Launceston Motels - Reviews and Rates

Sunday July 12

Seems we are always up at the crack of dawn heading somewhere. Today it is to Launceston, Tasmania. We got great deals with Jetstar who have cornered the direct flights from Brisbane to Launceston. We arrived at Brisbane airport about 6am while most of the city residents were still curled up under their doonas. How nice to ...

Alrighty rooo...so it's been awhile. I wonder if any you are still paying attention, i don't blame you if you're not. Apologies on my behalf. I just been caught up with everyday life in Tassie in the best possible way..and to be honest there hasn't been too much to report. I'm still loving my flat and living on my own, still working (not loving ...

I got my first overseas byline this week. When I visited the Examiner newspaper, a 30,000-circulation daily here, I expected to just observe and listen. Oh no. Reporter Rachel Williams, who I was shadowing, had other ideas in mind. She brought me to a press conference in which a local politician announced the appointment of a gallery director to...

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 Jor...

Our bus from Cradle Mountain dropped us off in the lovely town of Launceston which is north of Hobart. The hostel here is an old nursing home so the rooms are small (only 4 beds per room) and the kitchen is industrial including a walk-in fridge. There is a big dining area and a sitting room with a television where we sat and watched the mens fin...