from a construction crew on the way, so I guess it wasn’t all bad. Oddly enough, take a book or two. Movies were expensive, TV was worse than in NZ, the WiFi was poor in our hotel, and the Internet seemed hard to get almost everywhere we went. So we ended up reading a lot, and buying some DVDs to watch. (The library in Sorell was the best bet for free WiFi.) 35
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