Hobart, Australia (27th Jan 2008) Our day started like many of our others that have meant spending time on the road, an early morning and having to get on a bus. This morning in particular was the day we headed down to the south of Tasmania and to the state capitol Hobart. Tasmania was first settled by the British as a penal colony and convicts were first transported to what was then called Van Diemen's Land, in 1804; Hobart is the home to one of the main Penal ...

Hobart, Australia (27th Jan 2008) Our day started like many of our others that have meant spending time on the road, an early morning and having to get on a bus. This morning in particular was the day we headed down to the south of Tasmania and to the state capitol Hobart. Tasmania was first settled by the British as a penal colony and convicts were first transported to what was then called Van Diemen's Land, in 1804; Hobart is the home to one of the main Penal ...

Launceston, Australia (Jan 23rd 2007) Well… where can we start with Tassie? It is so unlike any other part of Oz that we've visited, it's no wonder the Aussie's don't consider it to be part of their country. First off there are the locals, queer looking and sounding bunch, most with some kind of mullet hairdo, both the men and women. They also seem not to have grasped in any way shape or form the concept of manors and how to converse with other humans and ...