In the morning Rod & I decided to be organised and get some things done: groceries, camp shop etc. So off we headed and decided to get the tyres rotated on the car, which meant our shopping trip was cut short and we were rushed to get the car to the tyre place by 10.30am (Mickey Mouse time)!
We did it. Rod stayed with the van and kids and packed up and I took the car and while it was getting done walked to Woolies and got groceries, oh and had a cappuccino from the free machine! (It wasn’t much chop)
We all left and thought we were heading for Beaconsfield however I was a little sus given we were in back streets. Karen (Shane & Jayne’s navman) was taking us to Cataract Gorge, which we were going to have a look at anyway. So we went to Cataract Gorge and had a look. It was very lovely. We didn’t feel the urge to do the walk around nor pay the money to do the chairlift. The kids however did enjoy the “inclinator”; a lift that goes up and down on an angle!
We left there and headed up the very scenic road which follows the Tamar River up towards Beaconsfield.
We went through the very iconic Beaconsfield Mine Museum. It was very informative and had other things in there like apple packing and tools of the trade; information on Batman Bridge and its construction and other old telephones. The good thing was there were two things that kept the kids interested. One – a find a hunt of animals around the museum and two – a lot of interactive sections for kids to have a play with, including telephones.
We bought some meat from the butcher’s and headed to Beauty Point, which was okay. Nothing to rave about.
We headed back to have a look at Batman Bridge and discovered that it was not a day use area but a free camp. So we set ourselves up and started up a campfire. It was great. We also saw a possum.
We were all off to bed.
For those of you who get coldsores, I sympathize with you. They are horrible, counting number 2 in the past month. Me and wind do not go well. Anyway update - the patches work really well.
Photos: Launceston, Beaconsfield and Batman Bridge
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