Tasmania trip

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Welcome to Hobart (Trivia: I arrived 34 years to the day that my parents went to Tasmania for their honeymoon!).

The first fiddle jam session in the Hotel room, our way of saying hello to the neighbors.

Beautiful mini rose bush at the Female Factory.

Church at Port Arthur.

Port Arthur.

"Dead man island" Port Arthur.

Fort at Port Arthur.

Wrabbits!

I'm a sucker for pretty roses and there sure were allot in Tassie.

Posing sweetly for the camera at what remains of the old Port Arthur hospital.

Claw foot bath with cottage garden in the background, don't ask I just thought it would make a good picture.

The fountain in the beautiful gardens at Port Arthur.

Dinner with Beth and Mike at the Cygnet Folk Festival.

Loved the logo for the Cygnet Folk festival, a joker playing the fiddle.

The oldest bridge in Australia.

At the strawberry farm.

Welcome to Launceston!

The Batman bridge in the distance (ask Lisa what the fascination is?)

Part of the Tamar Valley.

The "Giggle Skins" winery.

Proof that we dragged ourselves out of bed at 6 (hey, it was cold!) to go bush walking.

Gowrie Park - where the celtic summer school was held.

Apparently these mountains were once glacier (no wonder why it was so damn cold down there!).

Enjoying the company, sun and champagne.

Yep, that champagne's kickin' in!

What a pose :)

Dinner, my god the food!

"Celtic Rock!" (really depicts the appreciation of quality fiddle technique ;)

And we thought they were hyper before sculling a flask of cordial!

This is the where the night time jam sessions are held.

The pipers.

The scottish fiddlers.

This building has the largest single shingled roof in the southern hemisphere!

The entire school.

Heading to Launceston.

The lavender farm.

:)

:D

The Irish fiddlers whippin' up some tunes for the locals at the George Town Folk Festival.

There's me!

A star in the making (now if I just practiced!).

Special cafe performance by folk group sensation "Sceltir".

Butter wouldn't melt in their mouths *cough*

The closest we could get to the "main island".

Scottish dancing at George Town Folk Festival - awesome fun! :)

The girls at the 9th Island Vineyard - Tamar Valley.

Very good champagne.

Gettin' artistic.

Bumble beeeee!

Cataract gorge.

If it wasn't so cold, I reckon you could get a good ski run in here :)

I have it from a good source that you're not suppose to swing this bridge when people are crossing it (dad!).

Tree hugger.

Lisa got a hold of the camera and took some photo's of the beautiful peacocks at Cataract Gorge.

And another..

And another..

And another..

Hydrangeas.

Melbourne art gallery.

Waiting for a Tram.

A very big building.

St Kilda pier.

When in Rome...

St Kilda corner store, proof that we were there.

More proof.

Proofs of a different kind :) The missing one is plastered on my violin case.

Photo's by "Colin".