Day 3. Waking up in Hobart with a rainbow out the window:
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Day two in Melbourne – November 13th, 2012
Because of my spotty internet in my second hotel, I’ll offer only the basic details of today’s activities. I only had a few hours to kill between hotels so I visited the nearby Royal Botanic Gardens again to see if there was anything new to see and because it was such a great place to spend time in yesterday.
Australian Wood Ducks:
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Hello from Melbourne, Australia – November 12th, 2012
I’m in the first of two legs of my vacation. The first leg is Melbourne, Australia. My second leg (and ultimate destination) is the Australian island of Tasmania, where I’ll be a member of a small, guided birding tour. We’ll be trekking primarily around Tasmania’s forest reserves and bodies of water.
It was a six hour flight from NYC to LA, a two hour layover, then a fifteen hour flight from LA to Melbourne. I got off the plane ten hours ago and am doing alright jet lag-wise so far. Melbourne is currently 16 hours ahead of NY time.
This is actually my fourth visit to Australia but first time this far south. I adore the country’s more laid-back attitude, remoteness, and beautiful natural world. When I heard about this birding tour I knew I had to come!
View outside my hotel window (South Yarra neighborhood):
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