After a nice night in a big bed with a fan, I some how
convinced Emma to go Zip Lining. For
those who don’t know Emma is a very reserved quiet country girl and makes me
look like a crazy American girl! I even
got her convinced for the night zip lining but because of it being Good Friday
they didn’t have anyone to run it.
Apparently Good Friday in Australia is a big thing. Everything closes and I mean everything, from
food stores to even the information center (only closed Christmas and Good
Friday!). Though as I am writing this it is Easter and apparently Easter isn’t
that big of a deal like Good Friday, as we went shopping in the mall today and
pretty much everything was open. Still
can’t wrap my mind around it, but it is what it is.
So since I convinced Emma to do the Zip lining we called and
made our booking. We had till mid
afternoon, so we decided to go to a Platypus house and Sea Horse World, as they
were open and didn’t have anything to do with history! Thank god we went early as the place became
packed with some event happening on the dock with it being Good Friday!
We decided to do the platypus house first, which included
watching the feeding of platypus and echidna.
We watched a 15-minute documentary on the platypus and then off we went
on the tour. First we got to see three
female’s eat worms. Pretty interesting
how they are able to find the food, as they close their eyes under water. We then got to see the male, who has to be
kept separate, eat as well. He wasn’t as
hungry as the female. Then we got to see
what I thought was the best part.
Next they took us into a room to see the Echidna’s eat, and
yes I just said room. The echidna’s just
walked around as if we were nothing, it was so cool. They definitely have done this before and
knew it was feeding time. We sat in a
circle around the food bowls and got to watch them eat. They have these long skinny tongues that they
suck everything up with! Then when they
were done they just walked around. Some
of us visitors got licked, walked over, or brushed upon as they wondered
around. Something was on Emma’s purse as
this one echidna kept going by it and licked it at one point. It was a little
hard to leave the room! After leaving
that we headed to Sea horse world.
I wasn’t sure what exactly to expect, as the Platypus house
was pretty cool and figured it would be pretty hard to top it. We learned a little bit about the sea horses,
but basically it was just watching them float around, attaching to what ever
their tails attached to, looking at tank after tank after tank. It’s all the same thing just different colors
or ages. It was pretty boring and I
would not recommend anyone going there!
The dock was getting pretty crowded due to the event going
on, so we decided to venture away to find something good to eat. Our venture turned into heading back into
Launceston, as there was nothing on our way.
After lunch we decided to head towards the Zip lining place, as we
didn’t have much else to do.
The GPS warned us that our drive to zip lining was on a dirt
road, which our car rental wasn’t suppose to be driven on. Well we sort of had to, so I just drove super
slow. We got their an hour early even
after driving super slow for 15 minutes on the dirt road and just hung out and
chatted in the car. I did learn about
and see the people of the Exclusive Brethren or as Emma calls them the Hanky
Heads! This is some religion/culture
that the women all dress in skirts and kind of dressy. Once you learn who they are, they are easy to
spot out in Australia!
As time got closer we headed in to check in. I was super excited for zip lining but bummed
at the same time cause I really wanted to do the night tour and not the
afternoon! I originally was number four,
but based on the numbers we had, I ended up being the front on the one side and
the majority of the time ended up going first! It was fun, but since I have
done crazier things like skydiving and bungee jumping, zip lining isn’t as
exciting or exhilarating! Though I will admit being the first was a little
nerve wracking as I wanted to make sure I did what I was told and wasn’t the
example of what not to do!
One a couple of the lines you had to bring in your knees and
arms as close as you could so you didn’t get stuck. If you got stuck you had to do a move called
the walrus. I was first to go and came
short of the deck, but as I was so close the tour guide was very easily able to
bring me in. Emma on the other hand made
it just a little short of the back up system and had to do the walrus! I love you Emma but it was quite entertaining
to watch! Besides that, we made it through with no major issues and got these lovely certificates:
I am pretty happy that I got Emma to do the zip lining to
break her out of her shell a little. Before this trip she had never even been
on a plane and was very happy that I was the one that got her to finally go on
one! And then to even to get her zip
lining, I was impressed/surprised that she ended up agreeing! :)
Now remember how it was Good Friday, well we headed back to
the hotel and went on the hunt for a restaurant for dinner. We lucked out finding a place on the
water. We had to wait a little but it
was fine! Dinner was ok, my risotto was
a little blah but the gelato they had totally made it up for it!
We headed back to our lovely hotel to sleep our last night
in Tasmania! Since we had our flight
around 2:00pm, we decided to hang at the hotel until check out time and then
venture to the number one thing to do in Launceston, The Cataract Gorge.
Its apparently number one as it’s the main reason for Launceston existence.
The Gorge had a nice chairlift ride up and down, which we
took as well as some nice walks around.
It had very nice views as well a huge population of peacocks! You were able to walk pretty close to the
peacocks, which was pretty cool. I also
got to see a wild wallaby and get pretty close as well! I will admit this for
being the number one attraction, wasn’t that exciting just basically awesome
natural surroundings! Once we were done,
we headed to find lunch and then the airport!
Just a note Emma did almost leave her Ipad in Tasmania, but luckily
noticed while at airport and the thankfully it was in the rental car still!
Pretty sure she will be buying a bright colored case very soon!
It was a little sad to leave Tasmania, as there was a lot
more we could have done, but pretty sure we did most of the touristy things in
the areas that we did visit! It was very nice to play the trip by ear and just
do what we wanted. Of course like any
vacation like that it gets a little pricey and I am pretty sure I won’t be
eating fast food for a while as I definitely had my fill!
Love always, aloterella :)
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