Tasmania Day 1
(quite a bit of pictures, so please patient abit lah)
Exams are done for all of us. So a trip to Tasmania was planned. Tasmania is one of the states in Australia, located just south of mainland Australia.
We woke up early so as to reach the airport for the 0645Hr Flight to Hobart, Tasmania. The flight took about an hour, so reached Hobart airport and went to pick up our rented car.
Woke up very early, so I need the coffee
Car provided was an Automatic 2.0 litre Hyundai Elantra. Spacious enough and good enough to carry us for our tour.....comes with a model too
First Stop we drove into the city and looked for some breakfast. Found a cafe and settled our breakfast with a set of omelettes, tea and orange juice.
I look cute and i want my food
Activities lined up for the day was a cascade brewery tour, where my favourite Australian beer comes from. And then a tour to very popular chocolate factory.
First up the brewery tour!
another part of the factory
This is one of the few must-go in Tasmania. The guide will bring us thru the history of the factory, and then a walk around the plant to look at the production stages, from raw material barley to the few final product of beers, cider etc. We must wear some vest and safety goggles for the tour like this.....
and 
A closer look at the production area......They use spring water from Mt. Wellington for the production of the beer.
After the tour was (almost)everyone's favourite time, the beer tasting. We tasted almost all that is available for us to test. Bought some beer that isn't exported out of Tasmania too. $14 for 6 bottles.
It was also at this time when st loves the dark beer!! and after that thru out the whole trip, she was asking for it!!
We ordered lunch too. Lamb shanks and Steak Burger. Food turned out really great. The meat dropped easily from the bone, and the burger delicious.
& 
Next stop cadbury factory! Not much photos because the outside wasn't really interesting and cameras, earrings, watches blah blah not allowed into the production area. They were quite strict on this policy. And we have to wear funny shower caps for the tour.
The factory wasn't up to everyone's expectations. Why? Because all of us watched Charlie(or willy wonka) and the chocolate factory already. Then we imagined the inside as it was in the movie. Flowing river of chocolate, expecting some one dressed up as willy wonka bring us around for the tour.
The factory is made up of lots of conveyor belts. And yes the chocolate was within reach but no....we did not just pick up any chocolate from the production areal. But they do serve us some chocolates along the way, and end of the tour we were able to buy chocolates at a discounted price.
After that we checked into our accoms for Hobart. It was a really nice place just at the outskirts of Hobart City. With a view of the bay, I guess thats why the name was bay view villas. It comes quite complete with a small kitchen, 3 bedrooms and a large living area.
TOILET!! Important place!!
It was quite early, so we drove to Salamanca Market for a short walk. It was quite quiet. We are gonna come here the next day for its saturday morning market, which is quite popular. Another must visit in Hobart. So if you are planning a trip to Tasmania, try to make your visit to Hobart to consist of a saturday.
Visited the casino in Hobart. But nothing much to see lah. Melbourne's Crown casino got more to see.
And then it was dinner. A very simple affair. Macdonalds.
And it was the end of day one.
(More coming up. Photos here. Partly uploaded, more coming up soon!!)
Exams are done for all of us. So a trip to Tasmania was planned. Tasmania is one of the states in Australia, located just south of mainland Australia.
We woke up early so as to reach the airport for the 0645Hr Flight to Hobart, Tasmania. The flight took about an hour, so reached Hobart airport and went to pick up our rented car.
Woke up very early, so I need the coffee
Car provided was an Automatic 2.0 litre Hyundai Elantra. Spacious enough and good enough to carry us for our tour.....comes with a model too
First Stop we drove into the city and looked for some breakfast. Found a cafe and settled our breakfast with a set of omelettes, tea and orange juice.
I look cute and i want my food
Activities lined up for the day was a cascade brewery tour, where my favourite Australian beer comes from. And then a tour to very popular chocolate factory.
First up the brewery tour!
another part of the factory
This is one of the few must-go in Tasmania. The guide will bring us thru the history of the factory, and then a walk around the plant to look at the production stages, from raw material barley to the few final product of beers, cider etc. We must wear some vest and safety goggles for the tour like this.....
and A closer look at the production area......They use spring water from Mt. Wellington for the production of the beer.
After the tour was (almost)everyone's favourite time, the beer tasting. We tasted almost all that is available for us to test. Bought some beer that isn't exported out of Tasmania too. $14 for 6 bottles.
It was also at this time when st loves the dark beer!! and after that thru out the whole trip, she was asking for it!!
We ordered lunch too. Lamb shanks and Steak Burger. Food turned out really great. The meat dropped easily from the bone, and the burger delicious.
& Next stop cadbury factory! Not much photos because the outside wasn't really interesting and cameras, earrings, watches blah blah not allowed into the production area. They were quite strict on this policy. And we have to wear funny shower caps for the tour.
The factory wasn't up to everyone's expectations. Why? Because all of us watched Charlie(or willy wonka) and the chocolate factory already. Then we imagined the inside as it was in the movie. Flowing river of chocolate, expecting some one dressed up as willy wonka bring us around for the tour.
The factory is made up of lots of conveyor belts. And yes the chocolate was within reach but no....we did not just pick up any chocolate from the production areal. But they do serve us some chocolates along the way, and end of the tour we were able to buy chocolates at a discounted price.
After that we checked into our accoms for Hobart. It was a really nice place just at the outskirts of Hobart City. With a view of the bay, I guess thats why the name was bay view villas. It comes quite complete with a small kitchen, 3 bedrooms and a large living area.
TOILET!! Important place!!
It was quite early, so we drove to Salamanca Market for a short walk. It was quite quiet. We are gonna come here the next day for its saturday morning market, which is quite popular. Another must visit in Hobart. So if you are planning a trip to Tasmania, try to make your visit to Hobart to consist of a saturday.
Visited the casino in Hobart. But nothing much to see lah. Melbourne's Crown casino got more to see.
And then it was dinner. A very simple affair. Macdonalds.
And it was the end of day one.
(More coming up. Photos here. Partly uploaded, more coming up soon!!)
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