Got off to a much better start. couldn't sleep the night before so downloaded another 100 songs. so the drive was fun with lots of different songs and ashwin taught us to shuffle the music so we had nice surprises whole day.
had breakfast of mostly fruits . oranges apples strawberries blackberries and some bread and cupcakes and dates
then we were off. towards port arthur. last stop before we head to Melbourne we stopped for lunch and groceries at sorell.felt familiar since we had our first dinner there too.
then stopped at a freezing pirates bay Eagle hawk area before checking into our beach cottage. cute place. 2nd after bicheno. had a yard but no toys and no dryer so ashwin and I dashed out to buy a ball and a banana for ashwin. and a sponge for the room.
had dance night complete with a disco ball! and lovely dinner with tomato rice brocoli and Mediterranean vegetables that nobody but me liked!
watched boss baby and fell asleep.
day 10 we head to historic district and tasman tour
Day 10
started nice slow and lazy. First walk for saro and me alone together. beach was OK bit smelly. but so quiet that the two cars that passed us waved hi, like it was a rare occurance seeing people out and about
played some rugby in the yard great fun as usual though saro was more winded than he normally would be. I'm worried he says to wait for his cold to pass before worrying!
then we went off to the historic site but no time to look around just the Sunday Market that sold lovely home made things. Akshaya got thilaga a pretty sun catcher butterfly and we got a sun catcher diffuser spider for ourselves. also got a necklace made of wood that is 4000 years old! petrified wood. loved hearing the old gent explain his process. and got our fav wombat doll at last . lots of frustration at the counter though coz we got a smaller one first but alls well that ends well and we love wombi aka gk ( gundu kathirikai)
also got a bear shaped soap for thilaga and a devil postcard for ashwin and 3 lovely keychains
wish I had got more. fairy wren, echidna and little blue penguin.
then the highlight we had been looking forward to whole trip- tasman cruise
it was both fabulous and awful .
fabulous coz we went racing across rough blue green aquamarine seas, saw seals, big dolphins small dolphins dashing by us around us under us chasing fish diving synchronised swimming albatrosses! lone najestic sea eagle, seals fishing birds diving black and white penguin like cormorants on cliffs, amazing cliffs, waterfalls at blow holes, dolomite columns .
not so good coz well, ashwin got very sea sick and me a little sea sick and he and aishu were super cold. akshaya had the best time think it was highlight of holiday for her.
even now when I close my eyes I can see rhw dolphins darting in and out. saw even more at closer proximity than at rock port Perth. and just journeying in that frothing water so close to cliffs hundreds of thousands of years ago, just was surreal. In tasmania you appreciate scale and might and beauty and mystery of nature, of God.
in the peacock at cataract gorge too, they came so near us we could admire the colours the patterns how much time God spent on this one creature, giving it a crest with three colours, feathers that shimmer in tones, one bird, so many colours patterns designs and textures. the peacock by itself is a work of art and wonder, truly!
back to the seas. the dolphins are playful,. I think what I liked about tasmania is here the people have let the animals feel safe enough to come close. so we daw creatures in the wild up close. no need for zoos. just watch them in their environment . like the wombat, then the peacock, even pademellon and now dolphins and seals. we are blessed blessed blessed
so after the ride where ashwin threw up twice and then once more on the bus back, we got home. rested. made dinner. I made amazing cauliflower soup and saro made amazing roasted potatoes. was like the best we had both cooked. amd watched family switch. finally a family movie all five of us were awake for. while i packed and finally went to bed, happy. ready.
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