We just did a whirlwind 3 week stint over at Tassie. Way too cold for this guy (even pre-winter) but beautiful nonetheless. Highlights were Port Arthur, Bay of Fires, Hobart and the view from Mt Wellington (we were lucky to get a rare clear day with views of the entire region), and cradle mountain. Throw in wild wombat viewing st Cradle Mountain, seals playing the bay at Bicheno and an intimate penguin tour at Low Head and it shaped up to be pure magic. And that is not to say the rest of what wasn’t equally spectacular. We tracked where we went on a tourist map…Still plenty we missed. Is 3 weeks enough? Probably not but we were all ready to come back to the mainland. Homeschooling took a back seat for 3 weeks as we were go-go-go from sun-up to sun-set. That’s the beautiful thing about home-schooling. The official curriculum can take a back-seat while they learn in the real-world. We ticked off history, geography, science, art, and just about every other subject on the curriculum… A few pointers if you are planning it: - Spirit of Tasmania. Book well in advance, the return trip was completely booked out when we looked last year from Feb through to July. Plan ahead and stick to your plan. At one point we contemplated delaying our return trip but it was next to impossible to find a return slot. Also worth getting a cabin so you have somewhere private to chill, regardless of night sail or day sail. The seas can get pretty rough (though we were pretty lucky) - Travelling with doggo. It’s a 10-12hour sail. You can book a kennel in the ventilated decks. We chose however to keep doggo in the caravan. Warm, comfortable and we gave him a chill-pill from the vet. He handled it like a champion. - Have an idea where you will stay and do day trips. A lot of Tassie is small windy roads and sometimes a lot of dirt. You don’t want to necessarily tow a caravan everywhere through all this. Time of year will also make a huge difference, these roads can be quite treacherous for the uninitiated (like me) through winter. - be ok with the fact you won’t see it all. - the windy roads will make for slower travel, expect an 50km drive to take an hour and a half. If you were in doubt about replacing your break pads before you leave, do it.

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Art lesson. Museum of Old and New Art. Hobart This place was pretty cool with some really special pieces and the layout is incredible with one caveat: This museum presented me an opportunity to educate the boys on a bit of Wokeism and the way mental illness can sometimes be portrayed and masked by the word art. There was some definite sick and satanic fucked up shit in here that otherwise masked a great experience. (Not pictured as I don’t want that shit on my phone) Still everything is a lesson.

Yesterday’s history lesson: Don’t steal bread Port Arthur historical site. Fucking incredible place.

Seals ✅ Dolphins ✅ Manta Ray ✅ Cray ✅ Twas a good day

We have spent the week in Tassie catching up with some old and dear friends. The boys didn’t do any official schooling….why? Because we can. This is a severely under-appreciated benefit of home-schooling. The option to choose when and what you study and where you do it.

Torquay, Jan Juc and Bells The surf gods were kind to these little kooks. Caught up with some of my favourite Bitcoiners. No dox….you know who you are. Then onto the spirit of Tassie…

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WTAF Victoria!!!

Inverloch, Wonthaggi and Wilson’s Promontory Inverloch - quiet little coastal town. Nice long walks along the coast. Saw a seal diving for fish in the channel. It was awesome Wonthaggi - short drive from inverloch. Home of the State Coal Mine where you can do an underground mine tour. This was really cool. Though dad was in charge of photos and dad is shit at taking photos 🙋🏻‍♂️ Wilson’s promontory. The southern most mainland tip of Australia. It’s all national park and pictures do not do it justice. Absolutely must see if you are touring. Sorry no doggos allowed

Bravo Gippsland. This is up there with some of the the best milk I’ve ever had…. And that’s a big call, we have some of the best milk around in FNQ

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Mallacoota!! Just over the NSW/VIC border, this was our first stop in VIC. Awesome little seaside town. Huge tidal lake system packed full of bream and flathead. VIC had a long weekend we weren’t aware of so ended up staying here longer than we’d liked but it was actually a nice forced holiday from our holiday. A few nice relaxing days of long walks and bike rides and a bit of swimming. There were plenty of kids about so the boys had an absolute ball making new friends. We barely saw them as they were off adventuring, playing in the playground, riding bikes and playing soccer…. Barely a device turned on for 5days….magic A few wild koalas in the trees throughout the park too. Spectacular to see them in the wild which is pretty rare for us Nth Qld’ers. Few big grey kangaroos come down to watch the boys playing soccer. One big boy looked pretty buff.

Tathra Beach Narooma Merimbula Saw a wild seal……rad!!! Narooma is a really cool place. From Australia Rock to wild Seals. Long boardwalk and coastal bike path. Tathra had nice little swell for surfing. Picked up just as we left as the southern end of nsw benefited from swell from TC Alfred all the way up the coast.

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