Odds and Ends

A few odds and ends of our holiday away in February and March this year, 2022 in Tasmania on the North West Coast at Devonport and Ulverstone.

This is a pathway all along what is called 'The Bluff', it goes for a long way, bikeriders use it as in families, walkers and dog lovers with their dogs always on a leash. 

At Picnic Point, the above steps to one of the beaches, and part of the caravan park.  You see the post on the left, that is where you get your electricity and the tap is what you put your water hose to the caravan and each site has these.

Came across these flowers which were on a very big tree, there were several of them down by the sea.  Have no idea what the tree/s are called they did look lovely.

Picnic Point_2, Ulverstone, Tasmania

Continuing Picnic Point holiday in March, 2022. 

 The new Amenities, roast pork cooked in the gas oven in the caravan with veggies.

 

The other beach and a man fishing.

 

Salmon, prawns, eggs and pasta salad with new potatoes.  Lemon juice on the fish and I see I've left the pips there.

The beach as in the post before with people walking along the beach and you can walk into the town, do you shopping.

Picnic Point Ulverstone, Tasmania

Ulverstone along the North West Coast of Tasmania (see map below) is a small town with approximately 4,500 people.  A few new settlers arrived in the area about 1854 when land was released however there were a few families that lived in the area before that.  It's a lovely little town that many people have made their home over the years.

We have never stayed in Ulverstone until this March this year when we stayed for two weeks at Picnic Point, there were not many caravans there, some days were busier than others. The Point has two beaches, the photos are of one of them.

Ulverstone and beyond.

Whist at Turners Beach we took a drive further to the west along the coast of Tasmania for me to take some photos.

Below is the Memorial Clock Tower at Ulverstone which is not far from Turners Beach.  The town has 2 supermarkets as in Coles and Woolworths, Newsagency, Bakeries, clothing, shoe and food shops plus of course the Post Office, a Pub and various other stores.  They are all mainly in the main street.

The clock looks lovely at night because it's all lit up and a round a about at the base of it.

These 2 rocks are part of 3 of which you can just see the 3rd one on the right, they are known as the 3 sisters.

Just the views from the side of the road along a small part of the North West Coast.

Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia.

Ulverstone is a major town on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia on the mouth of the Leven River, on Bass Strait. It is on the Bass Highway, 21 kilometres (13 mi) west of Devonport and 12 kilometres (7 mi) east of Penguin.

The town area was first settled by Europeans in 1848, when Andrew Risby, his wife Louisa and their five young children arrived to settle and develop farmland from what was mostly a thickly forested wilderness.

The town has a good shopping centre plus a nice beach.

My husband and I took a rest from cleaning the cupboards out at my late dads house driving to Ulverstone.

I took a few photos and have posted normal and HDR. Interesting the transformation.

Normal photo West and Bass Strait.

HDR Photo

Normal photo East and Bass Strait.

HDR Photo

Playground, part of at the beach.

An old house at Ulverstone.

The ANZ Bank in Ulverstone, just one of the old buildings left.

Bell's Parade, Latrobe

Bell's Parade is situated on the Latrobe inlet of the Mersey River. It is named after Robert Bell, who with his half brother Henry Bentinck, constructed a wharf and a store on the site in 1855.
From the 1880's it was the main port on the river, becoming northern Tasmania's second major trading port for a period.
Old English Trees grow along the Parade and provide shelter from the hot sun.

Bell's Parade has Platypus, though I haven't seen one as yet. 
There are several events held at Bell's Parade one being the Henley-On-The-Mersey.
It's also a wonderful place for a picnic or a family gathering, or just a walk.
It's not that far from my dads house, so often if I have time in the summer I divert backwards to view and take some photos.

Winter time.