..... I've said to the Old Girl many times in the past never believing she would do so.
We are staying in Launceston Tasmania for three nights in an old convent. It is in large grounds that still houses a magnificent church (church bells waking us up this Sunday morning) and there are several 'churchy' buildings on the grounds.
The convent is magnificent, built in the early 1880's and has lots of old things in it (other than us) and has rooms with really high ceilings. This is counter-balanced with modern things like WiFi so I can write this blog in bed on the iPad.
The room we are in must have been inhabited ( pun intended) by a nun, maybe the Mother Superior a s it is large with a sweeping view of the town.
We are off for a river cruise today. It's good to see the Old Girl getting into holiday mode as she has been working pretty hard recently.
We are in Tasmania for 9 days enough time to see some of the East coast.
THE CURMUDGEON
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6 comments:
at least you should be safe from those Tasmanian devils.
nice one Robert.
I think that there were plenty of devils in the Catholic Church though so I bet that these walls could tell some stories.
Enjoy your break, old boy.
Looking forward to pics on the blog. I've always hankered after exploring Tasmania. Does it have a different feel from mainland Oz? Stunning national park forests ... are you tramping in any?
Tasmania is great.
There are several National parks with great walks.
We have been here for 8 days and have seen just a bit of it.
We walked on some of the freycinet Peninsular walks (hard going but enjoyable).
We didn't have enough time to go to Cradle Mountain national park on the West but will do that next time we visit.
In Hobart we went to Momo art gallery - gob-smacking.
Will post pics on blogs when I'm home
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