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Post by Hand-E-Food on Aug 8, 2009 3:21:09 GMT
Weekend! I finally have time to write about Tasmania. It's beautiful down there! It's so good to see some green again. There are so many beautiful walks and drives. It's a small area, about the size or Ireland, so travelling was easy. The first couple of days were packed. Giant hedge mazes, local farm produce, caves, waterfalls, fog so thick you could barely see the waterfall 20 meters away, and the best cheese farm/restaurant. I've always though Melbourne had some of the best food, but Tasmania has been the first place to challenge that and clearly win. We found a lot of activities were closed for Winter, so most of our time was spent on walks and food. The Port Arthur penal settlement is amazing. The stories about how the convicts lived there are great. If you go there, get there no later than lunch time. There's a lot to see. The night time ghost tour is great as well. Cradle Mountain was beautiful. The weather was pretty terrible. It started as horizontal piercing rain and turned into horizontal piercing snow. We really didn't prepare properly for wet weather. But that weather made the walk exciting and even more beautiful. We saw fog rolling off a mounting and falling down 30 meter cliffs into a crater lake. So all in all a great holiday! (It was bloody well needed too...)
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Post by Galadriel on Aug 8, 2009 10:23:47 GMT
Welcome back Ubs, I hope you get rid of that cold soon enough
Looks like Tasmania is a pretty place to go to HeF, I never thought of it as a holiday spot. Glad to see you back as well
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Post by twoheadedragon on Aug 8, 2009 11:18:34 GMT
I'm back! I've also got a cold. At least I got it today about an hour before going to the boat. Übereil Welcome back man! I hope you get well soon!
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Post by twoheadedragon on Aug 8, 2009 11:19:44 GMT
@ HEF: Thanks for writing about Tasmania (you could probably guess I was interested, I asked so many questions in other posts related to Tasmania)! ;D
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Post by Alrik on Aug 8, 2009 12:53:39 GMT
the Malaysian Protons are basically a repackaged Mitsubishi. so count that one as Japanese. ;D So, where are car's names like "Electrons", "Quarks", "Neutralinos", "Higgs Bosons" etc. ?
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Post by LaFille on Aug 9, 2009 0:20:59 GMT
Welcome back, and get well soon... Better to be stuck with the cold now than having it spoil your trip, though.
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Post by Hand-E-Food on Aug 9, 2009 11:49:54 GMT
@ HEF: Thanks for writing about Tasmania (you could probably guess I was interested, I asked so many questions in other posts related to Tasmania)! ;D No worries! Any questions?
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Post by SPS on Aug 9, 2009 15:00:13 GMT
my internet at my apartment is messing up again. Should have it back today but it may take longer. Expect limited connectivity until then.
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Post by twoheadedragon on Aug 10, 2009 7:16:41 GMT
@ HEF: None for now, maybe later. ;D @ SPS: Aw, that's nasty (Believe me, I know with all these electric breakdowns what it's like). Hope it gets back up soon!
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Post by Cat on Aug 10, 2009 18:00:26 GMT
Home.
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Post by Ubereil on Aug 10, 2009 18:18:44 GMT
@ Cath: Übereil
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Post by LaFille on Aug 10, 2009 22:27:15 GMT
Awww, good luck, SPS. Cat, welcome back! As an aside, if it means for you, at least your return means for us...
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Post by Galadriel on Aug 11, 2009 9:53:57 GMT
Welcome back Cat, you've been missed around here
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Post by twoheadedragon on Aug 12, 2009 12:30:02 GMT
Welcome back Cat! Yes, you've been sorely missed, especially by Zee and Ube (IT RHYMES!)... ;D
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Post by fughawzi on Aug 13, 2009 21:15:50 GMT
I'm back! San Diego was fun.
But I'm slightly dead because of thyroid medication, that stuff is evil.
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Post by Ubereil on Aug 13, 2009 21:16:34 GMT
Yay Ash being back! Boo evil medication! ...neutral sound on San Diego!
Übereil
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Post by LaFille on Aug 13, 2009 22:09:20 GMT
Welcome back! Good to read that you had a good time... And slightly dead is still better than just dead...
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Post by twoheadedragon on Aug 15, 2009 20:37:07 GMT
Nice to have you back Zee! Yes, THYROID MEDICATION IS EVIL! At least you're pretty much mostly alive.
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Post by peterh on Aug 15, 2009 22:18:38 GMT
I've had a headache since Sunday but luckily it's been better since Friday. It kinda sucked - I cancelled several appointments with RL friends due to this. I hope this is the end of it
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Post by Hildor on Aug 16, 2009 7:47:50 GMT
Okay...mathematics exam tomorrow. The first of two exams I have to do again this summer. If I fail it, the happy things could be somehow over for me (student room etc.). If I pass, my life could become quite wonderful again. It's now or never
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