Tasmania??
Apr 29th 2008 | 8:01 pm
#1951
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Re: Tasmania??
Hi just been down to Hobart for a few days, we have got my partners parents with us so having to take them round the island!
Bridport is a small coastal town, if you look on the map we are very remote, nearest town is Scottsdale and that is small! Launceston is an hour away.
we like it, though I do get city cravings now and then (I am from Rotherham/Sheffield) but I find after a weekend away i'm ok again, like they say you can take a girl outta the city and all that
before we emigrated we lived in the peak district, my partner had lived there all his life so this is like a home from home to him.
we came out on a state sponsered visa and agreed to live here 2 yrs we reckon its a good place but it would be far too quiet for many. Great beaches, massive caravan park nice to come to for a holiday/long weekend
seems to have really good weather too. My partner got his dream job here so we decided to stay and rent for a bit but now we have bought our own house. Dont know if we will stay here forever but we would like to keep a property here.
I cannot remember Ulverstone I know i've been though it, but I do like it over on the north west coast. People here say its a lot colder over on that side but I reckon they probably say the same over on that side
Things are much closer together over there. I like Latrobe and Wynard on that side best thing to do is go looking in winter then you can find the cold spots.
Bridport is a small coastal town, if you look on the map we are very remote, nearest town is Scottsdale and that is small! Launceston is an hour away.
we like it, though I do get city cravings now and then (I am from Rotherham/Sheffield) but I find after a weekend away i'm ok again, like they say you can take a girl outta the city and all that
before we emigrated we lived in the peak district, my partner had lived there all his life so this is like a home from home to him.
we came out on a state sponsered visa and agreed to live here 2 yrs we reckon its a good place but it would be far too quiet for many. Great beaches, massive caravan park nice to come to for a holiday/long weekend
seems to have really good weather too. My partner got his dream job here so we decided to stay and rent for a bit but now we have bought our own house. Dont know if we will stay here forever but we would like to keep a property here.I cannot remember Ulverstone I know i've been though it, but I do like it over on the north west coast. People here say its a lot colder over on that side but I reckon they probably say the same over on that side
Things are much closer together over there. I like Latrobe and Wynard on that side
best thing to do is go looking in winter then you can find the cold spots.Hi Possums.. Hope you're enjoying having family over for a while - are they staying for long? I thought Bridport might be small when i was looking at the map - didnt realise it was an hour away from Launceston though. Must be very different from where you grew up! I too think that every now and then i would miss a big city - as much as i moan about them over here - i do like a bit of hustle and bustle occasionally.
What does your partner do in Bridport? and do you work? I'm probably being very nosey - but am always interested in other people!
Cathy
Apr 29th 2008 | 8:07 pm
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No, it's the West Coast that is cold and very damp in Winter. The North-West is milder, especially by the seaside. The further inland you go, the cooler it gets. It usually hovers around 12 - 15 degrees celsius in Winter during the day.
I used to live in Launceston, and that is far colder in Winter, being inland. Getting down to -4 overnight.
Hobart can get damn cold in Winter as well. I used to live there! I remember one Winter taking my daughter (When she was a toddler) out during the day it was only 2 degrees and I'd rugged her up so much, that when I went to put her in her car seat she was so stiff she could barely bend to sit in it.
I used to live in Launceston, and that is far colder in Winter, being inland. Getting down to -4 overnight.
Hobart can get damn cold in Winter as well. I used to live there! I remember one Winter taking my daughter (When she was a toddler) out during the day it was only 2 degrees and I'd rugged her up so much, that when I went to put her in her car seat she was so stiff she could barely bend to sit in it.
I dont know why but i imagined if you lived right on the coast then it would be colder than living inland a bit - i thought perhaps because of the wind? I remember even when we went in November last year to Hobart that it was a bit fresh by the water of an evening.... The denim jacket i'd brought with me definitely wasn't sufficient - I stood outside Mures waiting for Andy to get our car with my teeth chattering! I could definitely tell it was much cleaner air than what we have here though...
Dont think the damp would bother me too much - used to it here - i've just returned from taking my daughter to school and it's damp, raining and miserable here today!
Apr 29th 2008 | 9:31 pm
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Sounds similar to AQWA in Perth with the sharks etc - although i think they didn't have quite so many there when we went last year..
Kids love that kind of place dont they.... Eden likes aquariums - she always finds it her mission to try and find "Nemo" amongst the fish!
At AQWA they had an open tank outside where she got to hold starfish etc...although it wasn't her 1st time - once when she was 18months old we were swimming at a lagoon in Olu Deniz in Turkey and she called me over....She was holding something in her hand that she'd picked up out of the water and it was a starfish! Should have seen the look on my face as i thought she had a shell or something!
Apr 29th 2008 | 11:03 pm
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Re: Tasmania??
Hi Possums.. Hope you're enjoying having family over for a while - are they staying for long? I thought Bridport might be small when i was looking at the map - didnt realise it was an hour away from Launceston though. Must be very different from where you grew up! I too think that every now and then i would miss a big city - as much as i moan about them over here - i do like a bit of hustle and bustle occasionally.
What does your partner do in Bridport? and do you work? I'm probably being very nosey - but am always interested in other people!
Cathy
What does your partner do in Bridport? and do you work? I'm probably being very nosey - but am always interested in other people!
Cathy
yes very different hence a weekend away to Melbourne or Sydney to me is great, he hates it though we are like the town mouse and the country mouse
I'm not working, OH is a carpenter he always wanted to build boats, came here and got a job doing just that, he loves it.
Apr 30th 2008 | 1:20 am
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OMG tears in my eyes, well almost,you have stayed at the Wastdale Head Hotel does the generator still make all the lights flicker on and off when its time to fill up the tank It did in the fifties when I stayed there LOL as a kid with my late parents.My uncle Bill had a house called Grindlebeck Greendale Beck in upper Wastdale if you came in from Seascale you were on the road past Kathy Naylor.s cottage Sister to Josh Naylor the great fell runner of Wastdale who in those days was aged about 28 a farmer/shepherd.Bills house was just past Kathy,s place.I learned to ride a bike there and walked the Fells without fear or regard for my safety.Local shepherds always turned out and took me off the fells when the weather took a change for the worstI watched for the mists and the storm clouds and started back down and i used to get a telling off but somebody came to my rescue.I never had to have the mountain rescue out always got down off the lower rocks and on to grassy slopes in good time.Uncle Bill was a member of the mountain rescue team and one day after a terrible night I remember he helped carry down the bodies of two dead climbers lost on Great GableI used to tell him where i was going I carried a map and Bill used to by word of mouth send messages via the locals i was overdue and to haul me off the hills and send me back.Everybody looked out for kith and kin their own and everyone elses in those days not a locked door in the valley
So when you go back there give my regards to Yewbarrow Fell,Middle Fell, Great Gable,Lingmell Fell,Scafell. Scafell Pike ( the highest mountain in England ) Middle Fell and not forgetting that lovely stroll across the Screes.I did the tourist routes on these wearing Clarkes sandals and uncle Bill carried me across the bogs and the becks on his back as i was only 9 to 12 years old and now i am nearly 65
I have 35mm colour transparencies of local scenes which i took as a kid and I took my air rifle fishing rod and little suitcase with me every summer on the train from Blackpool change at Preston change at Lancaster change at Carnforth and i stayed with Uncle Bill and Aunty Vera the whole of my school holidays.My last trip to the Lakes was in October 1974 when I proposed to my then girlfriend and now wife of 32 years on the shores of Lake Ullswater with the Autumn leaves falling all around us and we returned to Keswick and bought the engagement ring.Got married honey moon baby... new wife new baby new crippling mortgage no money no holidays again for years
Loved your pics have alovely holiday in Sept
Yes have stayed at the Britannia Inn at Elterwater too in 1895 or so it seems LOL
Now 30 Kms west of Launceston Tas LOVE THIS PLACE
Cheers Oldgit
It did in the fifties when I stayed there LOL as a kid with my late parents.My uncle Bill had a house called Grindlebeck Greendale Beck in upper Wastdale if you came in from Seascale you were on the road past Kathy Naylor.s cottage Sister to Josh Naylor the great fell runner of Wastdale who in those days was aged about 28 a farmer/shepherd.Bills house was just past Kathy,s place.I learned to ride a bike there and walked the Fells without fear or regard for my safety.Local shepherds always turned out and took me off the fells when the weather took a change for the worstI watched for the mists and the storm clouds and started back down and i used to get a telling off but somebody came to my rescue.I never had to have the mountain rescue out always got down off the lower rocks and on to grassy slopes in good time.Uncle Bill was a member of the mountain rescue team and one day after a terrible night I remember he helped carry down the bodies of two dead climbers lost on Great GableI used to tell him where i was going I carried a map and Bill used to by word of mouth send messages via the locals i was overdue and to haul me off the hills and send me back.Everybody looked out for kith and kin their own and everyone elses in those days not a locked door in the valleySo when you go back there give my regards to Yewbarrow Fell,Middle Fell, Great Gable,Lingmell Fell,Scafell. Scafell Pike ( the highest mountain in England ) Middle Fell and not forgetting that lovely stroll across the Screes.I did the tourist routes on these wearing Clarkes sandals and uncle Bill carried me across the bogs and the becks on his back as i was only 9 to 12 years old and now i am nearly 65
I have 35mm colour transparencies of local scenes which i took as a kid and I took my air rifle fishing rod and little suitcase with me every summer on the train from Blackpool change at Preston change at Lancaster change at Carnforth and i stayed with Uncle Bill and Aunty Vera the whole of my school holidays.My last trip to the Lakes was in October 1974 when I proposed to my then girlfriend and now wife of 32 years on the shores of Lake Ullswater with the Autumn leaves falling all around us and we returned to Keswick and bought the engagement ring.Got married honey moon baby... new wife new baby new crippling mortgage no money no holidays again for years
Loved your pics have alovely holiday in Sept
Yes have stayed at the Britannia Inn at Elterwater too in 1895 or so it seems LOL
Now 30 Kms west of Launceston Tas LOVE THIS PLACE
Cheers Oldgit
Apr 30th 2008 | 9:10 am
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OMG tears in my eyes, well almost,you have stayed at the Wastdale Head Hotel does the generator still make all the lights flicker on and off when its time to fill up the tank It did in the fifties when I stayed there LOL as a kid with my late parents.My uncle Bill had a house called Grindlebeck Greendale Beck in upper Wastdale if you came in from Seascale you were on the road past Kathy Naylor.s cottage Sister to Josh Naylor the great fell runner of Wastdale who in those days was aged about 28 a farmer/shepherd.Bills house was just past Kathy,s place.I learned to ride a bike there and walked the Fells without fear or regard for my safety.Local shepherds always turned out and took me off the fells when the weather took a change for the worstI watched for the mists and the storm clouds and started back down and i used to get a telling off but somebody came to my rescue.I never had to have the mountain rescue out always got down off the lower rocks and on to grassy slopes in good time.Uncle Bill was a member of the mountain rescue team and one day after a terrible night I remember he helped carry down the bodies of two dead climbers lost on Great GableI used to tell him where i was going I carried a map and Bill used to by word of mouth send messages via the locals i was overdue and to haul me off the hills and send me back.Everybody looked out for kith and kin their own and everyone elses in those days not a locked door in the valley
So when you go back there give my regards to Yewbarrow Fell,Middle Fell, Great Gable,Lingmell Fell,Scafell. Scafell Pike ( the highest mountain in England ) Middle Fell and not forgetting that lovely stroll across the Screes.I did the tourist routes on these wearing Clarkes sandals and uncle Bill carried me across the bogs and the becks on his back as i was only 9 to 12 years old and now i am nearly 65
I have 35mm colour transparencies of local scenes which i took as a kid and I took my air rifle fishing rod and little suitcase with me every summer on the train from Blackpool change at Preston change at Lancaster change at Carnforth and i stayed with Uncle Bill and Aunty Vera the whole of my school holidays.My last trip to the Lakes was in October 1974 when I proposed to my then girlfriend and now wife of 32 years on the shores of Lake Ullswater with the Autumn leaves falling all around us and we returned to Keswick and bought the engagement ring.Got married honey moon baby... new wife new baby new crippling mortgage no money no holidays again for years
Loved your pics have alovely holiday in Sept
Yes have stayed at the Britannia Inn at Elterwater too in 1895 or so it seems LOL
Now 30 Kms west of Launceston Tas LOVE THIS PLACE
Cheers Oldgit
It did in the fifties when I stayed there LOL as a kid with my late parents.My uncle Bill had a house called Grindlebeck Greendale Beck in upper Wastdale if you came in from Seascale you were on the road past Kathy Naylor.s cottage Sister to Josh Naylor the great fell runner of Wastdale who in those days was aged about 28 a farmer/shepherd.Bills house was just past Kathy,s place.I learned to ride a bike there and walked the Fells without fear or regard for my safety.Local shepherds always turned out and took me off the fells when the weather took a change for the worstI watched for the mists and the storm clouds and started back down and i used to get a telling off but somebody came to my rescue.I never had to have the mountain rescue out always got down off the lower rocks and on to grassy slopes in good time.Uncle Bill was a member of the mountain rescue team and one day after a terrible night I remember he helped carry down the bodies of two dead climbers lost on Great GableI used to tell him where i was going I carried a map and Bill used to by word of mouth send messages via the locals i was overdue and to haul me off the hills and send me back.Everybody looked out for kith and kin their own and everyone elses in those days not a locked door in the valleySo when you go back there give my regards to Yewbarrow Fell,Middle Fell, Great Gable,Lingmell Fell,Scafell. Scafell Pike ( the highest mountain in England ) Middle Fell and not forgetting that lovely stroll across the Screes.I did the tourist routes on these wearing Clarkes sandals and uncle Bill carried me across the bogs and the becks on his back as i was only 9 to 12 years old and now i am nearly 65
I have 35mm colour transparencies of local scenes which i took as a kid and I took my air rifle fishing rod and little suitcase with me every summer on the train from Blackpool change at Preston change at Lancaster change at Carnforth and i stayed with Uncle Bill and Aunty Vera the whole of my school holidays.My last trip to the Lakes was in October 1974 when I proposed to my then girlfriend and now wife of 32 years on the shores of Lake Ullswater with the Autumn leaves falling all around us and we returned to Keswick and bought the engagement ring.Got married honey moon baby... new wife new baby new crippling mortgage no money no holidays again for years
Loved your pics have alovely holiday in Sept
Yes have stayed at the Britannia Inn at Elterwater too in 1895 or so it seems LOL
Now 30 Kms west of Launceston Tas LOVE THIS PLACE
Cheers Oldgit
whereabouts do you live?
here are some more Lakes pix for you: first is Great Gable from Scafell, me on top of Scafell Pike with Yewbarrow just visible and also Seatallan and Caw Fell in the back, Kirk Fell at the head of Wasdale, a cloudy day over Ullswater, and lastly a view back down Wasdale with the Screes and Illgill Head visible.
Apr 30th 2008 | 10:17 am
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We have a Temperate Maritime climate. I remember even when we went in November last year to Hobart that it was a bit fresh by the water of an evening.... The denim jacket i'd brought with me definitely wasn't sufficient - I stood outside Mures waiting for Andy to get our car with my teeth chattering!
I could definitely tell it was much cleaner air than what we have here though...
I could definitely tell it was much cleaner air than what we have here though...
That would be the icy breeze coming off Mt. Wellington. It definately has the "BrrRRrrRRrrRRrr" factor in Spring and Winter. Or it could even have been the fresh breeze coming up from the Antarctic. 
Having lived in Hobart, I've known it to have the odd 40 degree celsius day in Summer. That's too hot for me! I tend to wilt a bit in the heat! I much prefer the mid 20's to low 30's type of Summer days. Much more comfortable!
Apr 30th 2008 | 11:02 am
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There are certainly penguins!! On our last visit to Bicheno we had Fairy Penguins at the bottom of the garden of the house we rented. My boys loved them.
Apr 30th 2008 | 11:32 am
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There's also a penguin rookery at Lillico Straight, along the Bass Highway between Ulverstone and Devonport.
Apr 30th 2008 | 7:52 pm
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LOL thats ok, they are here for 2 months!!! going home next week.
yes very different hence a weekend away to Melbourne or Sydney to me is great, he hates it though we are like the town mouse and the country mouse
I'm not working, OH is a carpenter he always wanted to build boats, came here and got a job doing just that, he loves it.
yes very different hence a weekend away to Melbourne or Sydney to me is great, he hates it though we are like the town mouse and the country mouse
I'm not working, OH is a carpenter he always wanted to build boats, came here and got a job doing just that, he loves it.
Hi Possums - They came over for a long while, but i guess if you're coming all that way you should stay for as long as possible...
That's great that your OH managed to get a job doing something he'd always wanted to do....
Apr 30th 2008 | 7:58 pm
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The sea is a tempering factor in the equation. Living by the sea means it's warmer in Winter, as the sea doesn't lose heat as quickly as land mass. And cooler in the Summer as you have the sea breezes. We have a Temperate Maritime climate.
That would be the icy breeze coming off Mt. Wellington. It definately has the "BrrRRrrRRrrRRrr" factor in Spring and Winter. Or it could even have been the fresh breeze coming up from the Antarctic.
Having lived in Hobart, I've known it to have the odd 40 degree celsius day in Summer. That's too hot for me! I tend to wilt a bit in the heat! I much prefer the mid 20's to low 30's type of Summer days. Much more comfortable!
We have a Temperate Maritime climate. That would be the icy breeze coming off Mt. Wellington. It definately has the "BrrRRrrRRrrRRrr" factor in Spring and Winter. Or it could even have been the fresh breeze coming up from the Antarctic. Having lived in Hobart, I've known it to have the odd 40 degree celsius day in Summer. That's too hot for me! I tend to wilt a bit in the heat! I much prefer the mid 20's to low 30's type of Summer days. Much more comfortable!
I would like to live close to the coast though...that is one of our goals when we come over - whether we'll do it initially i dont know - but hopefully one day.
I always find it strange that any guide books etc do not mention that it gets as hot as it actually does in the summer months... They also say he average high is in the 20's - although i know you all had some very hot days this summer just gone...
I too am not a fan of 40degree plus heat!
Too hot to do anything - which makes life not much fun really! Even when we've had really hot days over here in the UK - i've always been glad to get into that air-conditioned office at work and escape it! Andy my OH laughs because i can get sunburnt just being in the sun for 2 minutes! I actually burnt my neck over our local park with the kids last weekend - and it wasn't "hot" - just very sunny... I had a nice red V where my top had been! 
