Dreaming of Vintage Treasures

On our sixth and final day in Tasmania, my family and I woke up early to drive up Mount Wellington and enjoy the view before the clouds descended. It was so cold up there, that I took one look and then eagerly returned to the warm car. Before our flight back to Melbourne, my sister wanted to squeeze in one more thing on our itinerary. We visited the popular MONA museum - museum of old and new art. It was a bit of a kooky place, but I did manage to take some photos of art that I liked including the Egyptian artefacts, Orthodox religious artwork, one even from Macedonia, where my dad and grandparents were born! It was surrounded by clouds and mirrors, a vision of heaven. Outside of MONA, my sister enjoyed bouncing on the giant trampoline. Lastly, we squeezed in a short visit to the Botanical Gardens where we admired the lotus pond. Then we returned our hire car and went to the airport. I was very nervous to be in a plane again and practically kissed the ground when we safely arr...

Day 5 in Tasmania was very rainy. In Launceston, we checked out of the hotel, browsed some stores including a very unique looking umbrella store and an opshop. On this holiday, I didn't buy anything at all except food and one face cream as I had no space in my luggage with a 7kg limit. We made the long drive back to Hobart, walked by the bay and my sister and I spotted some more starfish in the water. I wore my mum's leopard dress and she wore a cute blue maxi with a long, lacy cardigan. I loved wearing this leopard dress so much that I looked on eBay and found the exact same one and purchased it for myself. Perhaps my mum and I will have a leopard twinning moment soon! We took my dad out for a birthday dinner at Ottimo Ristorante Italiano . I enjoyed a prawn, anchovy and chilli spaghetti. We walked by the bay again after dinner and had some gelati. Happy birthday dad! Title :   Mamunia   by Paul McCartney and Wings.

Day 4 in Tasmania began with a 2.5 hour drive from Hobart to Launceston. My family and I stopped off at a small town and browsed the lolly shop, antique shop and bakery. I spotted two bright red telephone boxes and of course had to take a photo in front of them. We wandered through a park once we arrived in Launceston and admired the ducks, beautiful flowers and would you believe it - Japanese monkeys! Poor things must've had flees as they were constantly picking bugs off each other and eating them. There were also three baby monkeys being carried around in their mother's pouch, so cute! In the afternoon, we strolled around the city centre which ended in a visit to a wonderful bookshop.  At 5.30pm, we enjoyed a lovely dinner at an Indian restaurant called Pickled Evening . I had the butter chicken with garlic naan bread and rice - so delicious! It was such a big serving that I ended up taking half of it home in a takeaway container and eating it for breakfast the next morning!...

Day 3 in Tasmania began bright and early with a day out to Bruny Island. We caught the quick, ten minute ferry from Hobart to Bruny Island and in that short time, we managed to admire the beautiful, sparkling water and see some dolphins too (although I wasn't quick enough to capture a photo of them)! The first stop on our itinerary was the Cheese Co . We sampled a variety of cheese and then bought a platter with three types of cheese, onion relish, pickled vegetables and the most deliciously crunch sourdough bread.  Next we stopped off at Bruny Island Honey and delighted in tasting six different varieties of honey, one even had caramelised ginger in it! My mum, sister and I each bought a face cream. The one I bought had wonderful sounding ingredients including silk powder, manuka honey, beeswax and olive oil. I could hardly wait to wash my face and apply it that evening. We stopped at a little chocolate shop where my mum bought some mint chocolate and then we wa...