Tasmania

Spent a few days in Tasmania (Hobart) with my dear wife and a few friends. It was cold and wet at times. Thank God that my camera stood up well against water amongst other elements. These are pictures of the piers around Sullivans Cove at dawn, mid-day and after dark. The after dark photo was taken from inside the hotel which has some reflection at the bottom right corner. Wish I noticed it before downloading it.

I was most captivated by the many sandstone buildings in Hobart. They are so pretty.

We stayed at the Hotel Grand Chancellor right in front of the Victoria Dock, a popular hotel for holding conferences. We noticed a number of "opportunities" for the hotel. Unfortunately, we didn't have the chance to name them. They were nice to offer us a portable heater when we reported the one in the room didn't work. And, it was fairly quiet after a while. 8*)

There are many attractions such as historical prisons like Port Arthur, Tahune air-walk, tessellated pavement (a natural phenomenon), national parks, waterfalls, curry scallop pie, tasty and fresh Blue-eyed Trevella fish, etc, etc. Start booking your holiday in Tassie! Suggest hiring a car to drive around with. Watch the speed limits. GPS works like a treat in Tassie especially around the many one way streets of Hobart.

Butterflies & Meerkats at the Melbourne Zoo

It has been over a month since my last confession (I mean post). Been sick with a dry cough for over a month, and I just came back from a short holiday in Tasmania (which helped me to recover a great deal). Anyway, want to post a few pictures to share with everyone.

First topic is Melbourne Zoo. Those of you who followed my blog would know that I went there in March. One picture I sadly missed then was picture of butterflies. This was my priority one this time. Unfortunately, I quickly learnt that it was not easy. I don't have a macro lens, didn't know how to follow these butterflies and other useful information (I later learnt) for this kind of photography. Anyway, here is one of them. Hope you enjoy it. It has been enhanced.

The tiger and dolphin enclosures were closed but there were a number of other really interesting attractions like lion feeding, female elephants fighting over a male elephant. Watch out for them when you plan to visit the Melbourne Zoo.

I love the look of these little meerkats. They are real exhibitionists. Enjoy.