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  • Tania and Allan Simpson
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Summer in Tasmania

A 17-day adventure by Tania and Allan Read more
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  • Trip start
    February 11, 2025
  • Tania and Allan SimpsonSummer in TasmaniaTraveler
    The Tasman Bridge
    Had a walk around Victoria Dock. Heaps of seafood restaurants around the marinaDrunken Admiral. Made a booking to have tea in this famous restaurant.Allan being Allan!!! Lol

    Hobart

    February 11 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    Arrived in Hobart around 11am and picked up our hiace 12 seater van from the airport, then headed into town to sort out Sims for our phones. Got into our accommodation around 3pm.

  • Tania and Allan SimpsonSummer in TasmaniaTraveler
    Waiting at the hobart ferry terminal
    Our toyota hiace all parked up1st stop of the day on Bruny Island. Get Shucked Oysters.Across the road from Get Shucked Oysters2nd stop. Honey shop.All with our purchasesThe Neck2The Neck lookout. Nearly 300 steps.Hotel Bruny, which is reputedly the southernmost pub in Australia.1Simpsons Bay. This is where we found all the natural oysters2Oyster collectingMonster oystersJust down the road from the oysters ,we found blackberries

    Bruny Island

    February 12 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 22 °C

    Headed over to Bruny Island for the day. You can only get there by the vehicle ferry.
    Bruny Island is about 360sq km in size, divided by a narrow, sandy isthmus known as the Neck, which is one of its key attractions.
    It is a food lovers paradise, with all its produce grown and made on the island. Beer, wine, whiskey, chocolate ,cheese, honey, oysters, salmon, and the list goes on.    Read more

  • Tania and Allan SimpsonSummer in TasmaniaTraveler
    Observatory
    4View looking down on HobartThe pinnacleThe pinnacle on top of Mount WellingtonTop of the mountain

    Mount Wellington

    February 12 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    Once we got back from our day on Bruny Island, we decided a trip up Mt Wellington would finish the day off nicely. And we weren't disappointed in the decision!! More 👌 moments.
    Mount Wellington lies directly behind Hobart and is the city's dominant feature. It is 1,270 meters high and was formed during the Permian, Triassic, and Jurassic ages.Read more

  • Tania and Allan SimpsonSummer in TasmaniaTraveler
    The Tasmanian Devil is the largest living carnivorous marsupial in the world.
    Approx 30cm tall and weighing up to 14 kgs.Cape Barren GeeseBaby having breakfastSkippyThe Penitentiary. Between 1830 and 1877, 12,500 convicts served their time at Port Arthur.The peninsula on which Port Arthur is located is a naturally secure site,being surrounded by waterReligion was an integral part of the convict experience at Port Arthur .Guard Tower. All bricks, for all buildings, were made onsite by the convicts The Asylum was the last major structure to be built at Port Arthur before it closed in 18773 stoogesEnjoying the sunTook a detour to view the Eaglehawk Neck Blowhole, but sadly it was low tideDrunken Admiral seafood restaurantBeer Battered Prawns at the Drunken AdmiralPrawn linguine at the Drunken Admiral

    Port Arthur and Unzoo

    February 13 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 22 °C

    Big day today, 97km drive to Port Arthur, and on the way, we stopped at Unzoo.
    PORT ARTHUR
    A brutal penal colony located on the Tasman Peninsula, Port Arthur, was home for many of Australia's early convicts.
    UNZOO
    The "wildlife without cages" Tasmanian Devil Unzoo is a global leader in shaping the way zoos can evolve in the 21st century.
    The bush animals are wild and come and go as they wish. There are no boundary fences, cages, or aviaries.    Read more

  • Tania and Allan SimpsonSummer in TasmaniaTraveler
    The exterior of Mona
    Moana museum is dug into a sandstone cliff and is 17 meters underground.This is art !!!The penis roomA small selection of an art display of 76 vaginas.One of many tunnels undergroundThe Poo machineA rug that appears to ooze out into a massive puddle.Iron Lacework Truck ArtA sign at Mona Museum.2Outside of the museum.Cascade Brewery is a brewery established in 1824 in South HobartOur rental in front of the large tanks at Cascade Brewery

    MONA.... museum of old and new art

    February 14 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    Spent the morning at the MONA Museum. A very strange and unusual place.
    Described by its owner David Walsh as a “subversive adult Disneyland”, MONA is Australia's largest private museum and one of the most controversial private collections of modern art and antiquities in the world..David Walsh, the owner, made his fortune by developing a gambling system used to bet on horse racing and other sports.

    After Mona, we went for a beautiful lunch at Cascade Brewery    Read more

  • Tania and Allan SimpsonSummer in TasmaniaTraveler
    View from our Spring Bay accommodation
    Maria IslandRose and Allan hunting for Black Berries againAnother view of Maria Island from the beachA little Wallaby turned up on our front lawn.2What's that over there?

    Spring Beach & Maria Island

    February 15 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 12 °C

    From our accommodation we get a very beautiful view of Maria island. Maria Island has had a mixed history, including two convict eras, two industrial eras, a farming era, and finally becoming the national park that it is today.Read more

  • Tania and Allan SimpsonSummer in TasmaniaTraveler
    The bridge was built by convicts in the 19th century on the east coast of Tassie 7.5km from Swansea
    Bicheno BlowholeLobster shack restaurant viewLobster shackLobster ShackBicheno accommodation for 2 nights1View from the house. Also we are next door to the pub.Boys sorting a salad for tea

    Bicheno

    February 16 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 13 °C

    With its fishing port, Bicheno is a magnet for seafood lovers. And plenty more natural wonders await bushwalkers just a short drive away at Douglas-Apsley National Park and Freycinet National Park

  • Tania and Allan SimpsonSummer in TasmaniaTraveler
    Lounge area of our 5 bedroom home in St Helens. Stunning views of St Helens harbor
    An amazing shop quite literally in the middle of the bush. With a large range of antiquesWent to view the Peron dunes, they don't compare with NZ's Te Paki sand dunes.Binalong BayLarge Granite rocks covered in orange LichenBay of Fires1Bay of FiresDifferent view from the bay of fires.The azure water and the white sand was very impressive12The size of these oysters was hugeAllan in his happy place.Rose doing a taste test.After the bay of fires we took a drive out to the pub in the paddock for lunchAfter the pub lunch and just down the road, was this place2Cows are being milked by robotic milkers.

    St Helens / Bay of Fires

    February 18 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    We spent 2 nights here. St Helens is the largest town on the north-east coast of Tasmania, on Georges Bay. It is known as the game fishing capital of Tasmania and is also renowned for its oysters. It is located on the Tasman Highway, about 160 km east of Tasmania's second largest city, Launceston.Read more

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    Track to waterfall was closed due to a tree falling over, but the locals said it would be fine.
    1This looks like a NZ bush walkSt Columba Falls

    St Columbia Falls

    February 20 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    St. Columba Falls is one of Tasmania's tallest waterfalls, with a waterfall drop of over 90 meters. Situated approximately 30km's west of St. Helens, with easy access from the A3 Highway, with a turn off to Pyengana, St. Columba Falls is one of Tasmania's favourite waterfalls to visit. Just a shame the day we went there wasn't a lot of water.Read more

  • Tania and Allan SimpsonSummer in TasmaniaTraveler
    This accommodation looks like an adult sized doll house from the exterior. Our door is on the left.
    The entrance to our appointment was from the carpark.Allan and Snow cooked us all a roast chicken dinner and apple pie from apples we picked off a tree.2Master bedroomFoyer. Up the stairs are 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Door on left of stairs is kitchen, living etcKitchenBalcony with bbq, etc, and automatic opening doorsGrindelwald, a tourist Swiss village. This was a big let down!!Grindelwald tourist village.This amazing shop is in LatrobeThis shop is a kids paradiseThe disco toilet at the toy shopHow many men does it take to change a tyre??

    Launceston and Day Trips

    February 21 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    We arrived at our Launceston accommodation, and we were blowen away with the property and proximity to town, so we decided to stay 4 nights instead of 2 and will travel from here and do day trips. Our day trips included the Grindelwald Village, Latrobe, and Devonport. On the way back to Launceston from Devonport, we had a tyre blowout.Read more

  • Tania and Allan SimpsonSummer in TasmaniaTraveler
    George town had quite a few tree sculptures and metal sculptures around the town.
    Lovely lunch in this old pub in George town.Allan collecting oysters again and even feeding some Queenslanders holidaying in TasmaniaLow Head Lighthouse was the 3rd lighthouse to be constructed in Australia.An old queenslander. Used to be the lighthouse keepers home. Now a BnB in Low HeadLittle penguin up near the lighthouseBATMAN BRIDGEBuilt between 1966 & 1968, it was the first cable-stayed bridge in Australia, the span is 206m long.

    Launceston to George Bay and Low Head

    February 23 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

    Late start this morning as we didn't want to drive anywhere without a spare tyre after the day befores blowout. After ringing Hertz, we were told to take the van out to the Launceston airport, and they would swap the van for another, as no one is open on a Sunday to replace the tyre in Launceston.Read more

  • Tania and Allan SimpsonSummer in TasmaniaTraveler
    The red bridge in Campbell Town. Built by convicts and used 1,250,000 handmade bricks.
    Built in 1838 using penal labour, it is the oldest surviving brick arch bridge in Australia.The trail of bricks is dedicated to the nearly 200,000 convicts who were transported to Australia.It's very sad to read these convicts' stories.Nowadays, you get a slap on the hand.Ross Town Bridge. Built by convictsThe Ross Methodist Church built in 1885Callington Mill is a Lincolnshire tower mill built in 1837 in Oatlands, Tasmania.A humble 2 bedroom cottage that was home to the miller. The cottage was situated close to the mill.third oldest windmill in the continent ,which makes it one of Tasmania's major tourist attractionsJust a sample of the beautiful stone buildings in OatlandsAfter dinner, some of us decided to have a wander around the marina in the Salamanca area.

    Road Trip from Launceston to Hobart

    February 24 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    Left Launceston and started our trip back to Hobart today. We had plenty of stops along the way, visiting some beautiful little towns and learning about their history. Arrived in Hobart late afternoon, unpacked the van, and moved into our apartment. Then, we walked to the Salamanca area for tea.Read more

  • Tania and Allan SimpsonSummer in TasmaniaTraveler
    2nd task. Find a playground and have a swing.
    Snow hurt his back so Allan offered to do sock duty.After following the card directions of L&R turns & follow blue cars & white cars, we ended up here.Next task. Google the word lake and head to the 1st lake on the list. Risdon Brook Dam

    Last 2 days in Hobart

    February 25 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    After a horrible night in our accommodation, we made the decision to move out. Luckily, we got a refund for the 2 nights we didn't stay.
    Took a drive out to Glenorchy to do a bit of shopping. Then, we decided to play a card driving game called getting lost, which took us to places we would have never seen.Read more

  • Tania and Allan SimpsonSummer in TasmaniaTraveler
    Getting ready to go underground
    Steps going down deep into the caveStalactites hang from the ceiling of a cave while stalagmites grow from the cave floor.Tour guide placed a torch onto this stalagmiteThe floor of the cave was like marbleThis place is mind-blowing.1This area was called the white cathedralBush walk leading away from the cavesBeautifully maintained tracks in the forestAnother short walk we accomplished before heading home to Hobart for the last nightAfter the Caves, come back to the 28deg thermal pools

    Hastings Caves State Reserve

    February 26 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    Last day today and we all agreed that this was the highlight of our trip. This was definitely a WOW moment.
    We drove approximately 125km south of Hobart to reach the cave.
    The inside temp was 9deg, and there were about 500 steps in the cave.
    Newdegate Cave is the largest dolomite tourist cave in Australia. Its vast chambers began to form more than 40 million years ago.    Read more

  • Tania and Allan SimpsonSummer in TasmaniaTraveler
    Stock run down Exchange St. Re enacting the history of the stockyards.
    Part of the old cattle yardsBull riding and rodeo shows are held here.Famous stars line the streets.John Wayne's actual horses and dog from his films.Handprints at Billy Bobs. Billy Bobs is the largest honky-tonk in the world. ( BAR)

    2nd Day in Fort Worth @ Stockyards

    June 13 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    Full day wandering around the stockyards in Fort Worth. If you want cowboys and the true Western experience, this is the place to come.

    The Fort Worth Stockyards is a National Historic District that was once the largest livestock market in the United States. It was established in 1887 when local businessmen chartered the Union Stock Yards to handle the growing cattle trade. The Stockyards reached its peak in 1944 when it processed over 5 million head of livestock. However, the decline of the railroad and the rise of the trucking industry led to a decrease in business at the Stockyards, and it eventually closed in 1971. Today, the Stockyards is a popular tourist destination that hosts the world's only twice-daily cattle drive.Read more

    Trip end
    February 27, 2025
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