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After the Tasmanian East Coast we arrived in Hobart, the capital city of Tasmania.  遊完塔斯曼尼亞東岸便來到塔斯首府城市霍巴特。 Heritage buildings 歷史建築 As the second oldest city in modern Australia, Hobart city centre is full of reminders of its history and there are plenty of signs explaining the historical significance of various sites. One deserving a special mention is the Golding's corner which has been occupied by the same jeweller Golding & Son since 1875. 霍巴特是現代澳洲歷史第二悠久的城市，市中心保留了多年來的建築物之餘，也豎立了不少解釋各建築物歷史的說明牌，值得一提的是Golding's Corner，該街角由1875年起為Golding & Son珠寶店一直至今。 Golding & Son Jewellers at Golding's corner Golding's corner的珠寶店 More photos of Hobart's historical buildings: 更多霍巴特歷史建築照片： https://www.instagram.com/p/CJr80u4nvyQ/?igshid=wegkpivftv7i Sunday market 星期日市集 We missed the famous Saturday Salamanca market by a few hours upon arrival but managed to visit the other Sunday Farm Gate Market  which featured stalls of local fresh and artisanal p...

We were thankful that we still managed this trip without a rental car - unavailable at first, then prohibitively expensive closer to our departure. We got by travelling to and from Bicheno by coaches, but that necessitated our very early departure from Bicheno at 06:30 for Coles Bay. We waited for more than 5 hours to be picked up by a day tour to Freycinet National Park starting from and ending in Hobart so that we could get to Hobart in the evening. 沒想到這個旅程我們完全租不到車——初時是無供應，後來是太貴——猶幸坐長途巴士也能解決問題，只不過是時間多了掣肘。由 比奇諾 出發往下一站Coles Bay，只有06:30一班車，之後在Coles Bay等5個鐘，上了一個起點和終點皆是霍巴特的菲辛那國家公園一天團，好讓我們當晚能抵達霍巴特。 To while away time my wife watched over our luggage while watching videos, allowing me to undertake an almost 2-hour stroll along the Muirs Beach there. I didn't appreciate at that time, but the ridge flanking one side of the bay was on fact the hills within Freycinet National Park.  要打發五小時，內子邊看視像邊看管行李，讓我可獨個在Muirs Beach沙灘蹓躂差不多兩小時。我當時不知，從沙灘一端看到另一端的山脈，就是菲辛那國家公園內的幾座山。 ...

After Launceston my wife and I made a stop in the Tasmanian East Coast town of Bicheno just as what this 'Just Stop' sign told us to do! 離開朗塞斯頓後，我和太太來到塔斯曼尼亞東岸小鎮比奇諾，既然鎮內貼了好幾張寫了Just Stop的標語，我們也樂意從命！ The coastline 海岸線 Bicheno is more than a normal run-of-the-mill seaside town. It has a long rugged coastline which is best experienced at the Bicheno Blowhole where the incoming waves get squeezed between the rocks and spouted out through the blowhole in a spray. One can spend endless time catching the most spectacular jets of water gushing out of the whole while admiring at the sea on the rock platform. 比奇諾擁有一條長而嶙峋的海岸線，景色不是一般海濱小鎮能比擬。鎮內東南面海岸，有一個噴水洞，當海浪拍岸時，水便擠進石隙再透過該洞噴射出來，在石灘一邊守候最壯觀的水幕一邊放眼四周海景，足讓人消磨不少時間。 But with such a long stretch of rocky coastline, walking by the sea was mostly no walk in the park. Thankfully the northwestern corner of the town has a long sandy beach called Redbill Beach, and as a bonus during low tides one can walk on the exposed seabed onw...

My wife and I went on a trip to Tasmania after Christmas, and here's a short wrap-up on our first stop, Launceston.  聖誕後和內子到塔斯曼尼亞旅遊一週，現在為行程第一站朗塞斯頓作個小結吧。 Heritage buildings 古蹟 The third oldest city in modern Australia, Launceston city centre is dotted with living heritage buildings which still function as shops and offices. Launceston's General Post Office, in particular, deserves a special mention for its chime every 15 minutes during day time and striking the clock every hour, so it's impossible to miss the time around town! 朗塞斯頓是現代澳洲歷史第三久的城市，市中心活古蹟處處，現時不少仍是商店和辦公室，值得一提的是當地郵政總局，日間每15分鐘報時，全日則每小時敲鐘，保證你在市內一定知到時間！ More photos of Launceston heritage buildings: 朗塞斯頓其他古蹟建築的照片： https://www.instagram.com/p/CJYWDOcH5q7/?igshid=1s8utprmxl8zs https://www.instagram.com/p/CJdjuoFnsv0/?igshid=16iemi1rm3rg7 https://www.instagram.com/p/CJa15UBn2MV/?igshid=17y0ik7eigvtw Cataract Gorge 卡德奈特峽谷 Right at the doorstep of Launceston city centre, the Gorge is be...

上月首次到台灣旅遊，便有幸登上台灣百岳之一的合歡山東峰。 On my first trip to Taiwan last month, I had the luck to hike up to one of the so-called 100 peaks of Taiwan, East Peak of Hehuanshan mountain. 本來是跟內子打算在合歡山上唯一的住宿松雪樓住上兩晚的，但被上山那天的天氣嚇怕了：雨整天不饒人的下，好不容易停了仍有一層濃霧縈繞，我倆心想這樣子待在山上是沒意思的，住一晚什麼都夠了。 Originally my wife and I wanted to stay for 2 nights at the only lodge at Hehuanshan, but the weather wasn’t doing us a favour on our day of arrival with relentless rain for almost the whole day and thick fog after the rain finally stopped. We thought that there wasn’t much point staying in the mountains with such weather and decided to check out the next day. 第二天一大早 05:30 起床想看日出，四周仍是濛瀧一片，待退房時霧終於有消退的跡象，作一次簡短的行山到下午才走還可以。霧散得很快，不一會便陽光普照，不只天色馬上明朗，連心情也頓然開朗了。 The next day I woke up at 05:30 for the sunrise that turned out to be heavily shielded by the fog. There was finally some first sign of the fog clearing by the time we completed the check-out, and we thought that we might be able to go for a short ramble until t...