Stopped at the Ashgrove Cheese Farm**** which offers free cheese tasting. They have a special cheese flavor, WILD WASABI which is really good. We bought it and try it on crackers, Yums. =)
Launceston Sea Port** there are half dozen of restaurants at the sea port, which is all throat cutting, for us. The environment is nice, but be prepared to pay a premium. Well, we just had some Coles hot-cross buns and juice on the bench. . . =P
Brisbane Street, the shopping street of Launceston.
James Boag Brewery at The Esplanade. They have a visitor centre, which is closed on that very day due to staff training =.=
The highlight of Launceston à Cataract Gorge***** It is just located in the city, just about 10minutes from the CBD. It is a large park, with few entrance. We went to the Basin Pool Carpark, where there is the world’s longest single chairlift span to reach the other side of the gorge. Costs $15 for the return ride. It's quite interesting to have such beautiful views just few minutes from the city centre!
The view from Cataract Lookout, 20min return. There is a swimming pool beside the basin pool. This basin pool will be flooded during heavy rain season, even the swimming pool area will be flooded.
There are few walks in the reserve, to get a good coverage of the gorge, we took the Zig Zag Track (1 hour return).
Kings Bridge
Launceston city
Mercury Cider, Tasmanian brewed by Cascade Brewery, Australia’s oldest brewery. We bought it’s sweet cider, still Magners cider taste better.
Our second day -- Today’s itinerary would be salmon, honey, and cave =) From Launceston, we took the great western tier touring route towards Deloraine. On the way, saw this beautiful building, with autumn leaves soon covering it in red.
The small town of Deloraine
We visited the 41̊ South Fish and Ginseng farm*** which farms Atlantic Salmons. They offer free tasting of their smoked salmon, salmon paste and ginseng spices. The ginseng spices is quite special, can be used for cooking (stir fries, etc). They sell only smoked salmon and not the fresh ones, which taste quite good.
They also have a self guided tour around the farm, costing $7 for concession (student) and $10 for adults. Which is not worth the money paid, because it is self guided, there are not many things to see and learn. There are only few tanks, where the salmons were farmed and a big area of wetlands. They will also give u a bag of fish pellets to feed the rainbow trouts and salmons in the lake. We just thought if we haven’t paid $14 for the walk, we could have bought a big piece of smoked salmon. . . Hmmm. . .
Rainbow trout!
Next stop, Melita Honey Farm**** at Chudleigh. They have about 50 different honey, and they offer free tasting for all of them! Taste the fruit honey, chocolate honey, nut honey, and even spice honey! OH Sweet lips! They also sell honey ice cream, honey nougats and other honey skin products. There is a special honey which is only available in Tassie, Leatherwood Honey.
Red Chilli Honey, should taste good with BBQ chicken! =P
Besides the leatherwood honey, we also bought their Apple honey cider vinegar.
If you do more than one cave tour, you’ll be entitled for 20% discounts for the next one.
On the way back to Devonport, we stop by the town of Sheffield***. It’s the city of Murals, beautiful paintings on buildings in the main road. The mural park beside the visitor information centre holds many beautiful murals.
Well, not all are beautiful cause Hong Kong’s celebrity Eason Chan’s painting resides here as well! There it is –
