The Spirit of Tasman!

Well, it was that time of the year - Tasman's favourite time - holiday time!  He was up for a big journey to the Victorian Alpine Region.  This meant he needed skis so off he went shopping for skis and ski clothing - he was so excited!  As usual, he wanted to share his holiday story with you all…..

Hi Everyone, Tasman here now!  This is Dinner Plain!  We stayed here for a week in the snow.

It's a lovely Alpine Village.  This was our house.  It was sort of named after another bear…..just spelt a bit differently….

I was amazed by all the snow.  I couldn't stop gazing out at it!

The Sled Dog Challenge was on when we were there.  I loved it!  I cheered and cheered for the snow dogs.  

And I patiently waited for them to return to cheer some more!

Our snow dog puppy Mawson wanted to participate, but he was missing a sled so he didn't get to…..

And because I loved it so much, we went on tour with Australian Sled Dog Tours.  

These are the snow dogs that pulled us along.  They are so strong!  I can't wait for our snow puppy Mawson to get bigger and pull me along….

We took a break from the snow one day and went for a drive.

And we ended up at Lakes Entrance!  

 I never thought I would get to play at the beach on my snow holiday!  

Once back at the snow, Sally and I had fun posing for selfies….how cool is her beanie, she sort of looks like a bear like me!

This is my big brother Frosty who came too.  He is a cool experienced snowboarder.  

 I had to chuckle when he fell over though….poor Frosty…..

We had so much fun in the snow…..

But then I fell over and he laughed at me…..it was my first time on skis!

I did get better with practice…and became a real snow bear!

Here is am on the Summit Chair at Mt Hotham.  I loved this part of skiing because I was able to rest my sore little legs…..

So after having lots of fun in the snow, we went and stayed at a beautiful town called Bright!  Here I am getting ready for our epic bike ride….Bright-Beechworth-Bright along the Rail Trail….just 154km in 1 day!!!

I made friends with the baker at Beechworth Bakery and refuelled with a cookie monster cupcake - so yummy!

 We all know bears like honey so I couldn't miss out on seeing the bees...

And sampling the honey….

 It was such a long way we pedalled that I had to have a rest on the way home...

I had the best time on my holiday.  I love the Victorian Alpine Region.  But the time came to navigate the way home….

Would you believe the cruise ship we travelled back to Tasmania on was named after me - The Spirit of Tasman!