#FAM2906 Day 06: To Launceston, Tassie!
We took an evening flight via Jetstar from Melbourne to Tassie, and arrived at Launceston Airport! Went to collect our rented car… without ...
We took an evening flight via Jetstar from Melbourne to Tassie, and arrived at Launceston Airport! Went to collect our rented car… without a GPS. Jo was supposed to bring her dad's over but before the trip it malfunctioned and so we wound up without a GPS in Tassie as the car rental company were not able to rent us one without pre-booking.
Luckily we had data so could use Google Maps to navigate, just that it will consume unnecessary data! But no choice, need to get to our accommodation right? Lol so just for one night lah. Not so bad. So we drove to our accommodation and only got to spend one night there before we had to check out the next morning. Which was kinda a pity cos the place was quite rustic and nice.
Anyway the roads in Tassie are like pitch dark okay. Like no street lamps at all. Only those light reflectors on/along the road so it was pretty scary driving… like you look in the rearview mirror and it's just DARK. Lol.
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| Our cozy 2-storey apartment! |
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Our accommodation compound. |
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| Breakfast! |
Made our way to Cataract Gorge after brekkie! That is where the world's longest chair lift is.
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| (Forever) My partner and I on the chairlift! |
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| Trekking up some hill... |
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| It was quite a workout for us! too weak lol |
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| On the suspension bridge |
Too bad the weather was kinda foggy so somehow the Cataract Gorge didn't look so gorgeous… Anyhow, we went to a honey farm from the gorge! They had free honey tastings which were so good but being a poor student I didn't buy anything haha. Just bought some honey roasted macadamia nuts for my landlord and housemate.
Decided to stop by the salmon farm, and met this cute resident dog over there named George! Super tame and adorable.
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| me and George! :D |
We spent too much time eating at the salmon farm and had to rushhhhhh our way for the cave tours. The sightseeing places in Tassie are so far from one another, it takes on average 2 -3 hours to drive from one place to the next. But thanks to Kang who was driving, her chiong skills brought us there just in the nick of time to join the last cave tour for the day.
Because it was winter, sun set at about 4.30 pm so it was turning dark by the time we were done with the caves tour. Set off for our accommodation for that night and it's this trailer cabin which is kinda cool! Lol no photos of it though.
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| "steamboat" for dinner in the superbly cold weather was very shiok! |
And that concludes our first day in Tassie!
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