Tasmanian Familymoon

février - mars 2022

After having to delay both the wedding and the honeymoon, we got married in December 2021 and we are finally having the Familymoon... like honeymoon but as a family. En savoir plus

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- 21 févr. 2022, 12:45
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: Niveau de la mer
- Australie State of Tasmania West Coast Sarah Island Historic Site -42.38884, 145.4466842°23’20” S 145°26’48” E
Jour 3
Sarah Island
21 février 2022, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
From the Gordon River Heritage site, we had lunch and made our way back to Sarah Island where we had a guided tour of the hardest of the penal colonies in Tasmania, before Port Arthur site was established.
Sarah Island was for repeat criminal offenders who continued to offend while serving time in Van Diemens Land. It was a fascinating tour given by one of the guides who also promoted the show we are seeing on Wednesday called The Ship That Never Was... more about that on Wednesday.
The tour was amazing and we learnt a lot about the people and the culture of the penal settlement, while intermittent showers kept us on our toes.
After the tour of Sarah Island we headed back across Macquarie Harbour back to Strahan, arriving back by 2.45pm.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Looks cold!
24/02/2022Répondre
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- 21 févr. 2022, 15:00
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- Australie State of Tasmania West Coast Strahan -42.1546, 145.3269642°9’17” S 145°19’37” E
Jour 3
Morrison's Huon Pine Sawmill
21 février 2022, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Probably one of the highlights of the trip was to visit the Morrison's Huon Pine Sawmill. It is the longest running and only remaining Huon Pine sawmills still in operation. It is here we got to see the traditional practice of milling the Huon pine logs, felled as many as 60 years ago. It has been operated and continues to be operated by the same family using traditional timber milling practices and machinery. I may have spent a "bit" of money on some Tasmanian timbers I can take home to use in my craft.
After this we got some groceries and headed back to our accommodation for an easier and more relaxing day tomorrow.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Looks like you are having fun, seeing heaps. Thanks for keeping us up-to-date with frequent posts, concise and easy to read. I hope you are enjoying writing them too.
21/02/2022Répondre
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- 22 févr. 2022, 11:00
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: Niveau de la mer
- Australie State of Tasmania West Coast West Strahan War Memorial Park -42.1543, 145.320442°9’15” S 145°19’13” E
Jour 4
Easy day walking and playing
22 février 2022, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Today we took it easy, walking along the Esplanade to the shopping area. We found a park for Millie to have a play at, then continued on for some lunch at a bakery cafe (the only one in Strahan, it seems).
On the way back, another stop at the park and a walk through a rainforest area managed by the local school, seeing if we could see any Paltypus'. There was also some evidence of times gone by; remnants of rail lines and the heavy reliance on rail in years gone by to service these remote areas.En savoir plus
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- 22 févr. 2022, 17:30
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- Australie State of Tasmania West Coast Strahan -42.1543, 145.3272142°9’15” S 145°19’38” E
Jour 4
The ship that never was
22 février 2022, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We had an early dinner and headed into the main street to see the longest running show in history, The Ship That Never Was.
It told the story of the last of the convicts on Sarah Island who built the last ship the facility ever produced and stole the ship to escape, ending up in South America.
It was a hilarious satirical take on the events of the time and how the convicts were acquitted of the initial charges through a legal loophole.
It is a 2 person show where the audience is invited to participate and Millie was also asked to participate. She had a blast and even had a water fight with one of the performers at the end.En savoir plus
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- 23 févr. 2022, 08:00
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 140 m
- Australie State of Tasmania West Coast Queenstown -42.07939, 145.5542442°4’46” S 145°33’15” E
Jour 5
Wilderness West Coast Railway
23 février 2022, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Today we were up really early to make the 1 hour drive from Strahan to Queenstown to get the Wilderness West Coast Railway half day rail ride. The train is an old steam engine used in the late 19th Century to transport, among other things, Copper from the Queenstown mines to Strahan.
The first part of the run involves a stop at Lynch's Creek, where we were able to try our hand at gold panning.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Looks like you got some sunshine for a change. Very pretty setting. Did you get any gold colours?
23/02/2022Répondre
Voyageur The locals were saying it is the hottest day they have had all season. Got to 28°. It was a stunning day. Only one of the people on the whole train found some gold. More the experience than anything else. Plenty of copper.
23/02/2022Répondre
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- 23 févr. 2022, 13:00
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 39 m
- Australie State of Tasmania Starling Creek -42.18322, 145.4827642°10’60” S 145°28’58” E
Jour 5
Lynch's Creek, Rinadeena, Dubbil Barril
23 février 2022, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
After Lynch's Creek we continued on the railway, this time assisted driven by a rack and pinion system, used to drive the engine up the unusually steep inclines. The guide stated most trains struggle to traverse inclines any more than 40:1 ratio (incline gradient 40m length to 1 m elevation) however this one we were on are the 2 steepest railways in the southern hemisphere. From Lynch's Creek to Rinadeena it is 20:1 incline, but from Dubbil Barril to Rinadeena (on the way back) it is 16: 1 incline. The train uses 3000 litres of water each time it does a climb and has to fill up at several points along the railway.
Once at Dubbil Barril we got to watch the train turned around on a manual turntable and did a rainforest walk to check our part of the King River Gorge, before getting back on the train and heading back to Queenstown, arriving back in Queenstown just after 2pm.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Is that another little souvenir for Millie. I see the tassie tiger gets to go everywhere. What is his name?
23/02/2022Répondre
Voyageur He does. His name is Cooper and everyone we meet gets to meet him... or her... it keeps changing.
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- 23 févr. 2022, 22:00
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 5 m
- Australie State of Tasmania West Coast West Strahan War Memorial Park -42.15191, 145.3189142°9’7” S 145°19’8” E
Jour 5
Last night in Strahan
23 février 2022, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
After we got back from Queenstown we rested and I did some of these entries before dinner at the Regatta Point Tavern before packing and turning in for our last night in Strahan. Tomorrow, on to Cradle Mountain.En savoir plus
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- 24 févr. 2022, 10:15
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- Australie State of Tasmania West Coast Strahan Peoples Park -42.15231, 145.3290942°9’8” S 145°19’45” E
Jour 6
Leaving Strahan
24 février 2022, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We got up, packed the car, had breakfast at The Kitchen Strahan and headed for Cradle Mountain
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- 24 févr. 2022, 11:00
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 154 m
- Australie State of Tasmania West Coast Rosebery Lake Bull -41.78048, 145.539241°46’50” S 145°32’21” E
Jour 6
Rosebery stop
24 février 2022, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
A brief stop in Zeehan for petrol, then on to Rosebury. Millie really doesn't travel too well so we had to stop for a short rest stop.
Interestingly while Millie was playing I read up about the Bumble bees we have seen a fair bit while in Tasmania. It turns out they were introduced from New Zealand as a feral species to Tasmania in the 1980s or 90s and have bread and spread here. But they are so round and fluffy ("So fluffy I could die")... now I don't feel so bad about stepping on them if I see them!En savoir plus
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Sounds like a wonderful and enjoyable holiday Steve. Great experience for Millie, she'll have some stories to tell at school - like the water fight. Enjoy [Bill Hackett]
23/02/2022Répondre
Voyageur Her class are following our holiday as well. We gave her teacher access to this. And looks like travelling around is a better deal to being home. Several of her classmates have tested positive for C.
24/02/2022Répondre
Voyageur Cooper features again. Hope he is not causing too much trouble.
24/02/2022Répondre
Voyageur He/She is not. Cooper helped me find Millie in the tunnel. We were playing hide and seek.
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- 24 févr. 2022, 13:00
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 884 m
- Australie State of Tasmania Kentish -41.58225, 145.9349941°34’56” S 145°56’6” E
Jour 6
Arrival at Cradle Mountain
24 février 2022, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
We arrived at Cradle Mountain approx 1.00pm, and got some information from the Visitors Centre about the park and things to do, walks and the parks pass. We then moved into our accomodation at the Cradle Mountain Highlander Cottages. It is a lovely place and the surrounding bush and landscape is beautiful. We spent the afternoon relaxing and updating this, and getting settled into our cottage.En savoir plus
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Voyageur Cabin looks cosy. Beautiful scenery. Enjoy the stay.
24/02/2022Répondre
Voyageur It was. Just a single room though makes it difficult for someone to go the *** to sleep!
28/02/2022Répondre
Voyageur Cabin looks amazing! Love the page layout too 😉
24/02/2022Répondre
Voyageur I'm just throwing them together each night. Good was to post here and get the pages done or it will be hard to remember everything when I get round to doing it when we get home.
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