Design is everywhere is our society. From the moment you wake up, you’re constantly engage with design. However, not too many people realize that they are looking at these products as a consumer side perspective. Most people just look at the product and say, “yeah, that’s fine, that should do the job I need to do.” Little do they know that lot of thoughts had gone into that ‘fine’ product. As City Rail advertising slogan suggested ‘A lot have gone into a forgettable trip.’ Consumers purchase products that satisfied their need, help them on a current task or solve a problem in their life. Thus products that surround a person indicated the style of the person, the mental capability of the person and last but not least, the preference of the person. A successfully designed product can engage the target users that they have a feeling ‘Of course it’s designed this way, what other way can it possibly be!’ It’s through continues engagement with a particular products, users can figure out what they really want, who they are and who they want to be. On the other hand, designers seek out the world partly from the consumer’s perspective and as an outsider that constantly asking themselves why this product likes that. It’s only through practice and experience designer can design a successful product. The product speaks for the designer. It illustrates style (form). The product should be creating a harmony instead of chaos in the given target context. Also the mental capability (thoughtfulness) of a designer can be seen via the product he/she designed. How is the product put together? Has the product solved the users’ problem? These elements all required in-depth thinking from the designer. All of this can be seen everywhere, anytime because design is all around us.
Hmm, so I guess I'm kinda green?? Rite guys? HA HA!
2nd Day (09/01/2009)
Journey: Columba Fall -> Pyengana -> Bridestow Lavender Farm -> Lunceston
1st stop: Columba Fall
Natural Rain Forest, fresh air and moderate level bush walking. The magnificent view and the fresh air maybe is the most rewarding gift. Sometime you may encounter local fauna.
On the way to Lunceston, it's 'Holy Cow Cafe'. We stopped at here for fresh farm style lunch. Cheese tasting, jam tasting, you name it~
Left pics: Cafe lunch set A and set B
3rd stop: Bridestow Lavender Farm
Gorgeous Lavender, a great place for all; young couple, family, kids...ALLL~~!!! Let the photos speak for themselves
Left pics: Lavender farm and the story tree.
4th stop: Lunceston
Stay here for the night, would be visiting here again on the 5th day. More photos later
2nd Day (09/01/2009)
Journey: Mount Wellington (Hobart) -> Kate's Berry Farm -> Muirs Bay -> Freycinet Island
1st stop: Mount Wellington
The highest point in Hobart and took a s--t load of U-band to up-hill and down-hill, prepare for a hell time if you rent a crap car. Also, try go up there in winter, you will freeze your a--e off with ease. That morning that I went up there, around 5℃ and my fingers couldn't funtion properly. Anyhow, enough of this rattling, let's go down to the photos:
Above pic:Morning Glory of Hobart
Above pic:An observatory at the peak of Mt. Wellington. It was locked when we got up there. There was some instruction on how to get into the room, but it was too cold up there for me to readOn the way from Mt. Wellington to Fraycinet Island is Kate's Berry Farm. Here you can chill out and rest at her cafe. They serve fresh milk product e.g. fresh ice cream and a diverse variety of berry jam and they taste bloody delicious. Arh, one thing, they tend to serve ice cream base on people per cone. If you four people travelling, just order two cones and they will give you 3~4 cups of ice-cream per cone!!
Above pic:Kate's Berry Farm Cafe outlook. Very country style, super for chilling out
Above pic: Super-fresh handmade rasberry ice-cream. Yum~!!At the south-western part of Fraycinet Island is the Muirs Bay (Coles Bay). Here you can enjoy sunshine, very fine sand beach and clear water swim. Also, you can join the Fraycinet Kayak tour and learn about the history of the island as you peddling around it. You can also join the bush walk tour located at 'The Hazards' mountain range on the southern part of this island.
Above pic: Muirs Bay at a glace
Above pics: On the left, "The Hazards" mountain range; check-point at honey-moon bay for twiltlight Kayak on Fraycinet Island4th stop: Freycinet Island (Beach Baby Holiday Retreat)
The last stop of the second day, 'Beach Baby Holiday Retreat. A neat and tidy holiday apartment for tourist. On the way to the retreat is the Freycinet Island Marine Fram where you can buy top grade seafood for real cheap. Beware though, don't walk in the fram bare foot because the whole ground is covered with shells!!
Left pic: Shells that are used to cover the ground of 'Freycinet Island Marine Farm
Left pic: A path from 'Beach Baby Holiday Retreat' to the beach
Left pic: Its the digital thermometer in the retreat at night time...outside tempearture...-64.9℃??
A clip of coastal sunrise
1st Day (08/01/2009)
Journey: Sydney Domestic Airport -> Port Arthur -> Eaglehawk Neck -> Hobart
1st stop: Sydney Domestic Airport
Important notes:
- Never takes photos inside an airport, otherwise security guides out of nowhere will pop up and delete the photos you have taken so far
- That's what happened to me
2nd stop: Port Arthur
Arrived at the airport and collected the booked car for hire, it's a Subaru Forester. 'Google' it if you don't know what it's like~ Drove down to Port Arthur with a little bit of speeding (don't we all love country highway? 120km/h straight with no speeding camera!) Took around an hour drive to the Port, made it in time for the noon time guide-tour, followed are some pics taken during the tour:
Above pic: A scaled model of what Port Arthur used to look like in the past
Above pics: Wide-angle and close-up shots on the main prison building
Above pic: The old church inside the Port Arthur Historical site
Above pics: On the left, a perspective shot of the pathway to the court hosue and the stands in the court house on the right
A clip from HKTVB travelling program on Port Arthur
3rd stop: Eaglehawk Neck
On the way back to hobart, is the Eaglehawk Neck, used to be the quarantine line for Port Arthur Prison. Also, there are a few look-outs around this region. Some natural cliffs are worthing while e.g. the Tasman Arch, Devil's Kitchen.
Left pics: Devil's Arch, casue by sea erosion. Looks awesome, but don't ask me how it's form...I didn't understand a bit on the info board back over there
Right pics: View from the Pirate Bay Lookout in Eaglehawk Neck
4th stop: Hobart
The last stop of the 1st day in the Tasmania trip, Hobart~ A city full of fresh and delicious seafood and heaps of fun stuff going on around here.
Above pics: On the left, 'Mercure Hotel' - where we stay for the nite and the diner is where we had our fresh oyster dinner