St. Helen’s and beyond
Bright and earlyish on Tuesday morning we caught Tassie Link (the bus) from Lake St. Clair. Destination is Launceston and hopefully by 5:45 so we can pick up our rental car. The bus ride is an all day affair and of course Murphy’s Law says we will be late … and we are! Not just by a minute or two either, almost 40 minutes actually. However, we are flexible and alternate plan B goes into effect. Fiona’s B&B is lovely and we pick up our rental car in the morning instead. We have changed our route while we are being flexible and head off towards St. Helen’s on the East Coast. The day is pretty dull and rainy so when we arrive in St. Helen’s and find accommodation, we plunge into laundry and clean up mode. Always a good way to utilize a dull day!
We can think of forty different captions for this picture … and would love to hear any you think of when you see this. How about ‘A cow in goat’s clothing’ or ‘Watch me turn into a cow right before your eyes’? You get the idea … share them okay!
Thursday, today as we reckon the day to be, is spent on the beach called Bay of Fires. We arrived before dawn to catch some good photos. Then we packed up and travelled down the coast to Bicheno. Found a lovely cottage and hope to spot some penguins tonight. Holidays are wonderful things!
Penquins are found. They came in around 6:30. These are Fairy Penguins and are about foot high and look sort of furry. They come to shore after spending the day in the ocean feeding, returning to the same spot each night. These penguins come in only in the dark and scramble over the rocks and into the vegetation on the shoreline. They have individual burrows into which they dissappear for the night and will re-ermerge before light in the morning. Since you have to use a flashlight (torch the Tassies call them), we do not stay long nor do we take any pictures.
After seeing about half a dozen we retire to our cottage to enjoy each others company and wonder at the navigational abilities of these little creatures. Holidays truly are wonderful things.
on April 21st, 2006 at 1:13 am
My attempt - “One of these things is not like the other…”
Actually that’s a line stolen from some commercial when I was a kid. You’d have to hear me say it versus reading it. Sigh…it reads pathetic like.
on April 21st, 2006 at 2:09 pm
WOOF!!:mrgreen:
we’d chase that white “cow” if we were there…awwrooof. those longish horns dont scare us….. we too are havin a great holiday at Uncle Doofus & Auntie Jean’s house….now what is our masters name again?..oh ya Lawrie n Lynn..we almost forgot..lmaowoof! We caught a bird the other day…Unca Doofus wasnt too happy as it wasnt one of those yukky sparrows, but was a dark eyed junco. We sure like the bed here too!..our new masters sure dont seem to want to sleep on most of it but we do!!!!!
Unca Doofus has the keyboard now….ok Oreo get down…no..I cant pet you anf type at the same time….what’s that? ohh you want a treat…seeesh!
Great photos & trip reports…looks like we better plan a trip…looks awesome. The O’s are just great…they give us a laugh everyday and are so well behaved. Good job on the training you two! You sure you want them back? lol
Mark
on April 21st, 2006 at 5:21 pm
Chris … think Sesame Street jingle … it is funny, not pathetic!
on April 21st, 2006 at 5:29 pm
Mark, Jean & the Os,
Thanks for the laugh … glad to hear the Os are making you laugh too! It leads to a longer life. We love it here and are sure you would have a great time too … it would make a good ‘hot destination’ for Christmas! We are sure we want the Os back, but we could train another pair if you want.
Big hugs!