The Green Run Blog » Holidays http://www.ufgreenrun.com Ramblings from a half hearted greeny Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:06:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Tasmania http://www.ufgreenrun.com/tasmania/ http://www.ufgreenrun.com/tasmania/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:09:18 +0000 Greeny http://www.ufgreenrun.com/?p=27 Tasmania is one of my favorite places - maybe my favorite in fact! If you haven't been, I strongly recommend it - you could easily have a great holiday whether you spend 3 days or 3 weeks! Tassie seems to have a lot of dichotomies - there are large groups of farmers and a forestry industry who are focused on creating jobs and see the natural resources as something there to be used. There is also a large community of greenies who actively protest the logging of old growth forests - there have been lots of visible protests over the years.

I've been twice in the last few years. Once, I went on my own and spent 2 weeks driving around just taking photos - it is a photographers dream. Here's one of my shots from the trip:

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The second time, I went back with my girlfriend and this time we hired a van and did more of the touristy thing. I managed to drag her around some of the hiking tracks and she had me buying tea towels and postcards - it was win-win.

One of the highlights was Fitzpatricks Inn in Westbury - a lovely old English manor style inn with a great restaurant and great service. Cheap at $110 per night. We often talk about grabbing some cheap flights from this site and heading over, even just for a weekend! Maybe combining it with a trip to the snow, if it's the right season.

In no particular order, here are some other things you shouldn't miss:

The overland track (5 days of hiking but spectacular)

D'Anvers chocolate factory

The cheese

The Hobart markets

Wineglass bay & the hazards

Lake St-Claire national park

The wall in the west - giant wooden sculpture

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