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11/12/2007 Archived Entry: "A few more Tassie pictures"
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Well another fabulous day in Tassie.
Janel and I went over to Franklin park and played a little chess in the park. I won but barely. When the hell did she learn to play chess with any decency?
After that we took a long walk up to the Cascade Brewery. In the US this would be a small but not a micro brewery. The brewery in incredible. They make beer and very good beer at that. They also make an assortment of fruit beverages and sodas. The place produces almost no waste in it's manufacturing process. And best of all you get to sample their wonderful beers when it is over.
Some notes on Tassie. They have bees, the honeybees are normal, the bumblebees fully grown are mutant size. You don't yield you give way. American Soda (Coke, Pepsi, etc) is expensive. However it contains no HFCS. Yes, it does taste different. Almost no artifical colors or at least a minimum of them. So things will look a little different.
Don't tip it's rude. Food is expensive enough without that anyway. You need reservations for almost everything. Food is sweet never spicy. If someone gave these people had cayene pepper they would explode.
If you rent a car, their version of a large car is a four door mid size in the US.
Remember gas is by the liter. Don't get excited when you see gas for $1.30.
The place has no lizards or squirrels. Skinks they have but not the little lizards we are use to.
In resturants you may have a water station. The thing that look like an open wine bottle with no label is water. You go and get it and some glasses. You don't get ice. They don't do ice. It's cold enough without it.
They have payphones, which is great because my cell phone doesn't work here. They have 8 digit phone numbers. The phone numbers look like this 5555 0000. If you are makin a toll free call it's 1 300 not 1 800.
It's cold here even in summer if you are from south Florida. If you are from any place else the weather seems great.
The birds are beautiful (lorikeets), but they are also loud and awake before sunrise. Cuteness wears off real quick at 4:30 in the morning. The Magpies are huge and carry away small children.
They don't care that you are from the US(which is wonderful). They wonder why the hell you would want to come to Hobart. :)
Sincerely,
Brendhan
