My wife and I like to rent movies at the public library. It's free, and the assortment is so random and eclectic that we often end up watching (and enjoying) things we would have never thought to seek out on our own ( Read more... )

First, I scored an Australian driver's license ( Read more... )

It's been awhile. Things are plodding along ( Read more... )

( These pictures stolen from my wife, all except the one that I took because the photographer was too busy holding a wombat. )

We woke up, did morning stuff, and left Asbestos Range Narwawntapu National Park. Today was Wimp-Out day. No hiking, we planned to go back and hit a couple of places we saw while driving around up until this point, followed by a scenic drive along the east coast back to Hobart. That night, we planned on getting a room instead of sleeping in the ( Read more... )

A bit about Narwawntapu National Park. This wasn't its original name. Previously, it was Asbestos Range National Park. I must admit, this game gives one cause. After talking to a ranger, I learned that the name came not because of copious amounts of asbestos, but because the mountain range looked like asbestos to whoever it was who gave it that ( Read more... )

( Little penguins? Little early... )

By the way, when my friends and I started LJing, we used to come up with clever pseudonyms for everyone. Apparently we didn't know how to lock posts. Anyway, my clever name for my wife (real name=Mariana) was Zoe. So if you saw a bunch of Zoe's earlier and a bunch of Mariana's now, they're the same person ( Read more... )

I woke up and headed to the visitor center to pay park and camping registration fees. After breakfast (yoghurt and an orange) we did a short hike to Russell Falls.

( A Tour Through the Senses )

I'm back from Tasmania. The weather was mild, the scenery was beautiful, the people were great, and the wildlife either laid eggs or had pouches ( Read more... )