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, [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Tasmania – Days Eight and Nine – Ships and fish
Posted in Tasmania, holidays on Wednesday, 23 January, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tasmania – Day Seven – Spikey Bridges and frightened Fairy Penguins
Posted in Tasmania, Uncategorized on Tuesday, 22 January, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Tasmania – Days Five and Six – Washing Machines and Berry Farms
Posted in Tasmania, holidays on Friday, 18 January, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Tasmania – Day Four – Port Arthur
Posted in Tasmania, holidays on Monday, 14 January, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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. [...]
Tasmania – Day Three – Beer, Old Buildings and Roadkill
Posted in Tasmania, beer, holidays on Saturday, 12 January, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Tasmania – Day Two – En route to Launceston
Posted in Tasmania, holidays, tagged beach, lunch on Monday, 7 January, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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, [...]
Tasmania – Day One
Posted in Tasmania, holidays on Saturday, 5 January, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
