Grand Chancellor (Previously Known As Launceston International)

... like leaves. He showed us the tree in the information centre's back garden, and we could see the strange stipple effect each leaf has. For the rest of the day I recognised this tree throughout the parks we visited and it was a thrill to add another tree variety to the very short list I can identify!<br><br>You can drive to the caves, but we opted to take the short fern walk up instead. The path crossed over a creek three times and it was surrounded by several varieties of ...

... 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 &#8211; a fine trading town on the meeting of the Tamar and Esk rivers that still feels like a frontier town. More compact than Hobart, it has a lovely small town feel. It is also the gourmet capital with two world-class restaurants to try. The first is called Fee ...

... home). The scenery on this route was great. Grassy hills, bushy hills, green colour everywhere, it was something special. Our next stop was at the St Columba Falls, Tasmania's tallest waterfall (90m). It was nice but not as impressive as the Russell Falls we've seen in Mt Field National Park. After that we slowly continued our way to Launceston through a million bends. There was barely any traffic so it wasn't too bad in the end. There ...

... Didgeridoo Meets Orchestra, which combines the two types of music. Fyi, the didgeridoo is an Australian instrument that's basically a long wooden horn and makes those "outback" sounds. I would've preferred seeing a different show, but that was all that fit into my schedule. It was still nice to see the inside during an actual performance and not on a tour. <br><br><br><br>The next day I went to Bondi Beach, which is considered to be world-famous. The place ...

... tried my hiking skills on the trak which was not really a trak: I climb up straight the hill: I hope I will be better for the navigation on the trek... I will try to do during the 4 next day a trek: Overland Tracks http://www.overlandtrack.com.au/ I will update when I come back the entry at least for Australia: the end of the trip with Ptit Pierre, the great ocean road with a motorbike 600cc, Melbourne and Sydney and the OVERLAND TRACK in Tasmania

... over the tree, and through the woods before it turned completely dark. We didn't make it to the cheese factory. Following that adventure, I was glad to have booked a deluxe double room at the backpackers hostel. Turns out our deluxe double wasn't so deluxe. We still had to share a bathroom and the room wasn't heated. What did we expect for $60/night. At least it was clean. Sunday morning we drove to ...

Having been advised by my friends in Melbourne to take a tour on Tasmania I set too and booked myself on what was termed an 'Adventure Tour' - a six day round trip of the west and east coast. Having booked and paid I then proceeded to read the small print to find out that it was a tour for the 'very active' with hikes of up to 10km a day....so with a little ...

Our last bit of a day in Tassie was a pretty cool one - we chilled with Grape Boys 1 & 2 while we watched F1 Qualifying. For all those F1 fans out there (so I know I'm only now talking to Wax), you'll be interested to know that Murray Walker was working in the pit lane for channel 10 & got really excited all the time: "And look at that - the mechanics are getting ready, taking the tyre warmers off Button's car, and Oh ...

Hey, we're in Launceston, or Lonni as the locals say! We arrived yesterday on Highway 1 just before sun down and checked into the Launceston City Youth Hostel ($15) on the edge of the city. Almost immediately the proprietor of this independent hostel started the first of many rants during the course of our stay here. He started off by asking Jorgen why he was wearing a jacket with a Japanese flag on it, and his speech went downhill from there as it trailed off on unrelated tangents ...

Last Day in Tasmania Spent the day at some of the tallest and largest trees in Australia, before driving all the way back to Launceston looked around the town and walked the Tamar Gorge then returned the car to the Airport and jumped on a plane back to Melbourne.