Tasmania

We did lots of walking and then decided to do some more driving. Marilyn had told us about the small village of Ross. We arrived and parked in front of an old hotel and walked around the village. One of the places we came to was an old female prison area. We could walk in some buildings. Notice how worn the steps are.

On the outskirts of town was another bridge, built by the convicts.
Their sentence in Australia was not an easy one.

Interestingly enough, at our stop in Launceston, we stayed at
the Ross Bakery Inn. Below is a stairway in the front lobby.
Many ovens and reminders of the bakery are visible. We stayed in the
family suite above the stable.

We were very much in the centre of town and so we walked
to the Gorge walkway. It was very well developed so as not to be
too strenuous.

There was a suspension bridge there as well.

It is also the site of the longest single span chairlift.

Here is the exterior view of the Ross Bakery Inn Hotel.

We came upon this little lizard without a tail. They will
leave their tail behind if confronted by a predator in hopes
the predator will go after the tail rather than the lizard.

On a walk around Dove Lake in the Cradle Mountain National
Park, we came upon a beautiful rainbow. The short walk here
was only 6 kilometers. It's amazing that we gained weight
on the trip.

We had a hitch hiker on our trip. Look closely at the taillight and
you will see a huge spider. Theranger said that it wasn't poisonous but it
sure was big. I hated the show 'Arachnophobia".

We did get to see a live wombat in this park as well. This
guy was not worried about Jannose walking up close to him to take
the picture.

Jannose also took this picture of the baby Wallaby.

We went to a Tamanian Devil Interpretative centre. We found out a
lot of information about them. They look very cute and huggable as long
as it's not feeding time or you infiltrate their space.

Then you get this reaction.

In Strahan, we went for a little snack and of course, had to buy
this Ginger Beer.

It went well with these all-dressed fish burgers. They contained:
a fried egg, pickled beets, fried onions, pickles, lettuce, tomato, cheese, pineapple.
I forced myself to eat it all. And then, we headed on a boat cruise
up the Gordon River. I bought a CD of some local musicians containing
stories and songs about the river.

Before going up the river, we made a dash out of the harbour to
the ocean. The captain wanted us to see how difficult it was to enter the
harbour. That's why I took this picture. We were on a twin
Catamaran so the ride was very smooth.

We came upon these circular traps. They are used for raising(farming)
salmon. Tasmania is noted for its salmon. I didn't realize it was farmed.
We had it on the buffet on the boat tour and it was fantastic. In the lower picture, the
salmon are being fed. One of our guides used to work on the salmon
farms and said that it was very difficult work. There were about 10 circular
nets just in this area alone.