Category: Travel
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Noosa Weekend—A Post Mainly About Food
I’ve just returned from our annual Noosa weekend for the Runaway Bay Marathon Festival. We’ve been running at this event since 2015 (apart from 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic). We flew up Thursday morning, but our early afternoon arrival was pushed back by a flight detour. We had just passed Brisbane when the…
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Tasmania 2024: Day 6 Hobart
After a yummy breakfast (coconut rice pudding), we caught an UBER to the Cascade Brewery. This is the oldest brewery in Australia and was opened in 1932. The company operated as a sawmill from 1924. The tour starts in the visitor’s centre, which occupies the old family house and associated buildings. We collected our safety…
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Tasmania 2024: Day 5 Hobart
After breakfast on Tuesday, we wandered down to the port and took a Historic Hobart Cruise. We took a seat out on the top deck, looking backwards, and the boat pulled out, heading north up the Derwent River. There was commentary as we went. We went up past Government House and over into Rose Bay,…
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Tasmania 2024 Day 4: Hobart
This post continues my recap of our trip to Tasmania. See previous posts: Day 1, Day 2, Day3. Monday 26th February. Our friend picked us up at 8:30 a.m. for a little outing on Kununyi/Mount Wellington. G and our friend went trail running while I did some hiking. I snapped a photo of the trail…
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Tasmania 2024 Day 3 – Devils, Spectacular Coastline, Back to Hobart
G and I woke up reasonably early on Sunday to pack up and head out to the Tasmanian Devil Unzoo while our friends had a more leisurely morning. I can’t remember seeing a Tasmanian Devil before, so we wanted to take this opportunity to see one. The Devils are endangered due to roadkill and a…
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Tasmania 2024 Day 2 – Tesselated Pavement and Port Arthur
Today G and N went off for a long run about 10 mins drive away in Murdunna while S and I had a bit of sleep-in before heading to the Tesselated Pavement. These rock formations are formed by movement along fault lines fractured the siltstone and erosion has deepened the pattern. Pan formations (more weathering…
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Tasmania 2024 Day 1 – Flying, driving, Eaglehawk Neck
We flew out of Tullamarine mid-morning on Friday. The flight was delayed by 30 minutes but G has access to the lounge so it wasn’t too much of a hardship. There were clouds most of the way over Tasmania but once we started our descent we got a good look at the environs of Hobart.…
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I’m back … and a teaser
We are back from our holiday in Tasmania. We spent the first weekend on the Tasman Peninsula, then four nights in Hobart before returning to the Tasman Peninsula with the Tasmanian Walking Company for the Three Capes Walk. Everything was so good, but the hike was the highlight of the trip. The highest sea cliffs…
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Noosa Running
Noosa National Park Loop This is my favourite Noosa run with spectacular scenery and varied terrain. From where we normally stay on the river it’s 14 km in total but from Noosa Beach it’s 9 km. From Hastings St., the trail runs along the coast with a mixture of asphalt and boardwalk and a couple…
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List #2: Highlights from our trip away
As most of you probably know, I recently spent a month overseas. I thought it might be fun to gather all the best moments from our trip into one list.