First Day In Hobart

Well as I sit here in our wonderful accomodation, I can say that I've enjoyed my time in Hobart so far. The trip down was interesting especially once we started to fly over Tasmania. It was amazingly obvious how much logging actually happens in Tasmania from the height we were flying at. The contrast between unlogged areas and those that had been thinned out was stark.

Once we arrived at Hobart Airport (I haven't had to walk the tarmac after getting off a plane for a looong time) I caught the Airport Shuttle Bus (at $15.00 it's not bad value) to the University Accomodation. That's when the pain started. I thought that the walk from the accom to conference in Sydney was long and tiring, however it has now been beaten by the slope heading up to the UTAS accomodation. Looking up from where the bus had left me, I drudged on towing my luggage behind me.

After a long and arduous climb I finally made my way to the top and checked in.

I've been taking a few photos as I go along, however in a moment of true genius I forgot the data cable from the camera to the laptop and the so called multi-card reader only actually does SD cards while the camera I have uses CD cards. So once I find someone with a working xd card reader, I'll start blatting them up.