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| On the way to MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art. We were told we should see it because of its weirdness. |
Interesting sculpture on the outside and at least we could tell what it was. |
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| Yes, it was weird. The first floor combined old Egyptian artifacts with new modern interpretations. These are ancient Canopic jars, used to preserve the internal organs of a mummy. |
And this is the modern interpretation of the Canopic jars. Somehow this is all connected to a novel by Norman Mailer that no one has ever heard of (Ancient Evenings). |
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| Modern art representing Boat of Ra. |
Fairies on hedgehog (told you it was weird). |
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| We liked the labels on these trash receptacles. At least they are environmentally aware! |
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| A cute statue in downtown Hobart. |
Our ship - Holland America's Oosterdaam. |
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| Nighttime visit to a zoo-rescue center. We got to feed the kangaroos. As you can tell from our attire, it was raining (hailing, actually) when we left the ship but luckily it had stopped by the time we got to the preserve. |
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| Wombat. Once described as a groundhog with delusions of grandeur. Certainly a prolific digger. |
Quoll. Remember this word for Scrabble; it is worth 14 points AND you get to use the Q.. |
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| Bandicoots. |
The guides were allowed to handle the animals and in some cases we were able to pet them. |
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| Tasmanian Devils. Not nearly as ferocious as their reputation; the guide was in their enclosure with them and had no qualms about it. They are rapidly dying out because of a communicable cancer so it is important to have some healthy, isolated members of the species. |
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| Broadtail possum. The guides kept telling us that their possums were nothing like our O-possums (they stressed the O). |
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