It's funny how many people ask about where Tasmania is, not realising Australia has a large island state across the Bass Strait from the mainland.

The Spirit of Australia ferry takes about 10 hours, and you can choose a day or night crossing. We chose day as it's quite nice relaxing and reading on board and I don't think I'd sleep well anyway. Besides, it's cheaper. All told it cost us $1000 return for the two of us and our vehicle.

As you queue, they come check for any fresh fruit, vegetables or fish. It was a bit annoying waiting as the Landrover does not like idling in traffic and the engine was threatening to overheat. Old cars are not meant to sit in traffic!! Actually nor am I.. I was busting for a wee. It takes quite some time to queue.

From there, you proceed to the Cruise Terminal where they check your tickets. We were told they would check our vaccination status and QR code for the eTicket that must be filled out pre boarding but no one did. No need to even show proof of RAT. The RAT availability has been a absolute disaster in Australia and there's barely availability as it is. People have been really angry at how the government has handled it.

On board the ferry there is a cafe and a small tourist shop. It was hard to find a seat that wasn't under a TV and I didn't want the mainstream news blaring at me the whole time. We managed to find some seats and a bench as I intended to have a sleep after a sleepless night the day before!! There's plenty of nice seating areas, but for your pick you would want to get there three hours before check in, ha!

We actually packed lunch and snacks as we didn't want to eat expensive ferry food and thought we would save out cash for coffees!

However, there is a buffet with muuesli, bacon sandwiches and the like.

It was a beautiful sunny day leaving Port Melbourne. Honestly we breathed a sigh of relief to be leaving. It's not easy to do in these COVID times and a lot of people too anxious to travel.

We spent the day lounging, reading and walking around the various decks. All in all, a lovely experience, if a long day.

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