Tassie and Pictures!!!

Ok, so Megan and I have come to the conclusion that Tasmania is one of the sweetest places in the world! Today is our last day here, so we're pretty bummed, but we've done a lot!
The first day here we went to another brewery (the picture on the left), the Cascade Brewery. It was real interesting to hear their take on beer and how they make it. They have a real good amber ale and a great stout. I've come to the conclusion that I'm a stout man, I love the darker, roasted beers.
Yesterday we took a tour to Port Arthur and Richmond. Both places were interesting. Richmond is one of the oldest towns in Australia and looks like an old English village (They have a good bakery!). They have the oldest bridge in Oz also, built in about 1823.
Our tour guide, Mark. was the best I've ever had in my life! He knew more then a person should! We found out this is because when his kid was a baby he had nothing to do at night, so he's read the Lonely Planet books from cover to cover. thats a picture of him down next to the bridge.









Port Arthur was amazing too! This is one of the oldest penitentiaries in Australia and was where the worst of the worst were sent. It was hard to believe that it was such a bad place to be... its beautiful there now!









Ok, well here are some pictures that I promised people. I took some pictures of metal sculptures for you Skip:










And for you Megan, a surfer on the Gold Coast at Surfer's Paradise:










We have to be ready at 4:45am tomorrow and head to the airport... so I shall talk to y'all later!!!

Ok... Sorry...

Ok... so this Internet Cafe is expenisve... and isn't letting me add pictures... so give me till tomorrow... and I'll try to get some up! Sorry!

Gold Coast and Surfers Paradise

I put my feet in the Pacific Ocean!!! Can you believe it?!?

...yea, it was about as exciting as it sounds, but I did get to stare at some very attractive Aussies, which was definitely worth the time I spent turning pink in the sun. The beaches here at Surfers Paradise are pretty nice: dark blue water, waves the size of me, and did I mention the gorgeous Aussies?

We pretty much just laid out at the beach yesterday and explored the very busy, very tourist-oriented boardwalk they have. We found a Mexican restaurant, and I'd been craving enchiladas ever since I learned about the echidnas at the Australia Zoo (the words are too similar if you ask me, and naturally my brain is going to jump toward the one involved with food). After dinner we got gelato... because nothing goes together better than Mexican and gelato!

Today we took a tour of the Hinterland and the rain forest region of the Gold Coast. We first stopped at an alpaca farm (another animal I have to try and steal) and then went to Lamington National Park and did a tree top walk up in the rain forest canopy. One of the trees had a ladder bolted into it and at the top a small observation deck (barely big enough for me, let alone Megan and I). The views up at the top were amazing! After that, the tour took up to a few more interesting places, a little town in which we ate too much fudge and washed it down tasting different wines, and a small waterfall (getting to which helped up burn off the fudge).

And I am sorry I have no pictures, but I left my camera cord up in the room, and do not have enough time to go get it... I promise more tomorrow!

We leave for Hobart in the morning, so the next post will be in Tassie!