TASSIE - DAY 4 - LAUNCESTON

BREIF HISTORY – Launceston is Tasmania’s second largest city. Founded in 1805, Launceston is known for its parks and gardens and many beautiful 19th century buildings.

Somewhere between Coles Bay and Launceston I feel asleep in the car feeling dead exhausted and abit squashed in the back seat of the car. I woke up and realized we have spent another 2.5 hours in the car.

We were official in Launceston City Center. We drove around the block a few times sightseeing the city before finding a parking spot. We struggle out of the car and start heading to a meter. I press the button to see the meter display "Free Parking after 6pm". Even though I was quite sleepy I was pretty impressed by that. Imagine having free parking in Sydney City after 6pm!

Buildings of Launceston:



We start strolling around the city to see most of the shops closing. We finally find a café to sit down in for coffee. I don’t think I have been craving coffee this bad for so long. I race in to order coffees and the girl informs me they are closing in 5 minutes. Luckily we found this store open. I chat her up to find out what stores are open around the city and she informs me the only thing open is Myers till 9pm. I collect my coffees off her and storm outside to avoid being locked in.

We walk over to the CBD area to Brisbane mall. It’s similar to our Pitt St mall only smaller. It’s tiny, trendy and has Myer attached on it. I wander into Myers to chat to a sales assistant. A good-looking bird working in cosmetics approaches me. I question her on what I can sightsee around Launceston in the next few hours. She gives me a quick guide to what is around here and recommends Seaport.

We return back to the car with lack of directions. We didn’t have a map of Launceston. The only map I had was the one I photographed on Brisbane mall with my digital camera. Trying to read that I direct my dad to Seaport. For some reason he refuses to listen to me when I say turn right. He insists on turning left and hola we spend the next 10 minutes arguing and getting lost.

We finally get back on track now that I am wide-awake from the coffee and find Seaport. We park at Seaport and realize the weather is about to turn on us. We quickly head towards the Wharf to take some pictures.

Views of Seaport:



After our pictures I wander into the bar there to use the toilets before heading back to Hobart. The next 2 hours flys as we use the Heritage Highway. It’s a straight highway unlike the East Coast roads. We manage to do good time before stopping for a break along the way at some random park.

We continue after our short break when the rain kicks in. We have almost 20kms left when I yell I see KFC and we should grab dinner. Without thinking twice my dad swings into KFC as we all race off to grab dinner. We didn’t have proper lunch. We made sandwiches and some pastries for the road trip the night before which we ate throughout the day.

After dinner we arrived back at the apartment pretty quickly. We all felt dead exhausted so it was a quick shower and straight to bed.