АвстралияState of TasmaniaWest CoastSarah Island Historic Site42°23’20” S 145°26’48” E
21 февраля 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 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 wasЧитать далее
АвстралияState of TasmaniaWest CoastStrahan42°9’17” S 145°19’37” E
21 февраля 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 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 seeЧитать далее
Путешественник 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.
АвстралияState of TasmaniaWest CoastWest StrahanWar Memorial Park42°9’15” S 145°19’13” E
22 февраля 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 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, itЧитать далее
АвстралияState of TasmaniaWest CoastStrahan42°9’15” S 145°19’38” E
22 февраля 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 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 theЧитать далее
АвстралияState of TasmaniaWest CoastQueenstown42°4’46” S 145°33’15” E
23 февраля 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 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 19thЧитать далее
Путешественник Looks like you got some sunshine for a change. Very pretty setting. Did you get any gold colours?
Путешественник 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.
АвстралияState of TasmaniaStarling Creek42°10’60” S 145°28’58” E
23 февраля 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 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 struggleЧитать далее
Путешественник Is that another little souvenir for Millie. I see the tassie tiger gets to go everywhere. What is his name?
Путешественник He does. His name is Cooper and everyone we meet gets to meet him... or her... it keeps changing.
АвстралияState of TasmaniaWest CoastWest StrahanWar Memorial Park42°9’7” S 145°19’8” E 23 февраля 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 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 toЧитать далее
АвстралияState of TasmaniaWest CoastStrahanPeoples Park42°9’8” S 145°19’45” E
24 февраля 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We got up, packed the car, had breakfast at The Kitchen Strahan and headed for Cradle Mountain
АвстралияState of TasmaniaWest CoastRoseberyLake Bull41°46’50” S 145°32’21” E
24 февраля 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 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 theЧитать далее
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]
Путешественник 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.
Путешественник He/She is not. Cooper helped me find Millie in the tunnel. We were playing hide and seek.
АвстралияState of TasmaniaKentish41°34’56” S 145°56’6” E
24 февраля 2022 г., Австралия ⋅ ⛅ 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 theЧитать далее
Путешественник It was. Just a single room though makes it difficult for someone to go the *** to sleep!
Путешественник 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.
Путешественник Looks cold!