We booked to site 40 which we had prearranged. A lovely large site with the power/water on the right side of the van for hook-up. We did a little bit of shopping in Launceston during the afternoon and took care of Tim & Steph's cabin booking . We upgraded to a slightly large caravan for them to give Tim a bit more room.
We enjoyed a nice dinner with them that night. The weather had turned and was windy, cold, and raining!
Thursday we joined Tim & Steph and took a return trip to Beaconsfield to tour the Historic Mine Exhibit. The mine museum was very informative and the section about the mine accident was quite emotional. There were several other sections to the museum describing the local area and history with lots of hands on exhibits. As you can see we all had a bit of fun with these! Definitely recommended if in the area.
We took a drive over to George Town for lunch at the Pier Hotel. After lunch we had planned to return to Beaconsfield to do the Sea Horse and Platypus shows. The weather was still not good as we would have been pushing against time to complete both so decided to do a quick tour of Low Head and George Town with the kids.
We did the lighthouse again before a quick trip to the George Mountain Lookout. It was cold and miserable with strong winds. We quickly returned to the safety and warmth of the rental car before the rain hit. The night was very windy again with rain which was a bit disappointing.
Friday was Stephanie's 28th birthday and we had lunch planned at a gluten free restaurant in Launceston. Before that we headed North again to take in the two shows we had missed yesterday. We missed a turn on the way so the kids got a bit more of an indoctrination into Tasmanian roads with lots of hills and turns.
We made it on time for the 10AM show at the Platypus/Echidna centre. Luckily we were the only 4 there so got lots of up close time with both the platypus in their tanks and the Echidna which wandered freely amongst us. Very interesting to see both of these creatures up close.
We went straight from here to the Sea Horse exhibit next door for the 11AM show. This was a very interesting show with several different species of sea horse on display. The centre also functions as a commercial farm for one species of sea horse. Was quite informative to see how they progressed from day old babies to full grown commercial size sea horse.
The last stage of the show was a mixture of several different Australian sea animals on display. There was quite a large tank where you could touch/hold various sea creatures including sea horse. A variety of other species were also on display.
Once we completed this show we headed straight back into Launceston for our lunch reservation at Samuel Pepys Café. This is a 100% gluten free restaurant which is quite unique. We all enjoyed a lovely lunch. To top it off we stopped at a Gluten Free bakery and picked up some baking and meat pies for dinner.
The weather was still miserable so we took the kids for a visit to The Tramway Museum. Very interesting even a second time for Sandra and I.
We enjoyed a nice evening with the kids at their caravan. We enjoyed our meat pies and some dessert to celebrate Steph's birthday. I think the kids have decided caravan life is not for them unless they change considerably in the future. The only place Tim could stand up fully was in the two roof hatches.
The weather was poor for their visit but we still enjoyed our time together with lots of laughs and good food. They headed off Saturday morning after breakfast to return their rental car and fly home from Launceston.
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