VirtualEasterTour Final Stop: Freycinet tour
How fitting that we end the Virtual Easter Tour in one of the most beautiful parts of Australia, the Freycinet National Park in Tasmania.
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VirtualEasterTour Stop 20: Freycinet sunset
we arrived at Tasmania late in the afternoon, and checked into the Freycinet Lodget just in time to witness an absolutely gorgeous sunset.
VirtualEasterTour Stop 19: Newcastle tour
We did a great tour of Newcastle exploring areas around town and the beach, including a visit to Newcastle Cathedral.
VirtualEasterTour Stop 18: Newcastle sunrise
Of course we are in Newcastle today, and once again just in time to witness an absolutely gorgeous sunrise.
VirtualEasterTour Stop 17: Gold Coast tour
On our Gold Coast tour, we relaxed around the Surfer's Paradise area, and had a chance to admire to skyscrapers.
VirtualEasterTour Stop 16: Gold Coast sunrise
We arrived at the Gold Coast late last night, but just in time to catch this beautiful sunrise over Surfer's Paradise.
VirtualEasterTour Stop 15: Darwin tour
We did a tour around Darwin, mainly around the Waterfront area and the Bicentennial Park but also visiting the World War 2 Oil Tunnels.
VirtualEasterTour Stop 14: Darwin sunrise
We made it to Darwin, and woke up the next morning to catch a glorious sunrise over the waterfront area of the city.
VirtualEasterTour Stop 13: Perth tour
We are doing a quick tour of Perth, with the aid of a time travel machine. We also explored Burswood casino and Swan Bell Park.
VirtualEasterTour Stop 12: Adelaide at Night
We had dinner and wandered around Adelaide at night. The city looks very different, almost like a magical wonderland.
VirtualEasterTour Stop 11: Adelaide tour
We spent the day doing a tour of Adelaide. Adelaide combines a rich heritage with a modern architecture and a beautiful riverbank.
VirtualEasterTour Stop 10: Adelaide Central Market
We spent the morning foraging the eclectic Adelaide Central Market looking for breakfast. It is always buzzing with life and colour.
VirtualEasterTour Stop 9: Melbourne Zoo
Melbourne Zoo (also known as the Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens) is located about 4km north of the city and easily accessible by tram.
VirtualEasterTour Stop 8: Melbourne Architecture
We spent the morning wandering around the streets of Melbourne. The city has amazing architecture and feels like a European city.
VirtualEasterTour Stop 7: Melbourne Street Art
We are checking out the Melbourne street art early in the morning, before the pesky tourists arrive and watching the artists at work.
VirtualEasterTour Stop 6: Canberra tour
We did a quick Canberra tour, starting with the Parliament House, then cycling around Lake Burley Griffin, finishing at the Triangle.
VirtualEasterTour Stop 5: Good Morning Canberra!
Good Morning Canberra! We woke up this morning to a beautiful sunrise, so we decided to watch the balloons float across the nation's capital.
VirtualEasterTour Stop 4: Red Cow Farm
Last stop for the day. We spent the afternoon at Red Cow Farm. The 1820’s cottage is surrounded by an abundant Cottage Garden.
VirtualEasterTour Stop 3: Robertson
Robertson is a village nestled above Macquarie Pass and the Illawarra Escarpment. The movie Babe was shot here.
VirtualEasterTour Stop 2: Sea Cliff Bridge
The 665 metre long Sea Cliff Bridge (opened in 2005) is a highlight along the Grand Pacific Drive and the bridge has become an icon.
VirtualEasterTour Stop 1: Coalcliff Beach
Coalcliff Beach is not well known except to locals, and located just north of the famous Seacliff Bridge and about 24km from Wollongong.
Virtual Easter Tour
We have decided to go on a Virtual Easter Tour highlighting places we have visited in the past, starting on Good Friday 10 April 2020.
Tasmania 2018
We returned back to Tasmania on 1-5 May 2018 and mainly visited the Freycinet National Park, the MONA museum, and Hobart.
Tasmania 2018 Day 5: Hobart and Salamanca Market
I wandered down to St. David's Park, then explored Salamanca Market, then wandered though Parliament Square and Franklin Square.
Tasmania 2018 Day 4: Hobart afternoon
We returned back to Hobart and wandered around the city in the afternoon. It was interesting to see what has changed since our last visit.
Tasmania 2018 Day 4: MONA (Exterior, Afternoon)
We made a last tour of MONA exterior in the afternoon before leaving. I particularly liked the Spectrum Chamber connecting to Amarna.
Tasmania 2018 Day 4: MONA (PHAROS)
PHAROS is the new wing of MONA, and built to evoke the ancient lighthouse of Alexandria. It is more a theme park of ideas and installations.
Tasmania 2018 Day 4: MONA (MONANISM)
The general collection in MONA is called MONANISM. It tends to vary over time, but a few pieces really stood out for me.
Tasmania 2018 Day 4: MONA (Cloaca Professional)
Cloaca Professional mimics the human digestive system, through a set of chambers that progressively break down human food into poop.
Tasmania 2018 Day 4: MONA (Hound in the Hunt)
Hound in the Hunt is an exhibition of various paintings at MONA, and the technique for creating them developed by Tim Jenison.
Tasmania 2018 Day 4: MONA (Exterior)
The exterior of MONA, or the Museum of Old and New Art, has a few large scale sculptures and the museum architecture is also interesting.
Tasmania 2018 Day 3: Hobart (night)
We walked around Hobart at night after dinner. We walked along Collins St and then back along Macquarie St.
Tasmania 2018 Day 3: Ibis Styles
Ibis Styles is a brand new budget hotel located in central Hobart, with a modern Asian restaurant called Mr. Good Guy.
Tasmania 2018 Day 3: Callington Mill
Callington Mill is a Lincolnshire tower mill built in 1837, the third oldest windmill in Australia. It has recently been restored.
Tasmania 2018 Day 3: Ross
Ross is a historic and pretty village in the heart of Tasmania. There is a bridge here as well as many historic buildings.
Tasmania 2018 Day 3: Freycinet (Friendly Beaches)
Friendly Beaches is a camping ground famous for beautiful, long, white sand beaches. A boardwalk takes us to the viewing platform.
Tasmania 2018 Day 3: Freycinet (Ranger Creek)
We stopped by at the Freycinet National Park Visitor Centre. There is a boardwalk from the Visitor Centre to the Ranger Creek camping ground.
Tasmania 2018 Day 3: Freycinet Lodge
Today we checked out of the Freycinet Lodge and took a few photos around the Lodge including Richardson's Beach.
Tasmania 2018 Day 2: Freycinet Lodge Dinner
We retired back to the Freycinet Lodge for dinner at Richardson's Bistro. There wasn't much of a sunset, just a gradual fading of the light.
Tasmania 2018 Day 2: Freycinet (Honeymoon Bay)
Honeymoon Bay is situated right next to the Freycinet Lodge and has a huge granite rock that looks like it was thrown there by a baby giant.
Tasmania 2018 Day 2: Freycinet (Cape Tourville)
Cape Tourville has a lighthouse. From the boardwalk we can see The Nuggets, two tiny islands where birds nest.
Tasmania 2018 Day 2: Freycinet (Sleepy Bay)
Sleepy Bay sounds slike something out of an Enid Blyton Famous Five book (no smugglers though). We descended down to Little Gravelly Beach.
Tasmania 2018 Day 2: Freycinet (Wineglass Bay)
We opted to do the Wineglass Bay lookout walk which takes us to a short, fairly steep climb to the saddle between Mt Amos and Mt Mayson.
Tasmania 2018 Day 1: Sunset at Freycinet Lodge
We checked in, and had time to enjoy dinner and the lovely sunset at Freycinet Lodge which was really striking.
Tasmania 2018 Day 1: Devil’s Corner
Devil's Corner has a lookout from which we can view the Moulting Lagoon wetlands, The Hazards and Freycinet Peninsula.
Japan 2018
We returned to Japan in 5-15 March 2018, and started from Osaka, then south to Kyushu visiting Nagasaki, ending with a day trip to Himeji.
Japan 2018 Day 8: Osaka (Last Day)
On our last day in Osaka, we wandered around the block from the hotel and ended up in Osaka Station City, a large shopping mall.
Japan 2018 Day 9: Himeji (Cafe de Miki)
On our return back to the station, we couldn't resist stopping by at a Hello Kitty themed cafe called Cafe de Miki.
Japan 2018 Day 9: Himeji (Koko-en 好古園)
Koko-en (好古園) is a Japanese garden next to Himeji Castle. It was constructed in 1992 at the site of the lord's west residence.
Japan 2018 Day 9: Himeji Castle (姫路城)
Himeji Castle (姫路城) is the largest and most visited castle in Japan, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was fully restored in 2015.
Japan 2018 Day 9: Himeji (Otemaedori)
Himeji is the second largest city in Hyogo and is famous for Himeji Castle and Kokoen garden. There are many statues on Otemaedori.
Japan 2018 Day 8: Osaka at Night (Umeda Sky Building)
We visited the Umeda Sky Building for dinner, and then afterwards go to the rooftop to experience cityscapes of Osaka at Night.
Japan 2018 Day 8: Huis Ten Bosch to Osaka
We are travelling from Huis Ten Bosch to Osaka. We checked out of the hotel, made our way back to the Huis Ten Bosch station.
Japan 2018 Day 7: Huis Ten Bosch (Evening Parade)
On our last night at Huis Ten Bosch we stayed back to watch the evening parade and soak up the atmosphere.
Japan 2018 Day 7: Huis Ten Bosch (Afternoon wrap up)
We wandered around Huis Ten Bosch in the afternoon to catch any final sights or attractions that we missed on the first day.
Japan 2018 Day 7: Huis Ten Bosch (Super Trick Art)
Super Trick Art is yet another of those 3D art places that you pose in front of. The lighting is a bit dark in places.
Japan 2018 Day 7: Huis Ten Bosch (Game Museum)
The Game Museum at Huis Ten Bosch contains a display of various gaming consoles past to present as well as various arcade machines.
Japan 2018 Day 7: Huis Ten Bosch (Porcelain Museum)
The Porcelain Museum at Huis Ten Bosch is full of rooms of porcelain displays, a second hall with upholsteries and a third hall with pottery.
Japan 2018 Day 7: Huis Ten Bosch (Harbor Town)
"Harbor Town" in Huis Ten Bosch has theme park attractions, the Huis Ten Bosch castle, and a replica of a Dutch ship called De Liefde.
Japan 2018 Day 7: Huis Ten Bosch (Flower Road)
The Flower Road at Huis Ten Bosch features windmills, tulips, the Delftsebrug bridge, and a cheese shop called Cheese Waag.
Japan 2018 Day 6 Huis Ten Bosch (Night Lights)
The Night Lights in Huis Ten Bosch are very colourful with a lot of the buildings lit up, with "light" flowing from the Domtoren.
Japan 2018 Day 6: Huis Ten Bosch (Thriller and Attraction Cities)
Thriller and Attraction Cities in Huis Ten Bosch contain a variety of theme park attractions surrounded by a fountain.
Japan 2018 Day 6: Huis Ten Bosch (Amsterdam Square)
The Amsterdam Square in Huis Ten Bosch evokes the famous Dam Square with a European village adjacent to it.
Japan 2018 Day 6: Huis Ten Bosch (Glass Museum)
The Stadhuis replica in "Amsterdam Square" in Huis Ten Bosch has a magnificent crystal and glass museum called "Gyaman Gallery".