Highfield House Launceston
23 Welman Street Launceston, Tasmania, 7250, Australia
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Day 222: my private tour
My wildlife Park used to be the best - years ago. Now it seems to be old and run down. That's what my shuttle bus driver's boss said, when I was waiting in his office. Tasmania Zoo near Launceston is good instead, the driver himself suggests. OK. I'll go there then. The man is a fabulous source of information. He drives ...
Shaking hands with the devil... Well, sort of.
... thankfully my hand remained very much intact. But poor Mr. Kangaroo was still shoved aside. (Fortunately we managed to sneak back a little later when the emus were elsewhere and give him some well-deserved dodgy pellets).
There were a few monkeys to see in the zoo - one with a mohican! - and apparently some Echidnas. Unfortunately, the Echidnas were doing what Echidnas do best and keeping themselves to themselves, so we didn't see those, much to ...
Aboriginal art, portraits and the story of Pluto
... successfully managing to avoid getting sunburnt!). It was a great place to sit back and relax after walking around all day, and certainly wasn't ******* the eyes either!
Finally we headed back to the home, had our dinner together and enjoyed a little more HIMYM. Our jetlag dying out but still not *quite* completely gone, we had a relatively early night to prepare us for Sunday, when we would be checking out Cataract Gorge, one of Launceston's most spectacular ...
@ the hospital
... numa outra parte do corpo. Mandam as boas praticas que, numa entrevista de triagem, nos apresentemos como se nunca tivéssemos sofrido tanto na vida. Afinal de contas, ninguém quer receber aquela pulseirinha verde que nos dá direito a uma espera de 4 a 6 horas;
Another Tasmania trip
... maybe Iceland & Greenland), you can't get away to remote places days away from any human habitation. We were also breathing probably the purest air in the world, as the prevailing winds come from the west and the nearest land mass is Patagonia, about 16,000kms away, which itself isn't exactly full of cities and industry.
We made a small diversion to Zeehan, once the 3rd largest town in Tasmania and known as Silver City because of it's silver mines. At its ...


