City Park Launceston

I've always loved being able to have a lie-in at the weekend. To just take it easy and recharge a little. But on this, the first Saturday of our trip to Tasmania, I couldn't have a lie-in. Not because I had a certain time to be up for, but because once again, I woke up earlier than necessary, thanks to good ol' jet-lag. Granted it wasn't as early …

... recently settling into the university and residence, the pace here is nice and relaxed, and my mind is able to clear up a bit from the last 10 days of hectic traveling. And they have really active monkeys (Macaques) from Japan here in the City ...

... to track one down as yet. We kept our eyes peeled whilst we were there but to no avail! Later that day we visited City Park where I had read there was a colony of Japanese Macaque Monkeys. They are housed in an open air enclosure at the side of the ...

... for a free museum with a science centre bit to play with lots of experiments, meant for kids but I don't care. I stopped at City Park which doesn't sound too exciting but rather randomly they have a troop of Japanese monkeys housed in the park grounds. I ...

There was a standing arrangement today to go check out the city park. Apparently therein resided some monkeys. The weather, however, decided that we'd been having too much fun, and instead turned on all the taps. It rained all day. Proper rain too, so ...

... then turned on us and rain and winds ruined another walk down in the Royal Park but we still managed to walk to the City Park also aptly named Monkey Park, where we watched Marque Monkeys playing in their pen with some hilarious antics!   Many ...

... previous worker at the brewery. The tour is really good - go if you're ever in the area. Then it was off to City Park for lunch where they have an enclosure of Japanese Macaque monkeys. A bit unusual but interesting all the same. Finally, we hit ...

... daylight. Hence the confusing one way system which I've got lost in quite a few times. There are three parks in the city centre. City Park at Brisbane Street and both Royal Park and King's Park overlook the Tamar River. At the place called Home Point, ...

... and Suspension Bridge. I stayed in a hostel like a factory a little bit far from the city centre. I also visited the city park, where some Japanese monkeys were kept. A disappointing thing in the city was the fact that I couldn't use Japanese Internet ...

... .  They have been brewing beer at the same location since 1881.  We walked around town for a while and ended up at a city park not too far from the Clarion.  The park was full of unique flower gardens. We ended our day with dinner on a ...

... comprendre pourquoi ! Bref nous voici ŕ Lanceston, 2em ville en importance, il y a la gorge de la Tamar River avec des phaons en liberté, le city park avec des singes de Chine, la Boag's Brewery et un charmant petit centre-ville. Une halte s'impose. ...