Tasmania Zoo

We headed out for a trip to Tasmania Zoo, the main attraction was to see some Tasmanian Devils!  its a fair drive out of Launceston and the turn off could be easily missed, well we missed it!  We arrived at opening and were quickly off with our map.  The entry prices are expensive but they have a great little zoo and its all funded by visitors and sponsorships.  It was $15 each for the kids and $28 for the adults.   It was super cold and frost was everywhere.

We first checked out all the bird aviaries, there were so many different types of birds.

Look how cold it is!

Nice to have a fur coat

Giant guinea pigs

Meerkats

 



 We then headed to the Tasmanian Devils enclosure for feeding time.  The road kill was a bit frozen!  Then once we had a briefing from one of the keepers we were al able to have a quick pat.  The kids all lined up and even the grown ups.  How lucky were we???  The zoo is part of a captive breading program where they are trying to counter the facial tumour disease they are facing.



Bit cold running around in the grass

Lama farmer

Guess who loved the bunnies.  You could pat them.

We spent the a good half a day here and if it had been warmer we would have taken advantage of the picnic areas. 

Check its website out here

Next Stop....Tasmania

So our next trip is booked, we are off to Tasmania for a week in the school holidays.  I can't wait.  Tickets and accommodation are all booked, hire car sorted.  All I have to do is wait for the voucher book to arrive and make some plans.

Now I hear its going to be cold! 

You knew it was coming....... Food in Fiji

Well its one of our favourite parts of travelling....the food, so here it is.

 

A rather impressive gingerbread house for Christmas, the kids were impressed.

 

Massive pizzas at the Golf Club, we went back several times.  They were fresh, fantastic, wood fired pizzas and a bargain.

 

Kids menu was pretty impressive at the Wet Edge (at the resort)

 

Drink with an umbrella ...what else its the tropics!

 

With my girl.

 

Share seafood plate, it was yummo.  The local raw fish dish was Kokoda and I ate the whole thing

 

 

 

Down to the marina for a feed.

 

Looks pretty good but we gave it a miss.

 

Had this instead.

Tick that one off the I am not going to be a chickenshit anymore list!

I have spent ages wanting to do this and always been too scared to but I decided last year that I was sick of being a chicken shit and not going to let my fears get the better of me.  After watching the parasailing down at the beachfront I decided to book a trip, lucky for me Hayden and Biz were also up for the ride.

 

Not too shabby a place to give this a go.

 

Kids ready to go and looking for little crabs along the shore.

 

Off we go!  We thought Hayden was going to bail but he didn't.  Bella was buckled in and ready to go.

Sheraton Denarau Villas

So we cashed in the Starwood Points and booked this baby!  Two bedroom, full kitchen with a dishwasher, two bathroom, washer and dryer, living area on the ground floor with walk out access to the pool.  Its one of the best places we've ever stayed at.  It is huge.  Check it out here

Kids room with their own shower and loo and tv etc. 

 

Main living area

 

Our room - yep a king size bed with a small lounge area.

 

Bathroom

 

Fancy bath products.

Rum Tasting 101

So it was a little drizzly and we were not up for swimming or staying in.  So we decided to duck over to the Golf Club to the Fiji Rum Tasting Experience.  Luckily it wasn't raining heavy and we could still walk over.  Someone may have set this up.....because she wanted to go.  Anyway the details, for a small price you can get a tasting set of 4 rums, so we got one each and tried eight different rums.  There were some 2 year old and some 8 year old (older ones were also available at extra cost) and different flavours.  We tried the banana, coffee, white, coconut...mmmm.  So I got two bottles to bring home, cheers big ears.

Here is their website Fiji Rum Yum Yum

Travel Bucket List

In no particular order and they may have been already visited!

• Fiji
• Singapore
• Kenya
• Sweden
• Norway
• Greece
• Denmark
• Ireland
• Scotland
• England
• Wales
• Antarctica
• Peru
• Mexico
• Belize
• Namibia
• Bali
• Malaysia
• Japan
• Maldives
• Tahiti
• Spain
• France
• Italy
• Poland
• Russia
• China
• Nepal
• Tibet
• USA
• Canada
• ...................