The view from my "office"

[VPS]

I thought you’d have known!
But sorry, The Private Room for SQ in Changi Airport.

It's always a good idea to say where for those of us less travelled (please )

 

[JohnM]

I thought you’d have known!
But sorry, The Private Room for SQ in Changi Airport.

Noice - but I'm not an SQ flier...

 

[kermatu]

Noice - but I'm not an SQ flier...

Missing out. One of the best flights ever taken. Probably my last time in SQ F for a while sadly. But it’s tempting.

 

[Pushka]

Table Cape Tulip Farm, NW Tas. I understand that they don't harvest the flowers, just the bulbs. But a nice earner charging admission just to view and wander around the fields

Sorry folks, I'm going to go completely OTT on this:

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This is on my list for next year. How do I get there?

 

[OZDUCK]

We have just arrived in Madrid and they have put on a special decoration across the entire facade of the Prado for us.



Ah well, renovations have to happen sometime. And it certainly hasn't turned away the crowds. Just part of the queue

 

[RooFlyer]

This is on my list for next year. How do I get there?

Fly into either Launceston or Devonport and drive an hour (from Devonport) :

We stayed at The Madsen boutique hotel on the waterfront at Penguin and I can recommend it. $125/night for me. They appear to prefer not to do breakfast - but there is a good breakfast cafe about 50m along the road 'Letterbox' (next to the post Office) that opens at 8am.

At this time of year especially the 'NW Coast' is very scenic - nice and green rolling hills, lots of contented cows munching in the fields, cheese making places on the go, a few wineries etc. @Steady 's back-yard.

 

[Steady]

@Steady 's back-yard.

Sure is and it’s looking good.
My current view of a massive step well built in the 8th or 9th century (Between Agra and Juipur)

 

[Daver6]

Singapore office last week

 

[kermatu]

Fly into either Launceston or Devonport and drive an hour (from Devonport) :

We stayed at The Madsen boutique hotel on the waterfront at Penguin and I can recommend it. $125/night for me. They appear to prefer not to do breakfast - but there is a good breakfast cafe about 50m along the road 'Letterbox' (next to the post Office) that opens at 8am.

At this time of year especially the 'NW Coast' is very scenic - nice and green rolling hills, lots of contented cows munching in the fields, cheese making places on the go, a few wineries etc. @Steady 's back-yard.

REX flies to Burnie (actually Wynyard - which is less than 10 minutes from Table Cape). But QF only flies to Devonport, Launceston and Hobart.

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

As a "regular" flyer into Devonport /Burnie - let me tell you the QF flight into Devonport is much better ! I make Ron come and pick me up from DPO - those little planes over Bass Strait into Burnie

 

[VPS]

This is on my list for next year. How do I get there?

I have friends in Wynyard so I've just made a note in my calendar for next year to let them know that I'd love to see them in early October

 

[JohnM]

Are you conquering the world, @Steady?

 

[Steady]

Are you conquering the world, @Steady?

Nah, just being a run of the mill tourist

 

[dxwell]

REX flies to Burnie

Definitely fly into Burnie (Wynyard), it will be a notch in your belt.

 

[OZDUCK]

Ah well, renovations have to happen sometime. And it certainly hasn't turned away the crowds. Just part of the queue

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The size of the queue has been explained due to an overheard conversation. We arrived here yesterday on the Spanish National Day and some of the main attractions like The Prado and the Royal Palace are offering free admission over the long weekend. There is no way I would be joining these sorts of queues so we hope the crowds will be gone by Monday/Tuesday.

 

[kermatu]

Definitely fly into Burnie (Wynyard), it will be a notch in your belt.

Have to admit it’s been a few years since I have done so but terrific views of Table Cape when you do.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

As a "regular" flyer into Devonport /Burnie - let me tell you the QF flight into Devonport is much better ! I make Ron come and pick me up from DPO - those little planes over Bass Strait into Burnie

Where's your sense of adventure?

Definitely fly into Burnie (Wynyard), it will be a notch in your belt.

Have to admit it’s been a few years since I have done so but terrific views of Table Cape when you do.

Thanks for posting this. Back in 1980 I flew into Wynyard and even though I was a novice flyer back then, I was absolutely captivated by the stunning coastline views. I assume that must have been Table Cape??

 

[Deleted member 29185]

This is on my list for next year. How do I get there?

I agree Pushka. I'm not really a flower person, but as an impressionist fan, I am certainly taken with colour and form and RooFlyer excelled in capturing that with those photos. I must admit that the Tassie east coast did not impress me (swanning_it ducks for cover), but I do definitely want to get back to the north and west coasts.

 

[drron]

Definitely fly into Burnie (Wynyard), it will be a notch in your belt.

But they do weigh your carry ons on those Rex flights.Hence my Rex jacket with lots of pockets.
Agreed the views over Table Cape and Rocky Cape NP are fantastic.Rocky cape NP in spring will usually have a display of ground orchids.
But if you are into flowers in spring there is also the rhododendron gardens outside Burnie.
EMU VALLEY RHODODENDRON GARDEN, Burnie, Gardens in Tasmania, Australia
Driving to that you pass a house that has waratahs as their border.looks great.
A bit further outside Devonport is the Tasmanian Arboretum.
A botanic garden of trees near Devonport Tasmania | The Tasmanian Arboretum | Home
You will often see a platypus there.
And around Wynyard the Inglis river walk is an easy scenic walk.And visit fossil bluff.

 

[Captain Halliday]

Kobe, Japan