Sunday, February 9, 2014

“Come on Dover – move your bloomin’ arse!”

One must say the town of Dover in a very Eliza Doolittle accent, dont you know?! We combined our trip to Cockle Creek with a call in at the Thermal pool at the Hastings Caves. We didnt bother to go into the cave itself, having so recently seen the incredible Marakoopa Cave. We thought wed enjoy the 28-30C pool instead. It was lovely but also a little disappointing. The pool looked just like any council swimming pool, with blue painted concrete and paved edges. Aside from the knowledge that the warmth was provided naturally, there was nothing to indicate that it was a natural phenomenon. It was also a stinking hot day, which meant that, whilst it was lovely to swim, the water felt cold by comparison. LOL. Which was nice, but in the end I got a little too cold and was not too upset when closing time came around.

The next day we drove pretty much right back to where the pools were, but this time turned left instead of right and had a ride on the Ida Bay Railway. Its a wonderful trolley train, which goes right along the coastline and terminates at a gorgeous little beach. The train stays for about 20 minutes before heading back, but we had packed a picnic lunch and intended to wait for the next train. We had a wonderful time pottering around on the beach. The children and I made a sand sculpture and Dunc taunted the fish. Or I should say, the fish taunted Dunc by watching him cast lures at them and then swimming away!

We also called into the most gorgeous town of Geeveston. The information center was another incredibly interesting one, with activities for the kids and a resident artist for me. There were sculptures all through town, wonderful shops and the best bakery pies wed had in a long time – yumm!


It was a rather long drive from Dover to Port Arthur, so we tried to keep it interesting for the kids by stopping lots of places. We loved the Apple Museum, climbed all 259 steps up the Shot Tower in Kingston and rugged up like Antarctic personnel at the CSIRO Antarctic Division Visitors Centre.


We could not believe the weather! The forecast was for 23, but check out the screenshot that Duncan grabbed below: a low of 17 but a current temp of 11! Tasmania can be FREEZING at times! We also had a visit from the tooth fairy and I just had to include the pic of Lexie making herself comfy at our cabin at Port Arthur.





1 comment:

Unknown said...

Sach, you forgot a little blue line from Waratah to Cradle Mountain!!? Also... is that Lexie or Sach on the bed??? XXHV