29th January 2010 Today we spent 9 hours crossing the Bass straits from Devonport in Tasmania to Melbourne on mainland Australia. The crossing time past relatively quickly and it didn’t seem long before we could see the Melbourne CBD on the skyline. From the ferry port it was a straightforward tramride to the apartment we have booked for 4 nights not far outside the city centre, which should do us nicely as a base for explorer Melbourne from. ...
28th January 2010 Like many ports we’ve previously visited in France, Devonport is kind of a non-descript transit location with some slightly weird people hanging around. We’re staying here tonight, right next to the ferry terminal and at first glance the hotel didn’t look like very much, but our room was very nice. From our window we could see the Spirit of Tasmania leave at 9pm (and feel it because the whole room shook!) and our boat arrive at 7am. ...
27th October 2009 After a good night’s kip at the SKylodge we walked 5 minutes up the road to a cafe to grab some breakfast. The weather is a bit of a shock here this morning, quite cold and windy, and by the time we’d had breakfast and got back to the hostel to get our bags it was raining - just like home. We caught the bus into Auckland downtown before switching to the the Link bus service to get us out to Parnell where we are staying for a few nights. ...