Category: Backpacking

Tasmania: West Coast

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After our east coast adventure, we went back to Hobart to pick up a car to relocate to Melbourne. It’s a deal that gives cheap or free rentals to people who are willing to drive cars to certain locations. If you want to do a car relocation, check out my travel advice page.

Thanks rock for taking the photo. Car camping with James
We picked blackberries for this family fora week, here are the pizzas we made them!
There was a little Switzerland
Dinner time!
Amazing campsite down random dirt road near Cradle Mountain
Rocky Cape National Park, Tasmania
Spiderweb
Back in Melbourne, at a friend’s house
Check out their view!
Oh yeah.

Tasmania: Up the East Coast

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Here are a few pictures from our trip up the East Coast of Tasmania. We really took our time, spending 2 weeks to do a trip lots of people do in just a few days. We had lots of leisurely walks on beaches, and did a couple of longer treks on Maria Island and around Wineglass Bay.

There were adorable wallabies everywhere, who would have happily eaten out of our hands if we had offered food. We had heard not to feed them, though obviously lots of people do.

Cooking dinner
Again thanks to the rock who took this picture. HECK YES TASMANIA
Hazards Beach
Sunset at Wineglass Bay
Early morning at Wineglass
One of our better campsites
Wallabees everywhere!
Wake up!

Alpaca Shearing

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We were lucky to see some alpacas being sheared outside of Albany in Western Australia. Thanks to our Taiwanese friends Stephanie and Victor for inviting us!

ImageThe alpacas were nervous to begin with – they were bleating miserably. Even though the shearing doesn’t hurt them, it must be uncomfortable!ImageThe shearers put them down on the ground as gently as possible. Some of the feistier animals struggled and complained loudly.ImageOnce they were down, they had their toenails and teeth cut before getting shorn. It was quite intense and I decided to leave the room after a bit.Image They look very skinny and miserable by the end of it, but in the hot summer months who wouldn’t be happier naked?