Saturday, April 16, 2011

Completed circuit

We didn’t have much time in the morning, so after being told how many famous people stay at the hotel by its gregarious owner - apparently Margaret and David from the movie show were also staying on our floor! (Separate rooms we wonder.....?) – We didn’t want to burden him with the knowledge that the stars of this blog could also now be in his repertoire – so we wandered into town again. Launceston is a pretty town to stroll into and have breakfast after a sleeping in on a sunny day. There is very little hustle and bustle but enough friendly people around to make the place warm and welcoming.
It was with heavy hearts we boarded the Renault (V2) for the last time and let Petunia B-S guide us to the airport. We headed down the highway where ended up on the roads we were on a week ago and thus completed our exploration around the outside of the Map of Tassie - we’ll have to wait to explore the innards some other time.
We sat around the airport in a now well practiced drill (book, laptops, newspapers and photos) of which we are adept at after all these adventures. The flight home was short, the airport experience at the end much more pleasant than international arrivals at Tullamarine and we ended up home on a bright sunny Melbourne Autumn afternoon - with the typical mountain of washing and the usual struggle to come to terms with normality to deal with.

For the record, we (well Izzy did the whole thing actually) ran a very comprehensive scoring system on the accommodation. Here is the summary:-
Criteria : Room, Location, View, Weather (total average out of 10)

Stanley - 2nd at a score of 7.86





Strahan - 6th at a score of 5.8





Hobart - 7th at a score of 4.75







Port Arthur - 5th at a score of 6.4






Coles Bay - 4th at a score of 6.8





St Helens - 1st at a score of 8.13






Launceston - 3rd at a score of 7.06




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