For the second part of my mid-semester break, I went to Hobart, Tasmania where Ian and Logan are studying. I had an amazing week and a half there - we did so much in such a short time!
Some of the highlights:
* Trip to Blackman's Bay for some beach walking and cliff scrambling on Friday.
* Search and Rescue Training with the Tasmania Police and State Emergency Services on Saturday and Sunday. We had a series of lectures about search techniques and different equipment and then went out and did some practice searches and even got to take a ride in the Police helicopter!
* An amazing Bush Dance with the Folk Federation featuring the Bottom Pub Ceilidh band on Saturday evening.
some of the cliffs just past Blackman's Bay
scrambling around
The Bottom Pub Ceilidh Band
'rescuing' someone and carrying them closer to the helicoptor
riding in the chopper!
* Multiple jam sessions with Ian and Logan - Ian has a beautiful new Didgeridoo and a Jaw harp and even tried playing my fiddle. They have borrowed a mandolin while they are in Hobart.
* Hiking up to Signal Station on Mt. Nelson with Logan on Monday.
* Playing a Bush Dance with the Hot String Band on Monday night.
* Adventuring out to Opossum Bay with Ian on Tuesday.
* Exploring downtown Hobart on my own and visiting the Tasmania Museum and going to two excellent jam sessions on Wednesday. Cathy also drove me out and around the Derwent river and we saw a bunch of Tasmanian native hens (really neat flightless birds endemic to Tasmania) and black swans.
looks pretty good right?
playing with the Hot String Band
Opossum Bay
* Watching the sun rise from snowy Mt. Wellington Thursday morning.
* Walking down to Sandy Bay and Blinking Billy (a lighthouse) on Thursday.
* Going to a rehearsal with the Hot String Band Thursday evening.
* Taking a trip to Bruny Island with Cathy and David and John and Logan on Friday.
sunrise from Mt. Wellington
some tall-ships in the harbor
snow covered Mt. Wellington from Sandy Bay
A lookout on the bit that connects North and South Bruny Island
footprints in the sand. not sure what the are from.
Fluted Cape on Bruny Island - we hiked all the way to the top!
* Having a delicious dinner and amazing jam session at Cathy and David's home on Friday evening.
* Going to the Salamanca Market and to the Botanical Gardens with Logan on Saturday morning.
* Playing a Bush Dance with the Heritage Fiddles on Saturday evening.
some beautiful flowers at the Botanical Gardens
playing with the Heritage Fiddles at a Bush Dance
* Going to the beach near Calvert's Lagoon on Sunday afternoon and then cooking up some delicious kangaroo roast.
* Hiking up Hartz peak with Logan, Cathy, David, John, and George on Monday.
Beach!
walking on the cliffs near the beach
hiking up to Hartz peak
that is the peak in the distance
wallaby footprints!!
Cathy is almost to the top
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