Tasmanian Highlights (went in April, during Easter break)
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I went with my housemate & a neighbour who attends Richmond AOG to Tasmania in April. We flew in to Launceston, collected our rented car Hertz and explored some of the natural beauty in national parks around the area, before driving down to Hobart, which is the capital city of the Australian state. I'm just soooooo glad to be able to visit Tasmania, as it was a place I've been wanting to visit for years!!! Reminds me of NZ, with its wonderful natural beauty that God has endowed the land with...
Bridestowe Lavender Farm - pancakes with lavender and blueberry ice-cream (scrumptious!)
Heritage B&B we stayed in Launceston
Towards Freycinet National Park
Wineglass Bay @ Freycinet National Park - Can you see the curve of the wineglass?
Sunset at a beach in Freycinet National Park
Hobart - Love, love, love Salamanca Market! So much to see, buy & eat!!
Hobart - Had my second oyster fix @ Barilla Bay Oyster Farm (the first was enroute to Freycinet National Park - the fresh oysters were delish, plus we had a whole bucket of mussels & clams then). The first pic below shows Barilla Bay's signature oyster shooters, which is basically vodka, tomato juice (tobasco sauce as well maybe?), some seasoning / herbs, plus 1 huge fresh oyster, & the way to drink it is to gulp it down in one gulp. The second pic shows oysters cooked in different ways... shiok!
Hobart - A 'golliwog' stop in the very English village of Richmond
Hobart - Visited Mt Wellington, just minutes away from the city of Hobart (that's the amazing thing I love about Tasmania, so much natural beauty in and near the cities & towns... first a gorge in Launceston, now a mountain!)
this is the view of the Hobart I had while having breakfast, and we were even not near the mountain's summit!)
View from the summit - check out the clouds which were below us
Hobart - Port Arthur, which used to be a convict settlement, now fallen into ruins and turned into a memorial. The serene beauty of the surroundings is quite ironic, when you think of how these same surroundings (the tall trees, hills & waters) were actually barriers to escape. Even if the convicts were able to escape the four walls of their prison cell, how do they cross the hills and ford the waters without food & water for days? Quite an evocative place...
Bridestowe Lavender Farm - pancakes with lavender and blueberry ice-cream (scrumptious!)
Heritage B&B we stayed in Launceston
Towards Freycinet National Park
Wineglass Bay @ Freycinet National Park - Can you see the curve of the wineglass?
Sunset at a beach in Freycinet National Park
Hobart - Love, love, love Salamanca Market! So much to see, buy & eat!!
Hobart - Had my second oyster fix @ Barilla Bay Oyster Farm (the first was enroute to Freycinet National Park - the fresh oysters were delish, plus we had a whole bucket of mussels & clams then). The first pic below shows Barilla Bay's signature oyster shooters, which is basically vodka, tomato juice (tobasco sauce as well maybe?), some seasoning / herbs, plus 1 huge fresh oyster, & the way to drink it is to gulp it down in one gulp. The second pic shows oysters cooked in different ways... shiok!
Hobart - A 'golliwog' stop in the very English village of Richmond
Hobart - Visited Mt Wellington, just minutes away from the city of Hobart (that's the amazing thing I love about Tasmania, so much natural beauty in and near the cities & towns... first a gorge in Launceston, now a mountain!)
this is the view of the Hobart I had while having breakfast, and we were even not near the mountain's summit!)
View from the summit - check out the clouds which were below us
Hobart - Port Arthur, which used to be a convict settlement, now fallen into ruins and turned into a memorial. The serene beauty of the surroundings is quite ironic, when you think of how these same surroundings (the tall trees, hills & waters) were actually barriers to escape. Even if the convicts were able to escape the four walls of their prison cell, how do they cross the hills and ford the waters without food & water for days? Quite an evocative place...
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