Tamar River Villas Launceston

... we are unable to find the magic button which will allow everyone to enter without having to go through the drivers door!!! Luckily after asking a ouple of passing strangers the magic button is found! So now we really are off and running, hooray<br><br>Launceston is a series of oneway systems that never seem to be going the way you want to go and getting to our hotel is a scenic route which allows us to view our hotel from every angle possible including from above ...

... their part of London and they did not make it.<br><br>After picking up some food from the nearby Woollies (including some beautiful fresh salmon) we came back to our lovely unit which has the most enormous Plasma TV and unpacked, checked emails and veged out in front of the box thinking about those poor Queenslanders at the footy up the road where the rain was pouring down. It even hailed for a while!<br><br>Monday July 13 <br>In the morning I discovered there was a ...

... I wont say too much because it will all be detailed in the video/s. Right now Ive paid for 15 mins internet but its given me 1 hour and 15 so thats a bonus. Saw some tassie devils and wombats at a wildlife place which was cool. Ive taken a stack of pictures, theres a lot here to photograph. I pick up my hire car tomorrow for more on the road action. tata for now.

... that's my little rant. It seems like travelers in New Zealand are on the whole a little more adventurous and travel-minded than here, but maybe I just haven't met the right people yet. <br><br><br><br>Finally, those little political jokes are just for comic relief. I've heard bits and pieces of political analysis on TV and thought I'd throw those bits and pieces into this post for a little fun. Next post should be from Melbourne, Victoria, so until then, cheers!

... that there was no such thing as grey hair and that it was actually transparent and hair regrows with regular massage...maybe its not a lost cause after all....anyway for $10 she could tell me anything..never looked as smart. Launceston is a fairly small country type town that seemed to close down at 5pm but we managed to find a decent place for tea and find out about the inter-island rivalry with Hobart down in the South.

... point in the tournament. Most of us stayed in sleeping and, uh, doing homework. A few energetic girls accompanied management to Beconsfield and Beauty Point to go shopping and see some seahorses! Last night we had an interesting inter-room competition to create a mascot out of playdough and other limited materials. The results were creative to say the least (see picture for one example). Our new guest Anthony from ACTAS ...

Our first stop in north Tasmania was Launceston, the 3rd oldest town in Australia. Not only a pretty town in itself, it was also a good base from which to explore the wineries (Tamar Valley offered a great platter lunch too..an offer which we accepted, for ...

For our last day in Launceston, we decided to take it easy: after a long drive to the Dismal Swamp yesterday & another long drive to Hobart tomorrow. After a lie in of about 10am, we had a quick breakfast - good old Skippy Flakes, which, me and Thom have decided, are much better than most of the cereals we can get back home & so are going to fill our suitcases with them & forget about presents for everyone else. Anyway ...

... kostet! Leider war es superbewoelkt und superdiesig - aber trotzdem mal ne nette Abwechslung! Zum Abschied hat uns Kirk noch 3 Dutzend Austern geschenkt ;) Die hat dann abends in unserem neuen Hostel (Port Arthur) Matthew mit Schinken und Kaese richtig lecker zubereitet, dazu der andere frischgefangene Fisch, Pommes und Salat. *mjam* Das war eine Traummahlzeit! Haben noch nichtmal alle Austern geschafft und die am Schluss dann verschenkt ^^ War richtig cool, haben voll ...

... exactly where we were, as we had no map of the gorge area, but after some time came across a couple walking signs. We walked to the Alexandra lookout, found the suspension bridge, and took the zig-zag trail back down to the lower street level where we had started. We walked back to the car and found accommodation for the evening. Had a very spicy Thai green curry for dinner. Silvio's having the leftovers tomorrow as was too hot for me.