Today is Thursday 26 Jan 2006    AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL DAY    OI!! OI!! OI!!Hello All from Port Arthur on this warm sunny morning and boy are we excited as its highlight number one of trip.. a day exploring Port Arthur Penal Settlement.     But before I start the day's blog I forgot to tell you last night two thing, first was that we had dinner at the motel restaurant AND we finally got to eat our long awaited lobster meal. We ordered a lobster s...

 Today is Wednesday 25 Jan 2006  Good morning world, we awoke to a morning that was a little grey and overcast but not looking like rain, so hoping it will clear later to be a good day like those we have had so far. At start we were a bit dubious as we heard that because of the island's position it was always windy, wet and cold but for us so far so good.    Well friends whats the agenda for today, well we are heading down to Pt Arthur today for the next...

Today is Tuesday 24 Jan 2006  Awoke this morning to another lovely sunny morning today which I hope continues as we are starting out on the main part of our touring holiday. After doing the necessary things dressed and off to a delicious home cooked 2 course breakfast served by out lovely host we loaded our car and headed off on our day ahead with eyes wide open and a lot of excitement.   Heading out of Launceston towards Scottsdale where we were going to have...

Today is Monday Jan 23rd. We awoke this morning after a good night of sailing on smooth seas and therefore a night's sleep , looking out our port hole I could see landfall ahead on the horizon ahead of us which made me think we have nearly crossed Bass Strait and close to Tasmania. As we dined at breakfast we found out that we were passing Flinders Island on the port side and were about 2 hours from our destination in Devonport.      After breakfast we...