Tasmania - the Holiday

Just got back from a long week in Tasmania.

Too many photos, so it's just going to be a few here with more description.

Day 1

A long boring 10 hour journey aboard Spirit I to Devonport. We took the day sail out of Melbourne. Sat & Slept in the bar area, and also played Skip Bo to kill time. How exciting.

We got into Devonport at about 7pm. First destination was Noodle Box in the city. Dinner box was way too big. Took it back and had it for breakfast the next morning.

Stayed in La Trobe for the night. The owner was a retired civil engineer who used to work for council up in Yaas in NSW. Very nice guy!

Day 2

Had a good sleep in - best one in ages. We decided to head into Launceston to get some accommodation before moving anywhere else. Stopped by Ashgrove cheese to get Tim's Bushpepper cheese (which was really good cheese). That was our lunch - Bread and cheese.

Got our accommodation sorted out in Launceston first, before heading straight to Liffey Falls. It was quite a nasty dirt road. Poor Emma. Liffey falls had enough water to be not named "liffey trickle". It was a nice short walk into Liffey. Sitting on the rocks, collecting thoughts... ahh... all perfect! I had one sorry arse after that because the stupid rocks was so sharp and i didn't realise it would give me a bruise.

Liffey Falls

Destination 2 was Pine Lake. It was freezing by then. Still, we did the tourist thing and took some stupid pictures there. Of course there were nice ones too.

Did more driving and exploring up to the Great Lakes. It was getting dark and cold, so it's back to Launceston!

Couldn't find any decent place to eat that wouldn't cost us "an arm and a leg". So well, other than a $24 pizza, KFC was the next best. It was good. I got to drink my sunkist!

We walked back via Launceston City Park. It was scary. Just like in the movie "Night at the Museum", every thing in the park would come alive. Especially that statue standing at the entrance.


Day 3

We went back to the park to check that statue out. He moved! I'm sure he did at least.

Headed south along the east coast. Along the way, we stopped by Avoca for more bread and cheese for morning tea, and at the Elephant Pass for real good pancakes. Chicken, Cheese and Mushroom pancakes + Apple, Banana & Berry pancakes. Perfect!


Took our drive up to do the Wineglass Bay walk. Weather was a little crazy - it was hot/sweaty and cold and freezing. Walk down to the lookout and the bay was really long, and rocky, but well worth the views!

Wineglass Bay

Had take aways from the Cod Rock Cafe - Fish and Chips...

Stayed at Bicheno for the night.

Day 4

It was spitting the whole night and into the morning as well. Tim was feeling crooked by the morning from the hot/cold weather. We headed out in the rain and stopped by Orford for a quick lunch in the car.

Finally got into Hobart. Headed straight to the office to meet David. Caught up with Rosa and the others as well. Had a quick stop over at Mt Nelson before heading to David's home. Was greeted by Jackie and the 3 dogs - Piper, Bella and Brooke.

It was a good dinner with heaps of interesting stories and experiences of Tasmania.

Day 5

It was lunch hour by the time we got ourselves organised. Stopped by a few pull ins and outs and at the picnic areas too. We came across a rubbish rat in one of the picnic grounds and to prove a point, a rubbish bin lid was opened. 2 eyes, a big furry body and this ugly face came shooting out. Gee, I've never heard such a scream before. Haha. It was funny though.

Headed down south to the Airwalk. It was a great sight of the Huon river and the branch off to the Picton River. Felt a little wobbly. Just imagine the engineering involved! Whoa.

Took it easy, and drove back to Hobart via the coastal route. Got attracted to the name Eggs and Bacon Bay. That's cool.

Had dinner at the Swann's again (thanks David and Jackie!), and a round of Yahtzee and a few rounds of SkipBo! It's more fun when you have 4 people playing! They all gang up against you.

Day 6

Embarking on a long journey down windy roads to Queenstown with a sick person in the car is not funny. Oh well, some people just get grumpy.

Had a few stop overs - mainly at towns where we heard strange stories and experiences from David and Rod - one of which was Tarraleah.

Finally got into Queenstown. It was a long 4-5 hours drive.

Day 7

Drove to cradle the next morning. Got there fairly late, so we only managed to do the Dove Lake Circuit. We went to the Glacier Rock. Tim got mocked by a bunch of pensioners when he couldn't open the child proof gates. That was hilarious. Anyway, it was a cloudy day that day, and started pouring. We got soaking wet. =(




Recommended from David and Jackie, We looked up Charlotte of Gowrie Park. She gave us the best dinner - Lamb Bethelson. It's lamb cooked in a creamy white sauce. Even the steamed vegetables tasted so good.

We enjoyed Gowrie Park so much that we had to stay another night. Anyway, we wanted to go back to do Hanson Peak.


Day 8

Hanson Peak was on the agenda - courtesy of Tim.

From Hanson Peak

Had another round at Charolett's kitchen. She had a nice chat with us on her cooking recipes and how they came to her in her dreams. Well, Charlotte even had a job / life counselling session with Tim!

That's Charlotte!

Day 9

We didn't know what to do whilst waiting for the ferry back to Melbourne. We drove up past Sheffield, and past Devonport to Penguin and Burnie. Penguin is such a cool place. I just love it. Even the bins have penguins on it!

Ah, holidays over... Coincidentally, we went to to Tassie and came back with a lot of the Targa cars. This is a guys thing. Not really my cup of tea, but I must say that some of the cars really looked good!

I suppose, in a nutshell, that's my Tassie holidays!

I have heaps more photos. Click here for more. There's about 202 photos. So it's gonna take a while.