After a super-fast 31/2 hour flight from Perth we arrived in Launceston Airport and picked up our hire car and headed off to Aaron and Tara’s place in Ulverstone. We were lucky to get a good exchange rate 1 Australian Dollar to 1 Tasmanian Dollar. It’s been about six years since we had caught up and Luke and Aria had certainly changed.
Our AirB&B in Penguin (our home for the next nine nights) was small but comfortable for two old people. Situated in a rural area on the edge of town it was peaceful and relaxing.
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| A nice rainbow for Luke |
Over the next week Aaron and Tara took us everywhere around the Ulverstone/Devonport/Burnie areas.
I am going to miss some but to name a few:
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| Penguin burrow |
Sheffield, Mt Rolland, Reliquiae in Latrobe, Penguins at sunset at Doctors Rocks, Trout fishing (caught my first Brown Trout – tick the bucket list), Leven Canyon (pronounced Levin) – where Linda climbed a mountain with Aaron, more Trout fishing (we are Britton’s 😊), dinner at Pedro’s Seafood, and breakfast at Doulton Café.
Linda also put a dent in the Tasmanian economy with over $500 won in Keno at the local Sport and Recreation Club.
In this busy schedule I was also able to catch up with my other Tassie based son – Joshua, my eight-year-old granddaughter Olivia, my grandson William (both who I have never seen), and Olivia’s/William’s mum Cassie. Been a long time and was great to catch up.
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| Stanley |
On a miserable and rainy-day Linda and I decided to head west to Smithtown and Stanley. I was very impressed with Stanley with the town nestled around a huge block of rock (called the Nut).
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| Two Granddaughters! |
Although our B&B was small, we did manage a couple of sleep overs for the grand-kids. Luke (the quiet one), and Aria and Olivia (the not so quiet ones 😊) stayed on separate nights. It was great to have the grandies stay over.
Fantastic time - thanks to Aaron and Tara for looking after us and Aaron taking time off work to take us everywhere!
Small video is HERE
