Beyond Beijing: An update from Tasmania, part 1

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BURNIE, Tasmania -- OK, I've finally staying at a motel that has wi-fi that doesn't cost an arm and a leg (the place I was at last night charged 50 cents a minute, with a maximum of $27.50), so I'm going to backtrack and at least start catching you up on the trip to date (I'm kind of tired, so I may not get fully caught up), beginning with the stay at the Edge of the Bay Resort in Coles Bay.
This is my cabin:
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This is the view from my bedroom window, at sunset the first night:
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And this is the visitor I had the first night. Actually, considering the joey, I guess that's visitors.
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Not content with that look, she/he (?) hopped up on the porch for a closer look. A much closer look.
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The next day, after sleeping for a total of about 15 hours (a three-hour nap when I first arrived, and about 12 hours that night), I went into Freycinet National Park for a few short hikes. First I tackled the most famous walk in the park, the hour round-trip to the overlook of Wineglass Bay, which has been called the most beautiful beach in Tasmania, if not all of Australia.
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I also took a walk on a boardwalk encircling a lighthouse at Cape Tourville.
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And I took the short hike to Sleepy Bay.
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That pretty much did me in, so I went back to the cabin, where I was taking care of a few things when I looked up and discovered my wallabie was back, and rather curious what I was up to:
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Mostly, though, the time at Edge of the Bay was about resting, which is what I needed most. And, heck, how tough was it to do nothing with that view out the window?
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David Lassen has written for The Star and one of its predecessors, the Thousand Oaks News Chronicle, for more than 20 years, and has been the paper's sports columnist since 2000.

He has covered the last four Olympics, as well as the World Series, NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Finals, NCAA Final Four and a wide variety of other events.