ozzieeagle

I think I get it properly now

No wonder we dont see many posters from there on here.... They are too busy living.

Favorites this time around.

Mona
Tree walk down Hastings way
Thermal Springs down Hastings way
Sea food a plenty... Cold water fish tastes so much better than the warm water species.
Bruny Island
Cheese factories with local fantastic cheese... but at 85bucks per KG are they having a larf ?
Hobarts Botanic garden is really good
The pretty scenery everywhere, even from the bloody rooftop of Eastland shopping center for xsakes lol !!!
Seaplane Ride
Love the old history of the place and the well kept older houses.
Mount Wellington and the fantastic vista of Hobart 1km plus below us.
Cascade Brewery again

Love it.

I wonder if anyone has ever been there a not liked the place, that would seem unbelievable to me.

I'll be amazed if we dont end up retiring there now. 260K gets you a 3 bed house in great condition, on a 1000' ft block with mountain, river and sea views, with local restaurants, 40 mins out of Hobart in a fantastic place called Franklin.... there are bound to be lots of other towns like that.

There's not many places that get me buzzing like this, seems to me that there is more to do and see and more variation in a smaller area than anywhere else in Aus.

So anyone not like the place ?

brissybee

My goodness, it sounds just like England. Wonderful!

ozzieeagle

Well it is a lot like England I will admit, especially the green pastures etc...... With none of the obvious problems that large populations cause.

Well no problems that I saw. I must check out the Health system there, as I've been told that there can be problems with specialist type health problems.

brissybee

I have heard many wonderful things about Tasmania and, sadly, it's the one State in Australia that I have yet to visit.

I think the main downside to living there could be that it would be very remote... and I imagine a lack of health care choices could result. I imagine there are also fewer cultural opportunities (international artists visiting etc).

Regarding seafood, I have heard that the abalone is something to be enjoyed in Tasmania and that is something I would like to do.

I find it a little irksome though that so many from the UK seem to marvel at the wonders of Tassie having overlooked many of the same wonders in their homeland.

GarryP

Actually it's generally considered to resemble Wales - and for roughly similar reasons.


Saying that, it's probably more ideal to have two homes - a summer palace in tas, and a winter one in queensland. It gets cold for the Taswegians May-September.

Chortlepuss

When we went to Tassie there were budgies flying around the botty gardens in Hobart - How good is that? Also there was an Antarctic exhibit with 'real' temperatures and it was a hot day so very welcome that was.....
I didn't get to Launceston so want to explore around there...

I think it would be a beautiful place to retire, but I reckon I'd rather have rural UK with all that offers. I can't help thinking that the reason I really liked it was that it reminded me so much of the UK (apart from the budgies!!)

Dreamy

It reminded me a lot of the Lake District - we want to go back for a longer holiday and properly explore the place.

As for not liking it - a man I worked with in Queensland took early retirement and went to live there. He came back after one winter, moaning about how bleeding cold it was and he was never spending a winter there again, SHE could stay, he was spending winters in Queensland.

He was Scottish - I found that slightly amusing

ozzieeagle

Headed specifically for that Antartic exhibit as it was closed last time we were there.

I certainly acknowledge that it could be irksome to some in that it does have a lot of vistas similar to the more scenic parts of the UK. Personally speaking I tried some of the lesser tourist parts of the UK last time around and had some real problems with louts on more than one occassion, especially in Chester... Enough to put me off forever my long held dream of potentially retiring to the UK.... Above and beyond that, I really think after 33 years plus here, plus being married to an Aussie and having 4 Aussie kids, I reckon I'm too Australian to live comfortably in the UK anymore.... Plus I'm very negative about sitting in motorway traffic jams, Infuriates me actually.

As for the Tasmanian winters, I reckon we could be abroad for most of those if we did end up there.... Should be able to afford it fairly easily courtesy of much cheaper housing in Tasmania.

Pollyana

Because its smaller there aren't as many specialists on the island, but Melbourne is close enough if needed - my ex worked for the Royal in Hobart and he said it was quite common even for specialists to come over from Melbourne if needed

Pollyana

Glad you enjoyed it
Not done Mona yet, I may get there in January, done everything else on your ist at least twice though, and still not tired of the place.
Franklin is fairly typical of little towns all over the island, especially on the east coast, and around the main highway up to Launceston.

Bruny is one of my favourite spots - did you see the penguins on the neck or is it still too early for much action there?

ozzieeagle

Too early, I did visit that old soldiers hut on the neck though and found something so simple really fascinating. I didn't realise that Tasmanias history was so bloody awful. My Wife and our frieind both generational Aussies had never heard of that Dog line before, and reckon that kind of history should be part of national school cirriculams.

Found it really amusing that we ended up with 3 layers of clothing just to end up on their pristine beeches.

Mona is something else, you'll either love it or hate it.... No wonder it's a world renowned museum though. A fantastic example of one bloke, the Multi Millionaire owner doing it totally his way, and it actually working. Loved the car park "God" and God's Mistress"

So many quirky little places there.... like this one on Bruny


http://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Restau..._Tasmania.html


Here's the worst exhibit at Mona.... I really didn't like it, but hell I'll never forget.... Horribly fascinating..... But thats the point of art isn't it... to get you thinking.

tomar

Another visit to add to the list that shouldn't be missed is
The Wall (The Journey of a master craftsman) at the small township of Derwent Bridge.
It's amazing I still can't get over the "The leather coat" hanging on a peg as you enter, actually carved from wood!!!
Loved our visit to Tamania.

Jon77

I love Tasmania and as I have mentioned before my wife has family in Hobart.

We have been tempted to move there but then our family is still very young. The scenery is amazing but the opportunities for my son as he gets older worries me a little.

You don't have to scratch too far beneath the surface to see the social issues that Tasmania has, especially unemployment and all that goes with that.

I left a place in the UK (Middlesbrough) that has horrendous unemployment issues even in the 'good times' so the thought of taking my son to that kind of area concerns me.

ozzieeagle

Yes I hear you, I wouldnt move at present with our 15YO either, although I'm damn tempted. I think the wife and I can both transfer there fairly simply.

Pollyana

Oooh you found the Hothouse! Isn't it fab?