Comfort Inn Balmoral on York Launceston

... in 1888. The vast Victorian streetscapes remain largely intact today. In fact Launceston is noted as having one of the most intact early cityscapes in Australia. Its early Colonial and Victorian buildings give the city a wonderful historic character and date back to 1824. Launceston claims to be Australia’s third oldest city after Sydney and Hobart. (Poor old Newcastle also claims to be the second, so you be the judge!)

Launceston also boasts among other ...

... they thought i was and had NO DUI..but i still needed a breath analaysis, not sure why. I waited a while and then went into this special room, was read my rights and was told anything i said would used in the court of law. I then blew 0.00...hahaha!! And that test is the official test and the most accurate. They never mentioned my 'illegal' licence again and dropped me back off at my wagon and ...

... cajoleurs : koala, wombat, diable de Tasmanie. Des kangourous aussi, qui vivent là de façon permanente et qu'on peut nourrir. Évidemment pendant le reste du voyage mon polar empeste le wombat...

Fait cocasse #5 : les koalas ont une sorte de carcasse de cartilage très solide à la base du dos qui leur permet de se caler confortablement entre deux branches d'arbres et de ne pas tomber. Les wombats (étant de la même famille que les koalas) en ont une aussi dont ...

... about specific events - such as rail - than the entire town. Again seeming to ignore its convict beginnings which I would have thought was one of the more interesting parts of its history. As the day got sunnier I went on a river cruise through the local gorge, a whole area that a rich lady had donated to the town that is now a free local park. Has some short trails, a pool, the river of course and a chair ride over the gorge that had to be done.

... she was in the same boat as I was! Qued up to the sound of guitar strings and a crooning voice live from this ver cool singer just a ways from us. There was a huge courtyard where students can laze around and have picnics on. I got to know my fellow residents too. All of them were pretty nice and friendly. First person I met was Kara and her friend, Heather's mom. No one else was around. Got ...

... our trip. They insisted of not taking money for that, which once again very much impressed us. Its rare to meet so many lovely and helpful people on such a short trip. With the aids of our relievers, we easily made it to the next gas station and with such a turn of events we could have a good laugh about the story. The last day of our trip and the last event on the agenda was on. We went 6 km out of Launceston to try ourselves ...

Hi All Well what a great 7 day tour I have just had. There has been no Internet that I could get to for any really length of time, so hence a delay for this entry (and the last one). I am now back in Beauty Point and am staying here until Thursday and I am then going to spend 2 nights in Launceston before flying to Sydney. I have just fallen in love with Tasmania - it is a wonderful island with great friendly people and just stunning views, mountains ...

... whilst another one stinking of bourbon and coke exlained how he used to turn out for the Wallabies; we were later to find out that the latter was a resident at the British Hotel. While keeping a keen eye on the Aussie Open tennis final and the Aus-NZ clash at the WACA, Perth, former Sydneysider Mr. Ferguson told us how the Hotel was his retirement plan, and how much he was enjoying life in Tassie. As the night progressed he ...

... on a 5-day tour of Tasmania. HE was a pretty cool guy, and we just played table tennis & snooker & talked about random stuff. We were also joined by "Grape Boy", who worked from 530 this morning til 7pm in the grape vines, picking all day with only a half hour lunch break. Ok, he got $160 for his troubles, but he looks permenantly knackered. Again, he seemed nice & he's just walked in from graping, looking dead again. Max - you'll be pleased - we've got pictures of them all!! Bon nuit

... eigentlich innen Pub, der hat aber um 22:15 zu gemacht (!!!) und so haben wir im Hostel relaxt, waehrend im TV Tennis lief. Dieses Spiel ist so langweilig... Aber anyway An Tag 8 hat morgens wieder die Sonne geschien und wir haben uns das 'blowhole' angeguckt, eines von vielen an den Kuesten, teilweise hat's ganz schoen weit gespritzt, Ingmar hat auch ne kleine Dusche abbekommen ;) Hmm... Danach sind wir dann zur 'WineglassBay' gefahren, auf dem lookout oben war's aber so ...