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Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Launceston January 23rd 2011

Sunday 23rd January - Launceston to Bicheno via Evandale Markets and Scottsdale Up early and into the fantastic spacious, sparkling clean, well equipped kitchen at the hostel to cook a Pasta Carbonara breakfast! Leftover cooked spaghetti carefully kept from the Crayfish creek spag meal, bacon, eggs and cheese all prepared last night (I like things to be simple in the morning, especially when I am in a communal kitchen!) Then we get everything packed and head eagerly for the Evandale markets, via a strange, circuitous route in ever decreasing circles through Launceston following the street direction signs. Eventually we break free! The markets in Evandale are a wonderful, very large country market which we were pleased to see have changed little since we enjoyed them on our last trip. The real difference was that there were ... read more
Evandale markets
Evandale markets
Getting familiar with a new hat bought at the Evandale markets -at Bicheno

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Launceston January 22nd 2011

Launceston - in the sky and on the water - Saturday. Our first destination this morning is Cataract Gorge - this is an incredible enclave of beautiful forest, rocks and water only 5 minutes from the heart of Launceston. Last time there, the expanse of beautiful lawn at the "First Basin" was thickly coated in crunchy white frost. This time, all green and glowing in the morning sun. We head straight for the chairlift that travels from the first basin up to the little cafe further up the hill and start our visit by floating gently high above grass, rocks, and water and taking in the spectacular views. I would prefer it if chairlift cars had more than one attachment point! The ride concludes with a glide narrowly above a thick forest of treetops, where I ... read more
We are putting on brave faces but this coffee is ghastly!!
Picnic shelter with concrete "trees" Cataract Gorge
Suspension bridge, Cataract Gorge

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Launceston January 21st 2011

Happy return to Lonnie/ Launie Woke to a lovely grey rainy day this morning. Couldn't find my shoes (no it was not a big night last night, either!) so walked to the amenities across the tiny sharp gravel barefoot - confronting start to the day!! Smooth packup and on our way. We stop in at Boatharbour Beach just to admire it again, and then drive towards Launceston with one eye on the inland countryside to our right. It is stunning! I like it even more than the land we have been looking at the last couple of days. Gentle, civilised, rolling green pastures, very reminiscent of our beloved Atherton Tablelands in the hills behind Cairns. We make fairly directly for Launceston, where we had several splendid days on our winter trip a few years ago. Launceston ... read more
Launceston Backpackers
My fella, outside our hostel in Launie.
This is Fuji, resident large, lazy, lovely resident cat from Launceston Backpackers

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Launceston December 20th 2010

Sunday 12th Dec – We arrived in Launceston and stayed at the Penny Royal Motel, home of the famous Gourays Sweet Factory, they sell olde fashioned sweets ! Second only to Uncle Joes Mint Balls! Monday 13th Dec – Set off for the famous Tasmanian East Coast, to the beautiful Frecynet Peninsula National Park to our next destination Coles Bay. We drove the beautiful coastline stopping off at unspoilt beaches which stretched for miles and nobody around ! We stopped at Elephant Mountain and had lunch at the Elephant Pass at the famous Pancake House – beautiful ! We went to Denison beach and Bechino a sleepy seaside town before we arrived at the Edge of the Bay Resort in Coles Bay. We were in a log cabin on the beach with magnificent views across the ... read more
Cataract Gorge
Gourlay's Sweet Factory
Denison Beach

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Launceston December 7th 2010

Met a girl on couchsufer and she invited me to a ukelele party her firends were having, which was good fun. Her friends were both 20-something but their uke group ( H.U.G. Hobart Unkelele Group) was made up of people over the age of 60... BUT, it was fun and they were very good. Had my first taste of pavelova (have no idea if that is how it is spelled) but it is very Australian and is basically a light cake with whipped cream and fruit on top. Its fantastic. Then Jacqui (my new Australian friend) invited me over to stay at her parents for the night and for dinner and they made a delicious rice lamb and veggies and it was wonderful to have a good meal. Since i have been here i have been ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Launceston December 5th 2010

Hej pa er darhemma! Har har det inte hant sa mycket spannande sen sist...eg bara tentapluggat, och det borjar bli riktigt segt! Sitter inne i sjukhusbiblioteket hela dagarna, fran ca 9-22, med lite paus for kaffe, mat, traning o sa sova daremellan..inte sa stor skillnad mot vad det skulle vatt hemma med andra ord.. Langtar hem till sno o julmys...de forsoker julpynta har, men det ser bara konstigt ut! + att det inte ar de fina julpynten direkt=) girlanger i olika farger, fargglada plaststjarnor och plastgranar...o dessutom ar det varmt, igar var det 28 grader o sol..na lite svart att komma i julstamning! I fredags kvall var vi dock ute o at, sista kvallen for tyska caroline som akte i lordags...at en riktigt god tasmansk eyefillet, fantastiskt god! har dessa tva sista veckorna ENT, sa vatt ... read more
Stellan..
Martina
Kaffepaus..

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Launceston October 30th 2010

Hej alla darhemma! stort tack for alla grattis forra helgen! Nu ar det lordag em, jag och stellan har haft en lugn bakisdag, sovit lange, vatt nere och atit lunch/brunch pa en mysig restaurang nere vid vattnet och lyxat till det med chokladkaka och riktig kaffe!(mycket godare an pulverkaffe de annars kor med) lite bakis efter gardagens bbq som professorn pa kirurgavdelningen hade bjudit in alla 4e och 5e-arare till sin range mitt ute pa landet! stora agor med radjur och emuer(australiensiska strutsar-mindre och lite tjockare) som fanns inne i ett hagn, ungefar som i hokhult.. schysst, men han var lite udda, berattade historier som australiensarna mycket installsamt skrattade at, roligt tyckte jag! dessutom var det mycket god mat! hade vatt roligt om nan av vara professorer hemma gjort nat sant, skulle nog aldrig handa dock.. ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Launceston October 24th 2010

Den 23e oktober ar nu over, nu ar man narmre 30 an 20 usch o fy...borjar bli gammal ja! Kandes klart lite trakigt att inte fa vara hemma o fira med familj och vanner, men fick en riktigt bra dag anda! Stellan fixat och planerat, och dagen borjade med att jag blev vackt pa sangen med champagne och cheescake med blabar=) + fin sang av hela alla svenskarna och randall! fick tva par riktigt fina orhangen, choklad och fran stellan ett framtida bungyjump som ska hoppas pa nya zeeland, ingen atervando nu alltsa=) o sen tittar jag ut genom fonstret och det ar sol och varmt pa min fodelsedag, har nog inte hant forut! sa gick vi mot cataract george som ar en bergsspricka inte sa langt fran launceston, dar vi fikade och bara lag i ... read more
nyvaken med ballong
jag o stellan
stellan o carro

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Launceston October 23rd 2010

Today we went to Cataract Gorge. We parked at the top carpark and caught the chairlift across the Gorge. We also went on a lovely long walk around the Gorge, the track was quite steep in some parts. It was sunny and warm today. YAY! We then drove the length of the Tamar River, to Beauty Point, and visited Seahorse World. This was very interesting as it is a Seahorse Farm and they breed the sea-horses in captivity. There were thousands of baby sea-horses. They also have videos explaining the breeding cycle of the seahorse, leaf dragon and cuttlefish. We then drove across Batman Bridge and continued back along the other side of theTamar River travelling through some lovely scenery on the way. On Saturday morning we went for a drive around the outskirts of Launceston ... read more
Peacock
Chairlift
Alexandria Suspension Bridge

Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Launceston October 16th 2010

Lordag eftermiddag, sitter i biblan och skriver.. lite seg idag, blev ganska sent igar, trots att det inte var utgang, dock barbeque- som jag lart mig att alla fester i princip kallas, bra koncept- trots att det ar alldeles for kallt att vara ute och grilla fortfaranade! en helt okej kvall, men jag ganska seg fran borjan till slut.. Inte hant sa mycket sen sist, mest varit i skolan, ogonplacering och har, liksom hemma mest katarakt, glaukom och degenerativ makulasjukdom.. inte sa upphetsande, kanske inte blir ogonlakare, men roligt att forsoka lara sig titta genom ogonmikroskop och lart mig invertera ogonlock, alltid nagot.. och ogon-op inte sa otackt som jag forst trott, haft en helt okej vecka allt som allt.. Nasta vecka blir det ogon igen, fast pa en annan klinik, dar det tydligen ska vara ... read more




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