Tasmania: Leavings
Thursday we checked out of our airbnb in Flowerpot, Tas. The owners live in a house on the property but we never did see them, guess they were busy these past three days.
We proceeded about an hour up to, through and past Hobart town, over the bridge over the Derwent (which we've learned had a horrifying incident in the 70s when a ship collided with its supports, a section fell down sinking the ship, and several cars flew off the gap.) to the town of Richmond which was another cute town of Victorian looking little storefronts. This one looked very well maintained and flourishing (as opposed to the cute Victorian houses of Bothwell which were all kind of in a state of decay). Our destination here was the "Poo-seum"
I wasn't actually sure i was looking forward to this. Poop.. doesn't appeal to me, shall we say. But mom is a science teacher (mostly but not entirely retired) and she was very intrigued. So the museum is basically dedicated to animal poop. There were examples of the poop of many different animals, carefully preserved in a manner that kept it looking just as you might find it on a trail. Along with lots and lots of information. It was actually rather interesting. Though i remain grossed out that gorillas eat their own poop (because it's only like 20% digested each time it goes through) 🤮
There was also apparently a maze in this town as well as a 1:16 scale model of early Hobart, but we had a ferry to catch in the evening so we didn't have time for all that. But we did have a delicious meal in one of the cafes in town
From there we drove up to the ferry terminal in north Tasmania, three hours across the country, and we once again boarded and took the overnight ferry back to the mainland.
There's lots of places still to visit in the world but I'm sure I'll be back in Tassie with Cristina if nothing else. In the South i wanted to visit the Hartz Mountains near where we were but didn't end up fitting it in. I'd actually really like to go on the big multi day hike through there southwest wilderness. I hope Cristina likes hiking. Also I want to get back to the MONA museum while not pressed for time. And then there's the whole East Coast of Tassie i haven't seen yet, which i think is often the first place people go so presumably there's stuff to see there.
We proceeded about an hour up to, through and past Hobart town, over the bridge over the Derwent (which we've learned had a horrifying incident in the 70s when a ship collided with its supports, a section fell down sinking the ship, and several cars flew off the gap.) to the town of Richmond which was another cute town of Victorian looking little storefronts. This one looked very well maintained and flourishing (as opposed to the cute Victorian houses of Bothwell which were all kind of in a state of decay). Our destination here was the "Poo-seum"
I wasn't actually sure i was looking forward to this. Poop.. doesn't appeal to me, shall we say. But mom is a science teacher (mostly but not entirely retired) and she was very intrigued. So the museum is basically dedicated to animal poop. There were examples of the poop of many different animals, carefully preserved in a manner that kept it looking just as you might find it on a trail. Along with lots and lots of information. It was actually rather interesting. Though i remain grossed out that gorillas eat their own poop (because it's only like 20% digested each time it goes through) 🤮
There was also apparently a maze in this town as well as a 1:16 scale model of early Hobart, but we had a ferry to catch in the evening so we didn't have time for all that. But we did have a delicious meal in one of the cafes in town
From there we drove up to the ferry terminal in north Tasmania, three hours across the country, and we once again boarded and took the overnight ferry back to the mainland.
There's lots of places still to visit in the world but I'm sure I'll be back in Tassie with Cristina if nothing else. In the South i wanted to visit the Hartz Mountains near where we were but didn't end up fitting it in. I'd actually really like to go on the big multi day hike through there southwest wilderness. I hope Cristina likes hiking. Also I want to get back to the MONA museum while not pressed for time. And then there's the whole East Coast of Tassie i haven't seen yet, which i think is often the first place people go so presumably there's stuff to see there.