Beach Road Cottage, Lindisfarne (photo on left) was our home for our week in Tasmania. Lindisfarne is a lovely tranquil place with a little marina (which I could see from my bed!) We all loved Tasmania! It reminded us a lot of the UK in some ways as it was very green, lots of hills, mountains and lakes and the temperature is a lot cooler than we have come to expect in Australia!We heard that it rarely gets above about 23 or 24 degrees and is often a lot cooler and rains a lot! However, while we have been here we have had mostly sunny days and the last two days hit te
mperatures of 26 and 32 degrees! The locals are all saying this is most unusual! We were quite
happy about it though as never expected to be able to wear our shorts in Tasmania! We hired a car for a couple of days to do some sightseeing up and down the east coast. The scenery was fabulous all the way, in particular Wineglass Bay (so called because it's shaped like a wineglass!) and Remarkable Cave, whose opening (as you may be able to see from the photo) is shaped like the outline of Tasmania itself! Pretty cool hey?!
Although I would be more impressed to see one with an opening shaped like the map of the UK! Now that would be truly remarkable!
Now of course you can't visit Tasmania without seeing their most famous resident (although now in danger of becoming extinct) - the famous Tassie Devil! Not as scary as you might think as their name only comes from the s
ound they make, not their behaviour. Apparently the early settlers heard them howling (which being nocturnal creatures would be at night!) and thought there were devils and demons about - hence the name "Tasmani
an Devil!" Poor little Tassie Devils - totally misunderstood! We saw them at a wildlife conservation park where one of the rangers told us all about them and how they are trying to save them from becoming extinct. We also met Pixie the wombat at the wildlife park! How cute is she?!! She had been hand raised from a baby but would be reintroduced into the wild when old enough. The ranger t
old us that the great thing about raising a wombat is that when they are young they love company and contact with humans so you can stroke and cuddle them as much as you want to! This doesn't affect their return to the wild because when they get to a certain age they totally change and become much more distant and want their isolation and make it very clear that they are ready to leave and be on their own. (Click on the p
icture of Pixie with the ranger to see it at a bigger size and just look at the expression on her face! She is absolutely loving being cuddled isn't she?!) We also met Banjo the koala! Have seen lots of koalas now but still get a kick out of being up close to them!
(JK for the K Team)
Beach Road Cottage, Lindisfarne (photo on left) was our home for our week in Tasmania. Lindisfarne is a lovely tranquil place with a little marina (which I could see from my bed!) We all loved Tasmania! It reminded us a lot of the UK in some ways as it was very green, lots of hills, mountains and lakes and the temperature is a lot cooler than we have come to expect in Australia!We heard that it rarely gets above about 23 or 24 degrees and is often a lot cooler and rains a lot! However, while we have been here we have had mostly sunny days and the last two days hit te
mperatures of 26 and 32 degrees! The locals are all saying this is most unusual! We were quite 
happy about it though as never expected to be able to wear our shorts in Tasmania! We hired a car for a couple of days to do some sightseeing up and down the east coast. The scenery was fabulous all the way, in particular Wineglass Bay (so called because it's shaped like a wineglass!) and Remarkable Cave, whose opening (as you may be able to see from the photo) is shaped like the outline of Tasmania itself! Pretty cool hey?! 
Although I would be more impressed to see one with an opening shaped like the map of the UK! Now that would be truly remarkable!
Now of course you can't visit Tasmania without seeing their most famous resident (although now in danger of becoming extinct) - the famous Tassie Devil! Not as scary as you might think as their name only comes from the s
ound they make, not their behaviour. Apparently the early settlers heard them howling (which being nocturnal creatures would be at night!) and thought there were devils and demons about - hence the name "Tasmani
an Devil!" Poor little Tassie Devils - totally misunderstood! We saw them at a wildlife conservation park where one of the rangers told us all about them and how they are trying to save them from becoming extinct. We also met Pixie the wombat at the wildlife park! How cute is she?!! She had been hand raised from a baby but would be reintroduced into the wild when old enough. The ranger t
old us that the great thing about raising a wombat is that when they are young they love company and contact with humans so you can stroke and cuddle them as much as you want to! This doesn't affect their return to the wild because when they get to a certain age they totally change and become much more distant and want their isolation and make it very clear that they are ready to leave and be on their own. (Click on the p
icture of Pixie with the ranger to see it at a bigger size and just look at the expression on her face! She is absolutely loving being cuddled isn't she?!) We also met Banjo the koala! Have seen lots of koalas now but still get a kick out of being up close to them! (JK for the K Team)
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