Wellington Mountain in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

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Wellington Mt.


Several days ago I just met my friend who is a backbacker from Taiwan as well I knew in Perth, after sharing some information about Hobart for a while, she specially introduced her German friend that she knew in the tour. This female German has ever been to the Wellington Mountain by bus herself, and walked from the bottom of the bush track to the summit, it takes around 4 to 5 hours for return. Wellington Mountain becomes a famous scenic spot because there's a bird's eye view of the city Hobart. Considering the cost of the return bus ticket, I desisted to go there.
前幾天才在 Hobart 遇到之前在 Perth 認識的 Backpacker，聊了一陣子，她特別介紹一位她在旅行團裡認識的德國朋友。這位德國人曾自行搭巴士前往威靈頓山，抵達山腳，延著步道至上頂，來回所需的時間印象中她是說要四、五個小時左右。威靈頓山會成為重要的景點，是因為能夠從一千多公尺的高度鳥瞰 Hobart 市區。 不過想到要花不少錢坐公車來回，我就打消去那的念頭。而且後天就要租車和新伙伴一同上路旅遊，保留些體力，有自己的車，到哪玩都很方便。

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The track on the way to the summit
路途中的步道

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The track on the way to the summit
路途中的步道

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The bird's eye view of Hobart city
Hobart 市區鳥瞰圖

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The bird's eye view of Hobart city
Hobart 市區鳥瞰圖


There is also a bush track reaching the summit from the foot, it's just like the most scenic spots having track in common. We rented a 7-seat RV, it's natural to drive directly to the top of the mountain. Because in the following 9 days, we had to circle the Tasmania, the schedule was tight and not easy at all.
和眾多澳洲風景區一樣，威靈頓山也有灌木叢步道從山腳到達山頂。只不過我們租了七人座休旅車，很自然的就直接往上山開。接下來可是要環塔斯馬尼亞，行程一點都不輕鬆。


On the way to the sumit, we met many cyclists going down, I guessed there was an activity held by the bike club. I was worried about their safety. The lane for going downhill is just on the side of cliff, the road is not wide, I was afraid they suddenly got scared, had an emergency brake and then lost control of their bikes when seeing our car in the curve. It was lucky my worry was superfluous, we encouraged some cyclists passing by. Joe even yelled at them : 「Go Go Go, You will make it」.
上山的途中遇到超多腳踏車下山，我猜是有車隊活動吧。我還挺擔心他們的安危。下山的路剛好是在山崖那一側，路也不是很寬，真怕他們在轉彎時突然看到車被嚇到，緊急煞車而失去控制。所幸我的擔心是多餘的，也幫不少路過的車手加油打氣，喬大姐還特別對著他們喊：「Go Go Go, You will make it」。

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The cyclists going downhill
下山中的車手

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The cyclists going downhill
下山中的車手

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It began to rain when we got to the summit. We, five people didn't feel chilly in the car, the temperature indicator showed the degree outside the car was 4. We feared for the car slipping in the rain so just stayed to chat in the car and had a rest, waited for the weather to become better to go downhill. Besides our car, there was another 4-seat RV driving by some Koreans, I didn't pay much attention to them.
到了山頂，突然下起雨來。我們在車內五個人，並未感受到任何涼意，車上的溫度計顯示目前車外的溫度為四度。因為擔心天雨路滑，我們在車上聊天、休息，等待天氣轉好再下山。當時除了我們的車子外，還有另一台韓國人開的四人座轎車，我並沒有特別去注意他們。


The following occurrence made us happy for a while. There were three female foreigners, looked into our car. I opened the window, found their clothes were wettd by the rain and kept shivering with cold. What I though at the first time was to help them. Just as expected they asked us if we could drive them to the city, I invited them to come into the car quickly. They were really fortunate, the 7-seat RV we hired has three row of seats totally, the two rows in the back can contain 6 people except the driver and vice-driver. At that time, there were only 3 people in the back of the car, we left our baggages in the backpackers because this was a short distane trip. Otherwise, there was no space for them.
接下來發生的事，讓我們高興了好一陣子。有三個外國女生，朝我們車內看了幾眼。我打開了車窗，發現她們的衣服都被雨淋溼，因為寒冷不停的發抖。第一個想法就是她們需要幫忙。她們果然開了口，問是否方便載她們下山，我請她們快點上車。她們真的很幸運，我們租的七人休旅車共有三排座位，除了正、副駕駛，後兩排其實能夠容納六個人。當時，車後只坐了三個人，我們的行李因為今天只是短距離的郊遊都還放著背包客棧，不然哪來的空間載她們啊。

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The summit of wellington mountain that was the place we met the three Australian girls
威靈頓山的最高點，也是我們遇到三個澳洲女生的地方

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The summit of wellington mountain that was the place we met the three Australian girls
威靈頓山的最高點，也是我們遇到三個澳洲女生的地方

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The summit of wellington mountain that was the place we met the three Australian girls
威靈頓山的最高點，也是我們遇到三個澳洲女生的地方


On the road, they felt excitd and chatte, because they were lucky to meet us, I thought. I had to drive and they were far away from me in the third row, I didn't talk to them much. But didn't forget to introduce Taiwan, I told them that we're all from Taiwan, please spread some good words of Taiwan.
一路上，她們三個都很抗奮的聊著，我想是覺得很幸運能遇到我們。我還要繼續開車著，也不方便東問西問，再加上她們坐在第三排，離我有一段距離。不過我倒是沒忘記推銷台灣，我跟她們說：「我們都是台灣來的，請多替台灣說些好話」。


Actually they spent two to three hours walking on the bush track from the foot to the summit, the temperature droppd abruptly because of the rain that we never expected. If they didn't meet us, I really doubted whether they would get hypothermia. The mobile phone got no signal over there, I wasn't sure if they can dial out by the emergency call. They are Australians from Melbourne, look young. Though the wather of Melbourne in winter is pretty cold, no one can bear to stay in 4 degree raining day with short clothes. Another point that made them excitd was, my partners lived in the same backpackers as them, the same destination, they even didn't spend time on explaining where the way was.
原來她們是從山下花了兩、三個小時走灌木叢步道上山，沒想到下起了雨，氣溫驟降。如果沒遇到我們，我真的懷疑他們會不會失溫。在那裡手機根本就沒訊號，緊急電話能不能用我也不確定。她們是從墨爾本來的澳洲人，看起來都蠻年輕的。雖然墨爾本的冬天也是出了名的冷，不過穿著短袖在雨天、四度低溫中，大概沒人能夠承受吧。另外一點讓她們興奮的是，我的伙伴們和她們住同一個背包客棧，目的地相同，她們也不用花時間解釋該往哪走。

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The 7-seat RV we rentet whose brand is Toyata
我們租的 Toyata 七人座休旅車


On the way to the foot, I heared the sound of vomiting in the back, I slowed down the car and though of someone having carsick. One of them told me to keep driving, it may cause by the chill. When reaching the City central backpacker, they thanked or us and asked us if we needed money. The cost of petrol is not much, and we were in the same direction. We don't help people for money, so refused to take money from them. It's very happy to help people, especially they are Australian, such a special experience. The only pity is that we didn't take a picture of us for remembrance.
下山的途中，後方聽到了嘔吐聲，我放慢了車子的速度，想說是不是暈車。她們其中一個人回我說，可能是受到風寒不舒服，可以繼續開。到達了 City central backpacker，她們表示謝意，還問我們需不需要錢。油錢嘛，又沒多少，而且又順路。我們幫助人也不是為了錢，當下就拒絕了她們。能夠幫助人是很快樂的，這次幫的人還是澳洲人，真的是蠻特別的體驗。唯一可惜的是沒能和她們合照留下紀念。