Best Western The Old Bakery Inn Launceston

... must be the smallest bridge ever and it is just to the right of the actual road? The only reason there is a spikey bridge at all is due to a drunk minister having to go over the bumpy unbridged road whilst he was still a little rosey faced and he the commissioned the bridge which locals had asked for a zillion times before. So nothing really changes with ministers since then I guess. We finally get back to Lanceston really late due to our adventure through Swansea.<br>

... on the short grass. The air was still and cold, and smoke from fires in the surrounding houses seemed to drift in layers across to the Tamar River which sparkled in the early morning sun.<br><br>Third morning was a beautiful clear but freezing cold day. The birds were noisier today and I was serenaded constantly by the carolling magpies this time, punctuated by some screeching plovers, a couple of squawking sulphur-crested cockatoos, cawing crows, some ...

... are driving someone elses car with them in the passengers seat and then with three kids in the back... it gets your heart going!!! At one point we were driving down seriously steep dunes!! the screams emitting from Eve and I could possibly have been heard from home... hope you were listening!!! (check out Eve's pictures.... although they do not do the steepness justice!!!) Retired early after fish and chips ...

... the afternoon sun. We stayed at the impressive Launceston backpackers (very imaginative name!) with Fuji, being the main resident. Fuji is probably the fattest cat in the world!! There were notices to the effect posted in the hostel that read.....Please do not feed Fuji as he is on a diet!! Speaking of being fatties, we had read about the famous Gourlay's sweet shop in Launceston and their factory in the Quadrant and so being our usual piggy ...

... tea and herb farm which sounds class and claire and I are heading up there for about five days before we head back to Melbourne. Today Luke took us for a walk up Cataract gorge (5 minutes walk from the city centre which is class) which was breath taking and only the very tip of the iceberg according to luke. We are hoping to go to Maria island at the end of the month to do some conservation volunteering to try and get the island world ...

... hopping all around. Amazing. After the little road trip, i got to see my folks. After almost 9 months it was a strange thing. They arrived at 10am and by the afternoon it felt like none of us had been apart, not what i thought would happen. With the parents and myself being country fans more than city people, we decided to go to Tassie and get into the bush leaving Rich and Emma in Sydney. 2200 km in about 9 days ...

... the majority of our four goals. There were goals by Anna with great placement in our first short corner, a nice backstick goal from Sally, Jess Madden again off a short corner, and finally a runaway goal from Kelsey. We were estatic with our 4-0 win but it's not over yet. Today's game against WA is just as important as yesterdays since Tasmania unexpectedly beat WA yesterday 3-0, putting us all on equal points. Write again soon ACT!

... Jak dojechal autobus, to Druh Krzysiek wyskoczyl nas przywitac i przytulic. Od razu wiedzielismy ze jestesmy w dobrym miejscu, Fulton Park Scout Camp, to zaczely sie akcje rozstawiania obozow harcerzy, harcerek i wedrownikow, oraz glownej komendy. Wieczorem odbylo sie wtajemniczenie kilku wedrownikow i wedrowniczek. Byl to pierwszy raz od 4 miesiecy co zalozylismy mundury i bylo nam w nich bardzo dobrze! W ten pierwszy dzien mielismy szanse spotkac ...

... speak, and we finished off healthy week with a nice slice of triple chocolate cake. Don't worry, it's not all in vain though - we're going to try & keep it up for the rest of the trip: Healthy eating, that is, not chocolate cake. Though I've got to say, I love a bit of cake, I do, I do, I do. I don't know what it is, I just love a nice bit of cake. Caaaaaake. Sunday at this time of year also means Formula One, where we ...

... innen Pub und dann ins Bett. Und am Tag 11 (Montag) mussten wir um 09:30 unser Auto abgeben *schnief* Vorher haben wir uns noch von Matthew verabschiedet, der zurueck nach NSW geflogen ist. Also waren schon verdammt coole 10 Tage mit ner Menge Spass, groesstenteils gutem Wetter, atemberaubenden Landschaften. Tasmanien ist echt geil, so ganz anders als das australische Festland. Fuer mich war es hier wie Urlaub von Australien (obwohl ich da ja auch die meiste Zeit Urlaub mache)