Tasmania

After spending the weekend in Melbourne, we boarded a ship, the Spirit of Tasmania. It left at around dinner time and got in the next morning at around breakfast time. We had a room with our own bathroom and bunk beds. Although the main thing we did on the boat was sleep, there were lots of other things to do on the ship for entertainment. There were several restaurants and bars, a casino, a theater, and a store that sold everything from clothes to ice cream bars. On our way to Tasmania our ship went through a storm that made it challenging to sleep with all the rocking.

When we got to Tasmania we drove to Launceston and spent most of the day there. Then we drove over the mountains and along the east coast to a town called Bicheno, where we spent the night. In Bicheno we stayed in a really cool cabin with a view of the ocean. The highlight from Bicheno was the penguin tour. We toured an area where thousands of penguins waddle up on the shore at night to rest, mate, and sleep, before waddling out to sea before sunrise. Unfortunately, it was hard to get any pictures of the cute penguins because it was dark out and we couldn't use a flash.

Not far from Bicheno we found a Berry Farm that sold lots of delicious berry products. The ice cream was delicious!