Launceston and home.

 Arriving in Launceston I walked to the City Park, which was just down from my hotel and was intrigued to find a Macaque monkey enclosure there.  I headed towards the Boags brewery hoping for a tour. Unfortunately they were closed so I continued to head to the river. It was a pleasant stroll although it was a very muddy river - I did see a lonesome dolphin. There is obviously a tidal problem here as there were many signs about the mud. When the tide is out most boats are stranded and high tide is 3m higher so you have to pick your time to move. I went on a short boat excursion into the Cataract Gorge.

In the afternoon I had a walk around the Cataract Gorge reserve.

I had to head back to Davenport for my evening ferry and headed to Deloraine and wandered around looking at some of their sculpture trail.

I then went for a very nice lunch at Christmas Hills Raspberry farm - delicious food and lots of raspberry products.

It was then on to Devonport.

I erred on the side of caution, after chatting to a chemist, and took a seasick tablet! I was in a recliner chair and actually slept a lot better.

The trip home was long! Left Melbourne just after 6am and arrived home around 4:30 pm - with stops for nanny naps, food and petrol!

Had a wonderful time in Tassie and will return.

On to Launceston

 A half hour drive took me to the Bruny Island ferry. It was easy boarding and 20 mins later arrived.

Had a good going from one end of island to the other. I must admit that, although it was  beautiful, I did get sick of driving down dirt roads!!

The next day saw me heading to a different ferry - this one was to take me to Marìa Island. It was a 30 min ferry ride, accompanied by dolphins for a while. Stepping off the ferry was like being in another world - the water was so clear and the sand so white. There were a number of walks on the island and although the day started bright sunny and warm within a few hours that all changed! The rain was torrential and there was nowhere to shelter under cover! The best thing about the rain was that the wombats came out to feed. There were lots of the and the cutest was a mother and baby. The pademelons  were also out and about.  There were three major downpours and unfortunately the temperature dropped, the thunder rolled and everyone was soaked! There were no shops, cafes etc on the island so you had to carry everything you needed. The rain continued to come down and the ferry ride back was interesting!!

Tuesday was a drive through, almost different countries first place was Richmond     (England?), then to Oatlands ( Netherlands?) finally I reached Launceston. Plenty of hills to walk here.