Advent Calendar: 8.5th December

With some delay here comes the 8th of December (no reception in the bushes on the beach):

There are a lot of Wallabys in Tasmania. Either alive or dead on the street, you can see them everywhere. Especially in the night they love it to jump in front of your car, attracted by the lights of the car (their eyes are really, really bad). I like to call those Suicide-Wallabys.

All in all it’s worth to have a drive during the night in Tassy, you will see most of the wild animals living here during that time (I think, I’ve even had a short glimpse on a Tasmanian Devil!)…but for sure you shouldn’t drive too fast then if you don’t want to support the suicidal character of the wallabies!

While hiking in the Freyscinet National Park the other day we saw a few wallabies during daytime but none of them got as close as this one at the parking space where we parked our car.

We even pet it, so fluffy!

About Dumbphones and Tom Hanks

The tasmanian devil (from the Lonney Tunes)

I just arrived in Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, the island, where the devils live.

I left Melbourne yesterday evening to stay the night at the airport, because my flight took off at 6 AM today.

For everyone who's thinking about to come to Melbourne, there's a cheap way to reach the airport or leave it to the city. Usually you will be told to get the Skybus, which will set you back 17$. But there's a bus from the Melbourne public transport system, the 901, which is even to some locals unknown, which takes a little bit longer but only costs 6$!

My sleeping bench

When I arrived around 11 PM at the airport I couldn't check in yet but asked the stuff at the check-in desk if I'm at the right place (the airport is pretty big). I was at the right place, but I couldn't check in before 4 AM. 5 hours left, it wasn't too loud, so I found a bench which I transformed into a place to sleep, hiding my backpack under the bench so that no one can steal it while I was sleeping (or at least tried to sleep).

My pillow this night is proof that the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is wrong. You don't need a towel but always a big scarf with you, much more useful! ;)

In a kind of closed area...

Do you know the movie "The Terminal" (Trailer)with Tom Hanks about this guy who has to live on a terminal for some time because his passport became illegal why he was in the air - based on a true story?

I felt quite like him when I built my sleeping place at Melbourne Airport... :D

Sleeping their was a premier in a second way for me, was it the first time that I used a sleeping mask -which is really helpful at such a bright place like an airport hall, even though I probably looked pretty weird.

I set two alarms for 4 AM and 4:15, so that I could not oversleep under any circumstances!

Well...I woke up by myself at half past 4 just to figure out that my phone shut off while it still had 10% battery! Such a Dumbphone!

But anyway, I still had enough time, caught the plane (slept the whole flight) and arrived safely in Hobart. I already had breakfast with my host Alice (my first true couch surfing experience!! =)))) and now I'm off to explore the city!

By the way...Tom Hanks. I walked past a cinema the other day and saw that there is a new movie with Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips (Trailer), which is based on a...drum roll...true story! I was wondering...what was the last movie with Tom Hanks that wasn't based on a true story...any idea??