9th February - cruise blues - Highland Waters

Tuesday 9^th February 2016

Another treasure from that mysterious Oatlands paddock… Yes!  A Model T Ford!!

The big cruise liner, Carnival Spirit, has been in town quite frequently.  I imagine that people arrive in Hobart and exclaim at the prettiness of the city, the beautify of the waterfront, and then they wander around southern Tasmania for a day, loving every minute.  Well maybe not always… The Carnival Spirit agenda promises a trip form Sydney to New Caledonia and Vanuatu… But…if the weather is stormy in the South Pacific, they divert the boat and cruise to…Hobart.  This happened last week, and on the boat was a honeymoon couple.  From…Hobart…

Our laketime was wonderful.  John and Catherine are wonderful hosts – everything is very relaxed and easy; they always have very delicious food; the environment at Highland Waters is glorious. 

I went for a swim in the lake, and then for a paddle in a little yellow canoe.  We walked around the lake twice (5ks), from both directions.  And found a glistening snakeskin…

We also made new friends, Lance and Beth.

Beth, Lance, John, Pete, Catherine

And we had the constant happy company of Billy the Dog.  Catherine has to go away for work a lot, leaving John and Billy alone together in Hobart.  They snuggle up in front of the TV  and watch the Discovery Channel.  Billy is particularly fascinated by bears and goes right up to the screen to examine them closer.  But on one of the programs they starred a pack of beautiful wolves.  He looked at them with narrowed eyes, and when one of the wolves was shown in close-up snarling into the camera, Billy leapt for safety and John found himself with a very large fluffy dog in his lap…

Our Leo is ten!!