Where Was I?

 

My Airbnb in Sydney was booked for Feb 3, 2019, but before heading to Sydney from Melbourne, I decided to make a last minute trip to the island state of Tasmania.  I knew very little about this land, but had a few people recommend that I visit and based on my schedule, I was able to plan for a couple of days in this scenic region. 

 

The Best Thing I Saw in Tasmania

Wineglass Bay

 

With only a short time to spend in Tasmania, I knew I’d have to be wise in planning my days.  On my first day, I decided to book a small group tour out to Wineglass Bay.  About a 2.5 hour drive from Hobart, this iconic lookout point over the Bay was the highlight in Freycinet National Park.   

The hike up to this lookout, combined with the 1,000 steps on the backside, made for a bit of a trek, but the view made it worth the while.  The steps funneled down into the beautiful Wineglass Beach, which was where we spent about about an hour and were able to have lunch in the sand.

 

 

 

The day trip out to the east coast of Tasmania had a few stops worth photographing, but nothing compared with Wineglass Bay. 

We wrapped up the day with some oysters and wine at a really nice winery, Devil’s Corner.

It was such a beautiful day to spend outdoors in one of the most scenic regions in the world.  

 

Other Highlights

MONA (Museum of Old and New Art) 

It’s hard to explain the MONA experience to anyone who has never heard of it (I had never heard of it before going).  I’m no art aficionado and wouldn’t normally go out of my way to visit an art museum, but I was told I must go check this out if I was in Hobart, so naturally I did.  

It certainly qualified as ‘an experience’ and I’d be comfortable saying there likely is nothing like this in the world. 

The museum, free to all Tasmanian citizens and about $30 for tourists, was the multi-million dollar project of this mysterious man named David Walsh (Google this guy, his story is really amazing).  The short version is he grew up in Tasmania, made hundreds of millions of dollars gambling in Australia and then created what he called this ‘adult Disneyland.’  

My journey began by riding on the ferry, filled with plastic life-sized sheep and tigers to sit on (bummed I forgot to photograph them), over to the island where the museum was located.  A good rule of thumb when visiting this place was don’t ask why, just interpret everything however you choose.

Once on the island, before entering the interior of the museum, you could take in some nice views, enjoy the exterior exhibits, or go to one of the nice restaurants, which were some of the most popular in all of Tasmania. 

 

 

Inside the museum, there were a ton of interesting exhibits, ranging from a waterfall of droplets with the most Googled words of the day, to some others that would make this blog R-rated. 

 

There was even a beer roulette vending machine, which I can’t explain why it was be fun to play, but it was.   There were seven cold local brewed beers inside and one warm can of Fosters and the machine decided which one you would receive after pulling the lever.  I landed on the IPA, a nice pull.  

 

I spent most of the day out on this island at the museum and finished it off again with some oysters and wine at one of the restaurants on site. 

 

After returning to Hobart via the ferry, I wrapped up my time in Tasmania at a really nice Japanese restaurant called Bar Wa Izakaya. 

Hobart itself wouldn’t be a city I’d go out of my way to visit, but it did have some nice food markets I stumbled upon and I really enjoyed my short time in Tasmania.

 

The Sugars

Highest high: 236

Lowest low: 70

Avg Morning: 175

Avg Afternoon: 110

Avg Night: 127

Insulin Pods: 1

Avg Basal Rate: 1.10

Emergency sugar supply: Skittles, glucose tablets, energy drinks, M&Ms

 

This was a short trip so the above numbers were based on only a couple of days time.  I didn’t have any crazy highs or lows while in Tasmania, although the day trip out to Wineglass Bay took some extra planning. 

Any trip that included hiking, food, alcohol, and lots of sunshine, which was the case out in Freycinet National Park, meant I had to keep a close eye on my sugar.  I packed a few Gatorades in my bag and bought some snacks at one of the early stops we made so I was ready for the day.  I did start to feel that I was getting low when we reached the winery at the end of the day, but because I had my sugar with me I was able to quickly correct. 

 

I was really glad to have fit this spontaneous quick trip in to Tasmania, but it was time to head to Sydney for three weeks by the beach.   

Keep the sugar levels steady. 

Jeremy

 

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