Day 3 - Tamar Valley

Launceston sits on the Tamar River so it's a perfect location to head north into the Tamar Valley. After a beautiful breakfast at Cataract Gorge, we headed out along the western side of the river. It's not long before the road takes us out of the suburbs and into farmland and vineyards. Getting off the main road allowed us to journey along the river. Some of the houses there are in prime spots and if they were in Sydney with a similar view, I'm sure we'd be talking considerably more money.

We stopped off at a small riverside winery called Marion's Winery and were met by Marion herself. She has been producing wine in the region since 1979. Jen thought that was special given that's the year she was born, so we had to stay for some wine tasting - well, Jen did.

Further north we stopped again at Beaconsfield, famous for the Gold mining that has served the town since the mid 1880s, but more infamously known for the disaster and remarkable survival of 2 men a few years ago.

The road ends at Greens Beach on Bass Straight, so we stopped for a look. The tide was way out, and the beach was nothing special, so it was a short stay.

From there, it's a short back-track to cross the river at Batman Bridge. We headed north again to George Town. We had noticed there was a place selling local oysters, so it was a definite stop. Jen bought 12 and vacuumed them up in 7 minutes. Why have 12 when you can have 24 - so she did.

It was a beautiful day and the weather was again wonderful.

Our day ended again by relaxing in the hotel, this time with some Chinese food from across the road.

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