Around Launceston

 Our last few days in Tasmania were spent in and around Launceston. The place we stayed, Old Mac's Farm, was great and a perfect example how to run a business. Old Mac converted his property into a self-contained vehicle campsite with dams for fishing, alpacas and lots of flat, grassy sites. He even built a restaurant on site which he leases to a local farmer for fresh and local cooking. They do a great campers breakfast which we had one morning as well as delicious local strawberries.

We visited the macaque monkeys in City Park in Launceston and rode the chairlift at Cataract Gorge. Upon driving north to Beauty Point we found, a little bit unusually on the pier, a platypus and echidna sanctuary right next door to Seahorse World.

And of course, the moment you've all been waiting for, our last Tasmanian stop* was Liffey Falls. The verdict from us is divided about whether these or Russell are better falls. Dylan and I fall on the Liffey side - they are possibly not as immediately spectacular as Russell, but the series of beautiful falls culminating in the big ones in a very peaceful section won the two of us over. Our verdict is deadlocked so you'll just have to visit yourselves and decide!

 

*Actually, that was a lie, our very last stop was a return visit to the raspberry farm for more sampling of the divine choc-coated raspberries. We just couldn't resist!!