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Archive for January, 2008

Today was our last day in Swansea, so we packed up our stuff early and headed back to Devonport for one day’s sight-seeing before jumping back onto the Spirit of Tasmania.
First stop – the Devonport Maritime Museum.  As a ship lover, I’d been looking forward to this for the entire trip.  Everyone else, I think, [...]

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The next day, we decided to go and see the infamous “Spikey Bridge”, a bridge said to have been built by convicts in about 1841.  It has lots of amazing looking spikey stones and rocks on top of it.  No-one seems to really know why the spikes are there, but it’s certainly something you don’t [...]

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Today we travelled to Swansea, a beautiful little seaside village on the east coast of Tasmania.  We were booked into “Swansea Cottages”, a delightful holiday village where we stayed in a tastefully decorated and homely cottage.  We even had our own washing machine, which after five days of travelling, was hugely welcomed!
We were staying here for [...]

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The Port Athur Historic Site was a place I’d wanted to visit for as long as I can remember.  I’d always thought of it as a sad, depressing place with a tragic past.  Having now seen it, I still think the same.  I was astonished by the feelings I had, just walking through the ruins.  [...]

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One thing we were hugely keen to see in Launceston, was the Boag’s Beer Factory.  Anyone worth their hops and barley knows that Boag’s Beer is well-established in Tasmania.  You can’t stagger down any street without seeing a Boag’s Draught, or Boag’s Lager or some such sign as large as day, staring you right in the [...]

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On our way from the ship to our motel room, we noticed a children’s playground right by the beach.  Now Maggie and Alice can sniff a playground out from 100 kilometres away, so we knew there was no escaping it.   The next morning, we grabbed a newspaper, bought two lattes, and drove to the playground, [...]

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Tasmania – Day One

Okay, so I’m not writing this as it happens, but that’s because I had no internet access while I was away.  So I’ll remember as best as I can, and endeavour to give you a day-by-day description of our fantastic Tasmanian holiday.
We began by lining up with about 10,000 or so other cars waiting to [...]

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