It is 8.30am and we
leave to travel east along the coast through
Penguin go inland pausing to take in the view at Braddon's
Lookout. When passing through Devonport we catch a brief glimpse
through our bus windows, the vehicle ferry that connects Tasmania with
Melbourne. We stopped for morning tea at Latrobe and found streets busy and a bustling local
country market day. ![]() Our journey
continued to Ashgrove Farm Cheese factory ![]() ![]() A novel way of
advertising a product and also a valuable education learning
experience on the value of milk for health and economy
was when children competed to decorate the life-size cows given to
various schools. Their finished art was displayed at Ashdale
paddock entry and around the factory. The owner explained his
cheesemaking operation to us and we viewed maturing cheeses through store windows and taste the delicious end product. On to Deloraine, our lunch stop (can we handle it after all the cheese!) and we reflect our day so far! ![]()
While our cases
are taken to the Mercuri Hotel to be unloaded, we visit the Cataract Gorge where we found
lucky Launceston has a playground just 10 minutes walk out of
town. We are surrounded by rivers, a gorge and exotic flora and fauna and
enjoy a walk across the suspension bridge, see peacocks and our
more adventurous, take the chairlift from the carpark. The ride
is famous for
being the world’s longest single chairlift with a 308 metre central span
and a length of 457 metres, and gives an aerial view of the
Alexandra Suspension Bridge and Esk
River. |