Par Avion - to the wilderness

While looking at Bente's kitchen calendar this morning I realised that December 1. is the first day of summer in Australia. How clever to visit right now. In Africa, September 1. was the first day of summer so we have more or less spent the last 4 months traveling in summer.
Headed for the airport early to catch our ½ day trip out of Hobart and into the national park on the southern part of the island. Got into a very small plane with another couple (5 persons + pilot = plane full). Flew for about 1 hour before we touched down in the middle of nature. Got on a small boat for a short sail up the river and then we hiked for 15 minutes to the tup of the nearest hill. And then we had it all to ourselves more or less. Every once in a while you get overwhelmed from nature. This was one of the times. The hike back to Hobart takes between 7-9 days depending on pace. We flew back in 45 minutes (short cut), flew right over the centre of Hobart and touched down to a nice and warm afternoon. Wow

Decided to head for the local wildlife park to see some Tasman Devils. Got there with a lot of other visitors. Turned out there was cruise ship in town so they had had so many people during the day. Lucky for us most of them had left so we enjoyed walking around and saying hello to Tasman devils and koala's.
Headed back to Bentes place for nice dinner - and more DVD.