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Aus + NZ: The longest blog post in the Southern Hemisphere!
Throughout our trip we’ve heard about endless things that are the largest of their kind in the Southern Hemisphere. The largest suspension bridge (in the Southern Hemisphere)? Traversed it. The longest pedestrian bridge (in the Southern Hemisphere)? Crossed it. The longest single span chairlift (in the Southern Hemisphere)? Sat along it. The largest fish market (in the Southern Hemisphere)? Smelt it. But all of these things pale in comparison to what we experienced our first night in Tasmania. We booked our flight to Hobart and we’d figure the rest out. We’d done it so far, we’d do it now. Right? Well, there was one problem, the largest wooden boat festival…
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Australian wildlife bingo – now complete!
Friends, we’ve had some serious luck on this trip when it comes to wildlife spotting. We have seen some amazing stuff and taken a few thousand amazing photos (we know, you’re grateful for this blog vs the invitation to sit through an endless slide show on our return!). And since my previous post (wild about wildlife) our luck has continued, so wanted to share a quick update. Lucky break #1: A farm with a resident platypus. We stayed on a farm. A full-on, working farm. And through their fields of cattle lived a platypus, that could sometimes be seen. ‘Sometimes’ seemed like an odd review, since every time we went…