Our last day in Tassie! Managed to almost get trapped in a parking lot on the way - missed the turn and tried to go through a parking lot to get on the right road but there was no exit - got to practice my reversing skills with much ridicule from the wife for getting myself in such a predicament. Probably the first of many chastisements to come. Had a great drive through to Beaconsfield - of trapped miners fame - and checked out the mine and heritage area located there. Found a small piece of the dilapidated structure to keep as a souvenir - at this rate we'll end up with a whole van full of shells, skulls and what nots to collect dust somewhere in the future! After Beaconsfield we headed to the Platypus/Echidna House and Seahorse World just up the road from the mine. These were great - we learned alot and saw some pretty cool creatures. I'm now a huge fan of seahorses - hope to see some in the wild when we get snorkeling again. We ended our drive in Devonport near the ferry terminal for tomorrow's departure. Tomorrow night we'll be at Wilson's Promontory back on the mainland in Victoria - not sure how it has gone so quick!
Hi Wade, Jen, Aidan, Cole and Piper
ReplyDeleteJust joined you guys as followers (sounds very religious!!) You didn't have to go all the way to Tassie to see Platypus - we have them in our creek plus an Echidna as of last night. Beatrice and Annabel think that the sand surfing would have been better on "Fat Boy" snow board - but seeing as we sold it to the towtruck driver on the way to Adelaide that might be tricky (ha ha). Hope you guys have all recovered from the "bug" and are having a great time.
Cheers - The Coddingtons