Our trip was wrapped up with one final hike
near Port Arthur, lunch with Bianca in Hobart on Friday and brunch with Kim back
in Sydney on Saturday morning before she dropped us off for our flight
home. And with just a few moments of
reflection we realized we had stumbled upon pure gold…good people and great friends.
We always knew our friends from down under, were sincerely nice people. We just didn’t realize that most people from
that little portion of the world were like that.
From the rule bending Anthony at the
distillery to the helpful resort manager at Cole’s Bay who pointed us in the
direction of the best desserts in town, we were constantly being warmly greeted
by everyone. Everyone on the trails were
exceptionally friendly, willing to stop and chat it up and even the Park Ranger
who tried to dispel my fear of spiders, did so in all smiles. We were saved money through the helpfulness
of the ticket seller at Port Arthur, who told us we could buy the tickets for
half the price if we waited 30 minutes and given a free ride by the bus driver
in Manly.
Nick and Kim were kind enough to open up
their home for two crashers for 4 days. And everyone we met at the wedding were
interested in getting to know new people even while hanging out with old
friends.
Overall, the friendly smiles only helped to
make us feel at home and have made me want to go back and visit again soon. Even Martin, who had never considered
visiting Australia before, has been sold on the country and continent.
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