08 February 2010

Down under Down Under

PART 8 (Launceston to Hobart, 11 days)

People seem to find themselves very witty when they refer to Tasmania as "down under Down Under". I first encounter this in the kitchen of our Launceston lodgings, attempting to start breakfast for my apparent Flock for the next 11 days. It came from a middle-aged Melbourne man vacationing with ... his mother.

Now, to save you the trouble of reading, and me of thinking up witty things to say, I present pictures from Slave #1. If you look closely, you might find some lucky numbers!


1. Cataract Gorge, Launceston --- 2. 41 degress South Salmon & Ginseng Farm, Deloraine --- 3. Stream near 41 degress South Salmon & Ginseng Farm, Deloraine --- 4. Field near Ashgrove Farm Cheese, Elizabeth Town --- 5. Launceston City Park --- 6. Under the old oak tree at Bridestowe Lavender Farm, Nabowla --- 7. Pyengana Cheese Factory --- 8. Echina on Halls Falls trail, The Blue Tier, Pyengana --- 9 & 10. Halls Falls, The Blue Tier, Pyengana





ABOVE: 1. The Village Store, St Helens --- 2. Sweetwater Villas, St Helens --- 3. On the way to Binalong Bay --- 4. Binalong Bay --- 5. Bay of Fires --- 6. Sea anemones, Bay of Fires --- 7 & 8. Bay of Fires --- 9. Back to St Helens --- 10 - 12. Fungus, Evercreech Nature Reserve --- 13. Tallest White Gums in the world, Evercreech Nature Reserve --- 14. The Blowhole, Bicheno Foreshore Footway --- 15. Glass bottomed boat, Bicheno --- 16. Moonrise, Bicheno Foreshore Footway

BELOW: 1. On the Wine Glass Bay trail, Freycinet National Park --- 2. Wine Glass Bay, Freycinet National Park --- 3. Cape Tourville, Freycinet National Park --- 4. Failed attempt to get to the Saltwater Lagoon, Friendly Beaches, Freycinet National Park --- 5. Salamanca Market, Hobart --- 6. Quoll, The Tasmanian Devil Park, Taranna --- 7. Wallaby, The Tasmanian Devil Park, Taranna --- 8. Tasmanian Devil, The Tasmanian Devil Park, Taranna --- 9. Port Arthur penitentiary --- 10 - 12. Eaglehawk Neck --- 13. Tasman Arch, Eaglehawk Neck --- 14. Hobart from Mount Wellington --- 15. Bouncing Pillow, Discovery Holiday Park, Hobart --- 16. Richmond church