Author Archives: Marg

After all the sadness around Marg’s death, we had a chance to rebuild our positive energy with a visit to Australia by my niece Justine, Robert and their two lovely daughters Lucy and Holly.  We had a family gathering on … Continue reading →

We arrived at Kelso In the Tamar Valley near the mouth of the Tamar River to spend two days, before we had to move on to Ulverstone.  Now that we are at Kelso, had we known, we could have booked … Continue reading →

We arrived here on Sunday, taking a short drive from White Beach.  St Helens is a much more ‘touristy’ town, with a main strip of shops, a good supermarket, but in Tassie you don’t see the large shopping centres that … Continue reading →

Before arriving at Freycinet, we had a few leisurely days, which was just as well as I had a few health problems.  On one of my better days, we had lunch at Steward’s Bay Resort.  This was an amazing place, … Continue reading →

As mentioned, we are at White Beach.  Previously we were in Southern Tasmania and to get to South East Tasmania, we had to go back through Huonville, Hobart, then come down again.  The distances are not that far, but a … Continue reading →

We are way down south and Telstra hasn’t discovered the place yet!  (I think they have, but it wasn’t working while we were here.)  My iiNet was too slow for photos in the blog, so the blog has had to … Continue reading →

We went to the Southern Forests, where we did the Tahune Airwalk.  This amazing structure has been built by Forestry Tasmania. This region is described as having ‘deep soils and high rainfall, producing the tallest flowering plant in the world; … Continue reading →

Sorry for the delay in writing about our next stop, but a lot has happened since we arrived in the beautiful Huon Valley. On arrival, we made the decision to pay a bit more and have a site that backed … Continue reading →

Will we go to MONA, or won’t we go to MONA?  That is the question!  The answer – yes.  So, Monday, we set off for the Gallery that has the nation divided! We have our head sets, our iPod and … Continue reading →

Friday, we had lunch at the Coal Valley Winery – extremely fresh crumbed flathead fillets, salsa verde and a salad of rocket, fennel, mixed green leaves, julienned apple, with segmented orange.  Chardonnay was expensive, but delicious. On Saturday, enjoying the … Continue reading →