Our last day in Tasmania. We got up at 7:45, showered, and packed our bags. We realized that we wouldn't fit all of our stuff into the bags we had so we used one of Denise's conference bags as a third checked bag. It worked great since we had very few clean clothes left and we stuck them in there. We were really hoping that the weather would let up and we'd be able to do the Wineglass Bay Lookout walk. It's pretty much the signature of Freycinet and a gorgeous sight to behold. We stopped in Wineglass Bay on the cruise we took earlier, but we were hoping to see it from the lookout and actually walk on it. Unfortunately, Mother Nature had different plans and it was raining and foggy just like the day before.
So we checked out, packed up the car, and headed out to the Moulting Lagoons. We found the small carpark off the main road and walked about 100 feet down to the lagoon. The lagoon is enormous, more like a sizable lake, but more importantly were the thousands of black swans all over the place. They've counted as many as 10,000 swans on the lagoon. Tons of them had signets (baby swans) too! It was unbelievable seeing that much wildlife in one place. I felt like we were watching a herd of wildebeasts in Africa. There were swans as far as the eye could see.
After the Moulting Lagoon, we drove up to Binchon to see the blowhole. It was very easy to find and it was quite impressive. It was just a rock with a hole in it, so when the waves came crashing in (which they were certainly doing today!) they'd shoot through the hole and blow out the top of the rock about 50 feet in the air. It was very cool to watch.
From there, we started driving to Hobart, about a 2.5 hour drive. About 5 minutes into it, I noticed that the low fuel light was on. Rather than pushing it and getting stuck somewhere before reaching the airport for our 5:15 pm flight home, we chose to turn around and get gas in Binchon. We got about $20 of gas because D didn't want to spend too much. We paid for a full tank of gas with Hertz so it made sense to return the rental car with as little gas as possible. $20 got us about 14 liters of gas and the gas light went on again with about 25 kms left to go. I was nervous about running out of gas, so we stopped again and got $8 more. We probably could've gotten to the airport on the original $20, but the $8 gave me peace of mind.
We got to the airport at 2:45, about 2 and a half hours before our plane. JetStar wouldn't even let us check in that early, so we had to sit around for 30 minutes before we could check in. Once we did check in, we went through security in a flash and had to sit around for about 2 hours because our plane was delayed until 6 pm. The time went really slow, but we kept realizing that we were on our way to see Ayla and that made us both happy. We watched videos of her on D's phone a couple times. Every baby or young child we see makes us think of her. We both cannot wait to see her...
We arrived in Melbourne, got our bags, and easily found our way to the Hilton connected to the airport. Couldn't be easier. We ordered room service, tidied up a bit, and watched a movie on TV. Our only complaints are that we have to pay $0.55 per minute for internet service in the room and the "king" bed is actually 2 singles together. Other than that, the hotel is phenomenal. We'll get up in the morning, D will exercise in the gym and we'll make our way over to the terminal through a walkway around 9 am for our flight at 11:15. We'll be in LA around 7:30 am, which is totally wierd in that it is actually before we left! Then we have a 10:25 flight to Newark which arrives at 6:45 pm. We should be seeing the cuteness by 7:30 or 8 if all goes well.
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