Monday, January 30, 2012

The Arrival of the Paynes and Trip to Tassie.

Firstly, our apologies for the delay in the blog update.
After we left for Tasmania we were in a no signal zone...then we have had endless issues to upload the photos...so better late than never ...here we go!!!The arrival of Richard and Sandra was for me the beginning of the holiday. We have had a fairly rough run and were just about to go to Bev's (Stephen's cousins) funeral, so their arrival lifted our spirits. Here there is a picture of the two vans...we hope many more photo's of these friends will ensue in the next three months.
Of course we had to go to the door way to heaven...the Vic Market...lots of goodies...but only the ones we were allowed to carry to Tasmania....pate, dips, cheese etc.( that's the three of them under the lamp post.)
The dawn run to the Spirit of Tasmania...thats the Payne's van ahead!
The old jetty stumps with the West Gate Bridge in the back ground.
Three thousand passengers on this luxury ship.....us on the little ferry on the other side of the jetty!!!
Met another couple Barry and Di...long nine hours but still good fun...rather annoyed the restaurant was not open on day trips anymore...what a waste.
Jet skiers playing at the Head of the Bite...must be mad..
Richard on the top deck.....looks calm but there was a big swell pushing us about.
Amazing..that is a whole line of caravans...six lanes per deck...three decks...thats lots and lots!!
We made it to Davenport and sat for a well earned glass...bring it on..the holiday begins.