Launceston
Travel Blogs from Launceston, Australia
L-Town!
... where I wanted to go, because all I remembered was L-town. Crazy. Anyways, after a couple hours on a (bathroomless) bus, I arrived in Launceston. It looked like a nice enough city, but on a Sunday night at around 6 o clock, it was absolutely dead to the ...
Grindelwald?
... fleck auf unserem planeten. Ich widmete mich wiedermal meinen emails, da Tania eine stunde nach mir am flughafen in Launceston ankam. Danach ging's per mietauto in richtung nordwesten. Unser erster halt war in grindelwald, einer kleinen 'schweizer ...
Le Zoo de Tasmanie
... typiques de ce pays en liberté, nous décidons donc d'aller visiter le Zoo de Tasmanie à Riverside, dans la banlieue de Launceston. Ils sont surtout spécialisés dans le Diable de Tasmanie, pour lequel ils ont un programme de sauvegarde. En effet, cet ...
The police are oot to get me!
... I pulled over. It was a ramdom breathalizer apparently. No problem! This is my third time being pulled over for that very reason in Launceston (obvoiusly there is not a lot to do here). I blew...well below the 0.05, as i had notified the cop (one of ...
Launceston
Nous quittons Devonport pour Launceston, la 2e ville de Tasmanie où nous allons nous poser 3 jours. Nous avons droit à notre premier cadeau dès 11 h 30 : nous avons réservé un studio au motel Aberdeen et la gérante décide de nous affecter un ...
Deloriane to Launceston
... as we arrived and chatted to a very nice lady about possible ways to tour from here. Booked into the Comfort Inn Coach House Launceston. ... plan to have a nap this afternoon! Also booked a Tamar River Cruise at 4.30 ... should be good photo ...
Strahan to Launceston and a 52nd Birthday
... he drive for the Strahan to Launceston leg. We went north and stopped at Burnie for lunch much warmer up there. Arrived in Launceston at 2 ish and set off to walk Cararact Gorge, went out the easy way and came back the steep way. Amazing place so ...
Launceston Cup!
We're off to the horseraces! All prim and proper and fancy! I have never been to any sort of horse races so what a better occasion than the annual Lanunceston Cup. It's an afternoon off work for most people (in 'normal' jobs) in the area but i ...
Boat Harbour to Lanuceston
... , they have good rainfall and clean air that makes it the garden end of Tasmania (far to fertile for wine growing). Launceston is Tasmania's second city after Hobart – a fine trading town on the meeting of the Tamar and Esk rivers that still ...
I'm getting married...!
... out there: Forget personals ads. Forget match.com. Forget blind dating. If you want to get married, go to Launceston General Hospital in Tasmania and practice filling in some paperwork for the psychiatry department's consult/liaison/crisis assessment ...
Explore the possibilities
Plus le road trip avance plus je me rend compte que la Tasmanie à vraiment tout à offrir, et je me demande pourquoi sur le "main land" peu d'agence de voyage en font la promotion. Vu sa petite taille, l'iile change de paysage à chaques 15 minutes. ...
Day 10 - Last day of holidays :(
... . I reckon I was by the end of the day going on Roxy's nerves by taking too many photos. :) We finally arrived in Launceston and found our accommodation for the last night of our holiday. After being shown to the room we made our way to the ...
Launceston & Cradle Mountain
... . I subconsciously made a great choice. After returning to the city, I decided to go on a river cruise, since Launceston was located at the connection of three different rivers (well, technically, estuaries). I got to learn a lot more about ...
wieder an der see
... cabin (wir hatten ein grosses haus mit 6 betten!). morgens war es sehr kuehl, neblig und feucht. wir fuhren weiter nach launceston durch dichten nebel und spaeter gerieten wir in einen wolkenbruch, sodass man keine 5o m weit sehen konnte. die strasse ...
Tasmania - Part 2.
... and it wasn't the kids, but yes the traffic. We took a very short drive to The Cataract Gorge Reserve just outside Launceston and what a magnificent piece of wilderness. The Gorge has the longest central span of chair lift ride in the world at 308m long. ...
Tassie
... trail - Freycinet National Park, Saw Port Arthur - not worth the 50.00 to go in - Stayed overnight in Hobart - Allports Hostel and returned to Launceston in time for our flight to Cairns. It was a good visit and again a spectacular, natural ...
Australian Maritime College
Orientation went fairly smooth. It took me 3 days to get to know the layout of AMC and UTas. I got to meet a whole lot of people from other countries. First person I met was this girl from Vanuatu. Yasmin, her name was. She caught up to me as I was ...
All going to plan
Passports Check; Rail pass Check; Fight details Check; Accommodation Check(ish); Let's ...
Working in Launceston
As for an adventure there hasn't been much of one as of yet. I'm still currently getting settled into the group housing the hospital set us up in. It's in a excellent part of town. Everything is walking distance, including the bars which would also make ...
Hobart to Launceston
... we kept on walking and I walked across the little kids pool. We came home then went out and had dinner at the Launceston saloon bar. I had a yucky Chicken Kiev And a chocolate sundae for desert. The sundae had chocolate topping, ice cream, cream, nuts ...
I think I've poisoned myself. Ow. I'm dying.
... ends. We pulled into the local Strahan beach to dump our rubbish, only to arrive right on time for the hicked out Australia Day festivities. Giant sausages and meat pies everywhere, children with hair died and faces painted, teens lined up to do three ...
Lounging in Launceston
... done today did not include going backstage so we decided to pass. Instead we decided to walk in the heat through the CBD of Launceston (Which is more like Ballarat) and head to City Park. We had a browse through some shops and played with a Galaxy tab ...
Light tourism in Launceston
... other tourist sites while we were out and about. The 'slice of eidelweiss' Swiss Village Grindelwald Shopping in Launceston city Beautiful English style gardens at City Park Japanese Macaques at City Park Evandale historical town, home of ...

