Hillview House
193 George St, Launceston
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Hillview House Launceston

193 George St Launceston, Tasmania, 7250, Australia

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Day 55 - The Sun Does Shine In Tassie

A travel blog entry by debglaz1

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... captured a boat, intending to sail it to the Australian mainland. The boat was captured at the spot that is now known as Brady’s Lookout. Due to bad weather they were forced to turn back. Eventually, one of his gang members, an ex-convict name Cowan, betrayed him for a pardon. Brady escaped the ensuing gun battle with serious injuries, but was captured soon after by the famous bounty hunter John Batman. Now we know why the bridge in Tamar Valley ...

Snow! reaching the most southern point by car!

A travel blog entry by petermaryanne

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... the dog started howling as the owner tied it up down near the beach which was a little bit annoying. We believe the house owner must have said something to the dog owner as when we went out again a while later, he had packed up and left camp for good. We are having left over roast chicken for dinner tonight with some salad. Peter is going to get the fire going and we may sit outside for a while with our kindles to read by the fireside. It is getting quite cool now and the sun seems to ...

The curse of a writer

A travel blog entry by blanchardbfg

... reception, hands over the $20 key deposit for the metal door opener, then pipes again when he realises I haven't got my bags. "They're packed and outside my room," I reply, "I couldn't bring it all down in one go." I fetch my bags, then sit downstairs, and can actually feel the guys eyes on me, before he shuts up reception (an occurrence, might I add, which happens a bit too often in a hostel full of people requiring anything from directions around town to ...

Terror at not nowhere-near-20,000 feet

A travel blog entry by johnmcfeely

... photos is to be sitting next to someone while they are in mid-freakout.

So when the next chair came around, Hannah and I took our seats. The attendant then placed the safety bar over the front of each seat. And when I safety bar, it literally is just a bar. A red bar with a rubber stump on the end which you sit across you. No locking-in mechanism, no straps, no nothing. Something that just flips, back and forth, with ease. If you pull on it, I guess. So with that ...

Launceston

A travel blog entry by whichwaynow

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... day which is quite nice. There's been a lot of rain recently so the waters coming through with quite a lot of power which is cool when your standing on Alexandra Bridge across the first basin. It's rather odd as you clamber along the rough rocky tracks along the side of the gorge and then once you get to the first basin and it opens out to a pretty lawn, a swimming pool and chairlift across the water. It seems kind of out of place ...