Partly in response to a gentle reminder from a dear friend (Hello Anonymous from Perth, Australia!) and partly because its about time, here are some photos from our recent trip to Tasmania. I'm still editing photos- took quite about 400 so I'm still cropping, fiddling with the brightness and contrast and weeding out duds.
Here we are getting our first good look at The Spirit of Tasmania II. It was a lovely boat but the less said about the trip over the better. Its enough for you to know that it was actually a smooth crossing but that I have a very bad stomach.
We arrived very early in the morning and had several hours drive to Hobart. It was sunny but very cold; frost and fog everywhere.
Our accomodation in Hobart was the Cascade Retreat on Old Farm Road. We loved it! A quirky house that seemed to be put together with random materials in no particular order. The views were amazing and the wildlife abundant and some of it very tame. (I'll post small pics as there are quite a few. Click on the link under the picture to view them larger in Picasa.)
Here's a quick run down of the tourist-y things we did:
Mt. Wellington- brilliant!
Port Arthur Historic Site- unexpectedly pretty and peaceful.
Salamanca Markets- what can I say? Love a good market and this is a Good market.
The Cascade Brewery ('our' house is just up the road behind the Brewery):
The last two days were in Launceston. Cataract Gorge and The Basin were absolutely beautiful. Here are the boys on the chair lift:
We caught up with newish friends in Devonport and spent the day with them before heading to the ferry terminal for the trip home. As you can see, we had beautiful weather most of the time- perfect for each day of sight seeing. However, Tassie managed to also bestow on us a little snow, a little hail, a little rain and a couple of gusts of wind. These conveniently happened while we were snuggled up by our fireplace at 'home' so they added to the experience. The four of us all felt we weren't ready to go home; would have loved more time especially to visit the more rugged areas and coastline.
Tasmania is definitely on our Must Re-Visit list!
Love the wilds. Wish I could have come with you to Port Arthur. It looks so interesting and I always like to imagine the lives people had. Hope your day is nice too. CO visit this week so all is well. Cherrie
ReplyDeleteglad you had a great trip to our little island. It is a beautiful spot to live
ReplyDeleteWhat an incredible place...so pretty!
ReplyDeleteMicki
what a great trip! The photos are lovely.
ReplyDeleteI love Tassie :)