A Special Day.

This coming Thursday is a very special day for my husband and myself.  On May 1, 1965 we were married in the Catholic Church, the Church of Apostles here in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia at 11 am by two Priests.  

Therefore, it's our 60th Wedding Anniversary.

We were teenagers at the time and my studies were completed in my profession, but I was too young to practice, that came later.

We had 150 guests at the church and at the Wedding Reception of which my parents paid for including the drinks. 

Nearly 16 years later we had our first son followed by our second son 11 months later.

Why the delay?

Natures way!

All good things come to those who wait.

This week on the April 27, was youngest sons birthday followed on April 29, eldest sons birthday.  Two days the same age.

I will take a break from blogging for celebrations with family and friends.

Beauty Point, Tasmania

Beauty Point, Tasmania was established as a deep-water port, initially to serve the nearby Beaconsfield gold mine which is still there but little gold is taken these days.  Later it became a key export centre for exporting Apples.

Today, Beauty point is a small riverside town known for its port, which hosts the Australian National Institue for Maritime Studies.

Seahorses are a star attraction in Beauty Point with the world's first seahorse aquarium, Seahorse World, dedicated to breeding and protecting these fascinating creatures.

At Platypus House you can view live platypuses and echidnas.  These two creatures are unique and cannot be seen anywhere else in the world.  They are egg laying mammals actively feeding and playing during a guided tourn.  You can learn and about the biology of both mammals and how they live.

A Platypus

Sea Horses.

 

Beauty Point has red dots around it in the north.  That river is the Tamar River which goes into Launceston where I live.  On the right side of the Tamar River is Low Head the mouth of the river and Bass Strait is just to the west on the map.