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Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Ross March 2nd 2015

Hi everyone, NO wi-fi where we have been, but before that we did our ghost tour around the historic site that night, it wasn't scarey at all, really hoping it was. I was one of the lantern bearers, there were 4 of us, so we were given strict instructions by our guide to stand in positions for people to enter dark buildings, spooky, NOT !! Yes they were dark, but didn't feel like there were ghosts there or anything, but guide man told us some spooky stories to do with people who lived on the site back in the 1800's. Anyhow it was all good fun and we laughed and then we went ooooooohhhh, then we shivered, you know all the usual things you do when you are supposed to be scared !! So the next ... read more
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Oceania » Australia » Tasmania » Ross March 17th 2013

We have just spent a couple of nights by the beach in the lovely town of Burnie. What with its huge coastal boardwalk, free penguin viewing area and platypus in their natural habitat only 3km from town it has many drawcards for tourists. It is a must do destination with a thriving community even though many jobs were lost a few years ago when the pulp and paper factory closed down. The factory is in the process of being demolished and not surprisingly a huge Bunnings will take its place! We were delighted that our patience paid off and we watched a platypus in the river for ages and then moved on to the penguin viewing place and again lucky enough to see a chick plus several adult penguins coming ashore to feed their young. They ... read more
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