Last Day in Tassie
November 9, 2009
(delayed post)
We’ve had a great time in Tassie but we are looking forward to coming home. We are currently in line waiting to take the car onto the ship. This time we have been lucky as George’s cousin Jim is working tonight. He helps the captain sail the ship (not sure of his title). We came here earlier and he took us behind the scenes. We went to the engine room and even the bridge which is like the cockpit 10 stories high. He said waves have even reached that high. He had a few stories to tell including the time he had to get in the lifesaving dinghy to rescue someone that had jumped. There were 4 metre waves and they were in the middle of the Bass straight so he was never found.
….we are now on the ship having a beer and chips waiting for it to set sail. Because we only booked the recliner chairs Jim said he should be able to upgrade us to a cabin which would be awesome.
We spent the morning in launceston shopping and then went for a walk around Cataract Gorge which is gorgeous!! We then headed to devonport stopping at the zoo which was a little disappointing but we got to pat a devil and I patted a little monkey through the bars. Once George heard a copperhead had been spotted we were out of there in a flash!
