08 Mar 2023
On our first visit to Tasmania, we chose Melbourne instead of Sydney because
we heard so much about the Twelve Apostles which is a 12 hours trip leaving
very early morning, and for thsi reason we chose Clements House which is
only minutes walk. However on the day before the trip, we receied a note
from the operator that the assembling place had been change from 6:50 am
to 6:30 am, and the meeting point became Wynham Resort, without any street
number. When we get back to our place of stay, w e checked Google but cannot
find any Wynham Resort. There was a hotel by the name of Wynham Hotel.
Withour a street number, we had to check out if the two are the same one.
So we had to give up our usual afternoon nap (we both are 76) and walked
to and from to Wynham Hotel to ensure that the two are the same.
By the time we get back to our place of stay, we receive another note the
the time and place remianed unchaged to 6:50 at State Theatre. We then just
assumed that the other participants will be still meeting at 6:30 and then
us at 6:50 am. Next morning, we arrived at the State Theatre there was
a whole group of people. Later, an empty van arrived. The guide named xxxx
got off the van and started letting people in. We followed the crowd, then
we had the first insatnce of discrimation . People before us were let in
by giving their first name and the guide searched his mobile phone then
letting them boarding the van. Then our turn, we gave him our names but
the guide ignored us. Instead he greeted the girls behind us and let them
in, leaving only the two of us alone. We mentioned our names a second time,
then we were let in, and took the only two vacant east at the back of the
11 persons van, behind the back wheels. When the road is not that smooth
you can imagine what we felt.
The tour was worth visiting if not for this unfounate incident