We arrived around 10 in the morning and couldn't check into our hostel until 2 so we decided to explore the city. We visited a tiny radio museum first and the old couple that ran it was adorable. They were so excited to tell us about their collection of radios. Their oldest radio was from 1916 and they managed to get up and running for us. We ventured into the city park where they have some monkeys. We were informed by our cab driver that all the monkeys are born with hepatitis so that's pretty unfortunate. The city park was beautiful and it was great weather. The botanical garden was filled with huge flowers. They had visitor books literally everywhere for people to sign. It was nice to be out of the city for awhile.
We decided to venture to Cataract Gorge seeing the park. It was the best day for it. We went on the world's longest chairlift and had awesome aerial views of the gorge.
Friday night, we got on a bus to head down to the Low Head Penguin Colony. We arrived after sunset to see the penguins come out of the water and waddle to their burrows. It was hilarious to me watching the penguins come up the hill. They weren't afraid of people at all and would walk right past everybody. The penguins that were molting were an exception. They were losing their feathers and were embarrased to be seen. They would bow their heads down and dart into the bushes. It was a very cool experience and maybe I'll do it again if I decide to visit Phillip Island in Melbourne over Easter.
The next day was an early morning to head out Freycinet National Park. It was a hot day about 90-92 F. We had some hikes planned and they were rough in the heat, but the views were amazing.
After a long day, we headed off to a little italian place and watched a symphony under the stars.
Unfortunately, we had to leave Sunday morning. I wish we had more time there.
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