Brenda and Kemm's travels

Cradle Mountain

A very cool climate alpine region so lots of changing weather – one minute the sky was blue then a few minutes later it was cold and drizzly. Drove down to the visitor centre and purchased a National parks pass then took the free shuttle bus about 20 minutes down …

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Arrive in Launceston

Made it! Got the 8.40am flight out of Melbourne, arrived in Launceston, collected the hire car and headed up to the Tamar Valley where we were staying. Tamar Valley Retreat is located right on the Tamar River and has 2 lovely cottages, fully self contained of course. It was unfortunate …

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Tasmania here we come

Early morning start for our flight to Melbourne, a wait in Melbourne then on to Launceston. Oops – didn’t quite turn out that way – flew to Launceston alright but the airport was fogged in so aircraft came straight back to Melbourne. We had already waited around for that flight …

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