Posted in Car Rental, Sightseeing, Tasmania on Jan 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Today was a fun day. I slept in, left the hotel at about 11, spent most of the day driving (up to Devonport which was bleh, then over to the Tamar Valley wine region), killed about 90 minutes back at the hotel’s off-track betting area wagering a whopping $15 over the course of an hour [...]
Posted in Air Travel, Car Rental, Tasmania on Jan 14th, 2008 No Comments »
The alarm clock went off at the ungodly time of 3:30 this morning. In retrospect, I could have probably slept another 45 minutes, but I could not remember if I had an advance seat assignment on my JetStar flight from Melbourne to Hobart. I had packed the night before, so it was pretty quick to [...]
Posted in Car Rental on Apr 4th, 2007 No Comments »
I was stunned to find out that Australia is one of five countries excluded for rental car insurance on my American Express card. I am going to be doing a fair amount of driving (at least two days at Ayers’ Rock, at least three in Tasmania, probably one or two in Melbourne), and [...]
