Lighthouse, Devonport, Tasmania

The Lighthouse near the mouth of the Mersey River in Devonport, Tasmania helps guide The Spirit of Tasmania and a few freight ships into the river to berth.  The lighthouse was built on a stone base and is made of bricks, was built in 1889.

We had to visit Devonport last Monday for an appointment with the Financial Adviser our yearly appointment, all was well.  

We also went to the Cemetery the Lawn one to visit my parents grave and I placed new artificial flowers there. 

Then on Wednesday for the evening meal, dinner, our second eldest granddaughter came for dinner by herself for the very first time.  What a surprise and we had a wonderful time with her.  It will be her 18th birthday on Saturday the 4th of April.

Our clocks move back 1 hour on the 5th of April and also on that day, Easter Sunday is our 3rd Granddaughter's 14th birthday.

The photos here in this section are of the Bluff at Devonport and behind where I'm taking the photo from is the Bluff Caravan Park where we used to stay in our caravan after my parents passed.  Sometimes we would just take a drive to the Bluff and not take the caravan as Devonport is just over 1 hour drive from home.  The sea is Bass Strait.

Sunset, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

 A sunset in Townsville at the Caravan Park we stayed at some years ago.  Many times we tried to get into the same caravan park, but it was always booked out.  It's just by chance we got in the first time we went there.

It's a lovely city, 3,300 km from home, so it's a long way taking several days to get there. It's the Gateway to the Great Barrier Reef and opposite the Coral Sea, the climate is tropical.  Magnetic Island is about 25 minutes by a ferry.

Townsville has two season, dry and wet.  The river in the photos is the Ross River and it's 49 km long.  Population is approximately 201,313. 

I remember sitting on a seat by the river in awe of the sunset.  It was probably the first good sunset I had viewed on the trip up the east.