Day 26
Today we were back on the road again. We travelled from Strahan to Devonport.
Strahan
to Devonport
No photo’s taken , we were too busy
concentrating on the road, it was a long winding road with little opportunity
to stop until we reached the coast.
Day
27
Stanley, Wynyard and Penguin
This morning we did a bit of exploring
along the north west, of Tasmania again it was fabulous to drive a road were
you could see the ocean most of the time and when the ocean was out of view we
could see the gorgeous green rolling hills and rich red soil. We decided to head straight for Stanley. I decided to torture Marc a little bit and
dragged him out to Highfields historic home.
Highfields was built in 1832, for Edward Curr the Chief agent for the
Van Diemen’s land company. It is a
lovely regency style home. The house is
still in the process of being renovated, but it was lovely and the Tasmanian
parks and wildlife service has done a lovely job with what had been done so
far.
Highfields
Part
of the Kitchen in Highfields
This
Rooster looked pretty contented
Stanley itself is a really lovely little
town, full of lovely little historic buildings, we caught the chair lift up to
the top of the nut, and walked around it’s perimeter looking at the gorgeous
coastline.
The
nut as seen from the window at Highfields house
Stanley
from the Nut
The gorgeous
coastline around Stanley
We had a lovely lunch at the Stanley Hotel
then headed east to Wynyard where we visited the Tulip farm where I had a ball
taking lot’s of photo’s
The
tulips
The
gorgeous rich red soil of northwestern Tasmania.
After the tulip farm we had a look around
Wynyard and followed the coast road through Penguin and Ulverstone.
It was a great day, and Miss S and I stood
and watched the spirit of Tasmania sai out of Devonport in the evening.
We are a little sad that we will be on her
in two nights time sailing home and our holiday would be over.
Catch you later
The Knights
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