After experiencing our best nights sleep for the holiday, we departed St Helens around 9.00am for Launceston.
Our first stop was St Columbia Falls. The falls are visible as a "drive by" without having to take the walk to the base of the falls if that is not your inclanation.
The road towards the falls got narrower and narrower the closer we got to the falls. Fortunately there was a turning bay at the end of the road to enable vehicles to turn around. We passed the "Pub in a Paddock" but as it was barely 10.00am decided it wasn't the time to stop for a drink.
Back on the road and the hills seems to becomming higher and longer with each ascent and descent. We joked that there are only two types of roads in Tasmania - uphill roads and downhill roads! We wondered and pondered as to how and why the road was constructed where it was and the effort that would have gone into constructing the road. Being the driver, my eyes were on the road ahead, however my passengers were sometimes on tenterhooks with the amazing drops not more than a metre or so off of the bitumen.
Having driven for what seemed hours we came to a town by the name of Derby and had another toilet break. We learnt that the population of Derby would increase 10 fold in the following week when the River Derby would be held.
We left Derby and continued driving uphill and downhill until be reach Scottsdale. We located a pharmacy in the main street and stocked up on motion sickness tablets. These would come in handy not juts for the remainder of the drive to Launceston, but also for on the Spirit of Tasmania.
On the way out of Scottsdale we climbed what we thought was the highest hill and stopped at the lookout. Unfortunately our view was not that great due to the inclement weather, but we were still impressed none the less.
The road finally stopped being uphill and downhill and we were able to drive at more than 40-50kph.
We arrived at Launceston around 1.00pm and booked into our accommodation at Hapsden.
Just as we had booked in it started to rain again and continued raining well into the night.
Our first stop was St Columbia Falls. The falls are visible as a "drive by" without having to take the walk to the base of the falls if that is not your inclanation.
The road towards the falls got narrower and narrower the closer we got to the falls. Fortunately there was a turning bay at the end of the road to enable vehicles to turn around. We passed the "Pub in a Paddock" but as it was barely 10.00am decided it wasn't the time to stop for a drink.
Back on the road and the hills seems to becomming higher and longer with each ascent and descent. We joked that there are only two types of roads in Tasmania - uphill roads and downhill roads! We wondered and pondered as to how and why the road was constructed where it was and the effort that would have gone into constructing the road. Being the driver, my eyes were on the road ahead, however my passengers were sometimes on tenterhooks with the amazing drops not more than a metre or so off of the bitumen.
Having driven for what seemed hours we came to a town by the name of Derby and had another toilet break. We learnt that the population of Derby would increase 10 fold in the following week when the River Derby would be held.
We left Derby and continued driving uphill and downhill until be reach Scottsdale. We located a pharmacy in the main street and stocked up on motion sickness tablets. These would come in handy not juts for the remainder of the drive to Launceston, but also for on the Spirit of Tasmania.
On the way out of Scottsdale we climbed what we thought was the highest hill and stopped at the lookout. Unfortunately our view was not that great due to the inclement weather, but we were still impressed none the less.
The road finally stopped being uphill and downhill and we were able to drive at more than 40-50kph.
We arrived at Launceston around 1.00pm and booked into our accommodation at Hapsden.
Just as we had booked in it started to rain again and continued raining well into the night.
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