Our last day at the Pump House, on the 14th of November 2019, began in spectacular fashion with this rainbow as seen from the Shore House. As you can see the weather had finally cleared up for our drive back to Hobart. It came and went over the lake - close to the water - for a long time. A fitting farewell. On the drive back we decided to have … [Read more...] about Back To Hobart
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Road Trip: Lake St Clair To Queenstown
On our second full day (but third all up) at the Pump House, the 13th of November, heavy rain was forecast to last all day so we drove to Queenstown through staggeringly beautiful country. Rainforests, meadows of rust coloured sedge, winding up and down and between mountains. All through pouring rain. On the way we passed a number of short walks … [Read more...] about Road Trip: Lake St Clair To Queenstown
Walking Around Lake Saint Clair
Day two of our stay at the Pump House saw us head off for breakfast over the causeway. As we soon discovered always an invigorating start to the day. Over breakfast we decided to walk around the lake to the Lake St Clair Visitor Centre. As a way of understanding our immediate surroundings. Weather was forecast to be unsettled and we surmised we … [Read more...] about Walking Around Lake Saint Clair
The Pump House At Lake Saint Clair
We spent three days at Lake Saint Clair, driving up from Hobart on the 11th of November 2019. It was a warm summer's day for most of the trip but the weather grew steadily worse the closer we got to our destination. Here's our first glimpse of The Pump House; our home for the next three nights. There was snow on the surrounding mountains; not a … [Read more...] about The Pump House At Lake Saint Clair
Mona Museum
We spent the week-end of the 9th-10th of November at Mona Museum as guests of Anne and Hugh. Here's a great view of the whole place from the road to the central highlands. We stayed the night in this, very luxurious apartment. They're called pavilions and are all named after an influential Australian artist or architect. We were in Walter, named … [Read more...] about Mona Museum
The Silo Trail
From Sea Lake we embarked on the Silo Trail. I've been on it before with my siblings and have written about that trip here. But Joe hadn't seen it so a road trip was in order. Here's the map. We intended starting from Patchewollock ,which we hadn't reached on my earlier trip, and then going down the trail. But before recording that, here are … [Read more...] about The Silo Trail