Australia 2015: Hobart, Tasmania - Mount Wellington.

Whoop, it's Friday and I'm just gonna be chilling at home tonight with my laptop and just laze around! And, I finally have some time to continue blogging about my Aussie trip (:

Of course, if you're heading to Hobart, you'll definitely be (must visit!) visiting Mount Wellington. 

The view driving up was already crazy amazing. It kinda looked like it was gonna rain on the way up but thank God it didn't. The skies kinda cleared up when we were nearing the top, and I think we started the drive up sometime mid-afternoon (about 3-ish, 4?). 

It was super duper cold and windy when we reached the top and I think we were just really under dressed for the weather. Headed straight for the observatory for some warmth!

This view - mad gorgeous! 

We had to keep shuffling between the observatory and heading out cause it was so so so windy and chilly! I'd really recommend having a good coat and some gloves if you're really afraid of the cold, cause there were really some people wearing beanies and boots and everything up there hahaha. 

Also insisted to take more photos for Tzu cause the place is just so beautiful and you're literally (almost) in the clouds. 

The weather started to change after we took some photos and it became kinda cloudy and dark but thank goodness it didn't rain even while we were leaving. 

And, here's Tzu fighting against the wind while he was climbing up these rocks. I couldn't even make it to where he was standing because I could really feel my feet leaving the ground and it was freaking scary hahaha. 

Gek-sai face exhibit 1 hahaha

We couldn't resist how beautiful the trees looked on the way down as well so we stopped by for more photos. 

Oh, Mount Wellington, you're amazing. And I'll be back for you, Tasmania. 

Love, Jo ♡

Australia 2015: Hobart, Tasmania - Jackman & McRoss.

Happy 2016 everyone! (:

School's gonna be starting tmr and I'm gonna be getting back to the daily grind soon D:

Anw, I'm gonna continue sharing about my Aussie trip! We tried Jackman and McRoss for lunch on our second day in Hobart, Tasmania, before heading up to Mount Wellington. 

Here's us! It was kinda funny finding parking around in Aussie - you have to be VERY sure that you've parked in the right zone or else you'll probably be getting a fine hahaha. So be sure to read the signs properly, whether its 1/2 P or 2P etc., as well as the arrow directions pointing to the zone which you can park in! 

So I'll basically be constantly asking Tzu: "Are you sure here can park? READ THE SIGN, READ IT!!!"

Tzu: "YEAH LA CONFIRM CAN, just park!"

Mmm, this display. 

We ordered the Beef pie and Scallop pie, as well as a tomato soup to share. The tomato soup was pretty damn good (must-try if you see it on their menu!) - it had like barley in it, and was perfect for the chilly weather. It was my first time having scallop pie as well - piping hot scallops were embedded in the crisp crust, super good. 

We basically idled away about a good 2 hours over here. It was pretty quiet by the time we were eating cause we reached at about 1-ish and the brunch crowd had pretty much cleared (: I read online that it's pretty popular with the locals here, so we are glad we got in a time that was not so crowded. 

Jackman and McRoss

57-59 Hampden Road, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Opening hours: 7am - 5pm

Love, Jo ♡

Australia 2015: Tasmania - Airport attire.

These photos were taken right after we checked into our Airbnb over at Lenah Valley, Hobart with rows of houses lined up along the area and a lovely view of mountain tops in the background. 

For flights, I usually pick an outfit that's comfortable - especially if it's gonna be a really long plane ride! Jeans, culottes or 3/4 pants would usually be my first choice, coupled with a loose fitting top which allows me to take a nap on the plane in comfort. If you prefer something more girly, I think a casual dress would be cosy as well! I usually do without make up on a flight as well - just some lip balm to prevent cracked lips (: 

Outfit details:

Top: AforArcade's Homies Baseball Top

Jeans: (worn-to-death) Ellysage

Sneakers: Superga

Bag: Lacoste

Love, Jo ♡

Australia 2015: Hobart, Tasmania - the first.

Finally, it's December and my (new) favourite month of the year because its the holidays!

*throws confetti* 

Gonna be updating more regularly with posts from my recent trip to Tasmania and Melbourne with outfit posts, food places and sightseeing spots Tzu and I headed to. It's the first trip we've taken together that requires driving, road trips + domestic/connecting flights so we were a little nervous about how it was gonna pan out. 

We left on a midnight flight, and arrived in Melbourne later in the morning at about 11 am and the first thing we did was to get a local SIM card from the Melbourne airport after touching down - and we got ours at this telco called Optus. They were having a promotion - $10 each in total for our 12 days trip with coverage of 500 MB a day!

I think having data is really important especially if you're driving around because you can double check with locations with the use of Google maps and even find out information such as recommendations for food etc.

Tzu was rather unlucky as the SIM card wouldn't work for his iPhone somehow (it was locked or smth??) and he also lost his M1 card while we were checking into the domestic terminal. But, thank goodness Whatsapp still worked for his phone when he tapped onto my data via hotspot - so that's what we did throughout the entire trip - share data!

We had a quick lunch at a fast food joint inside the domestic terminal. And we were quite 'suaku' when it came to boarding the domestic flight because....

You get to walk out on the runway area from the gate to board the airplane!!!! (hahaha). We were like "wowwwwww" lol.

Anw, the domestic flight from Melbourne to Hobart is about 1 hour and 15 minutes - really fast! And we picked up our car from Budget and headed off to our Airbnb!

Just something about car rental in Tasmania is that, not all car rental companies allow their vehicles to go over to Bruny island - which we wanted to head to from Hobart, So do make sure to double check on this. (Budget is okay with Bruny island!)

We loved the house! It was really big and our host was really kind to gift us with food products such as milk, strawberries and bacon (there's more), and she also provided lots of information about Tasmania on her bookshelves etc too (:

To end off the day, we basically just headed out to the supermarket nearby (about a 3-5 min drive away) to get some groceries for dinner before turning in early to start our trip proper after the transition from Melbourne and all.

Gonna be ending here for this post - have a lovely week ahead!

Love, Jo