Tassie Pics 2008 ©All original artwork and photos are protected and may not be reproduced without the written permission of the Artist Sal Badcock Studio & Gallery Mission Beach, North Queensland, Australia email Sal Welcome to our 2008 Tasmanian holiday. We were there from the 20th March until the 13th April. We had a fabulous time visiting people as well as having a break for ourselves. We are lucky enough to be able to stay at beautiful Shearwater making that our base. This means we could wake up in the same bed most mornings and just cruise around doing not much if we felt like it. Having said that though, I would like to point out that we did manage to clock up nearly 1800km on the hire car. We did manage to have a few days to ourselves which was lovely, but in doing so missed seeing a few people, I guess we will be seeing them next time. To view the photo's you can either just scroll down OR you can click on the titles to go directly to those photo's. Index

1. Melbourne - Marni at Tullamarine 2. Wynyard - Great-Grandfather, Poppy Lloyd 3. Wynyard - Doug, Maus, Connor & Ruby 4. Shearwater - relaxing 5. Dodges Ferry - band practice 6. Sanford - Mickey-dog and his girlfriend Mira 7. Albion Heights - Ange, John & James 8. Hobart - Mount Wellington 9. Cambridge - Anne 10. Shearwater - wild and wooly conditions 11. Smithton - June, Barry & Leone 12. Smithton - Karen & Hannah 13. Penguin - penguins n' stuff 14. Ulverstone - playground capers

15. Tasmazia & Lower Crackpot (Marni's 2nd home) 16. Village of Lower Crackpot! 17. Lower Barrington - Amanda's House 18. Wynyard - Sal's gig 19. Rocky Cape - Aunty Vivie & Uncle Peter & COWS! 20. Bracknell - Barb & the 'The Grange' 21. Longford - Kim & God-Father Trevor 22. Launceston - City Park 23. Wynyard David & Margaret 24. Burnie - Nigel, Belinda, Jessie, Ellie & Tyler 25. Shearwater - sunrise & fog 26. Shearwater - Penguin Island 27. Fairy Penguins 28. Panorama's from Penguin Island

20th March - Marni at Tullamarine
Marni's challenge at Melbourne airport ... to eat a jam donut without licking her lips	an impossible task you say?
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can she do it?	difficult as it is ... apparently she can
TOP 23th March 2008 - Wynyard Great-Grandfather, Poppy Lloyd
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TOP 23th March - Wynyard Doug, Maus, Connor & Ruby's house
beautiful crisp Tassie country morning
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Ruby, Marni & Connor trying to pretend they are watching TV while I take their pic
TOP 25th March 2008 - Shearwater
TOP 26th March - relax time
	Anvers chocolate factory and the best hot chocolate!
TOP 29th March - Dodges Ferry band practice at Kol's
Kol	well, you know me
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Doug	Dave
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The Band Kids - Connor, Marni, Ruby, super-Ethan & Xavier Dave's boys Tom & Ben are missing, along with his baby girl who's still enjoying the warmth of her mum's tummy TOP 29th March - Sanford a visit with our Mickey-dog and his girlfriend Mira
Mickey boy always remembers us even though he moved to his new house nearly 7 years ago. He always gives us a joyful reception when we visit him. TOP
TOP 29th March - Albion Heights, Kingston Ange, John & James' house
	early morning view from Albion Heights across to Opossom Bay, South Arm
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Marni & James - musicians extraordinaire
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SNOW!!!!	The Pinnacle - Mount Wellington
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the view down to Hobart	and Kim decidedly un-excited over being so cold.
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the construction of ....	.... Marni's fabulous, gigantic snow-man ... er... baby
TOP 1st April - Cambridge> Anne's two delightful dogs
Harry & Dudley, who bears an incredible likeness to our doggy Mick (guess that's cos they are both Boarder Collie X Retriever)
TOP 1st April - Shearwater wild and wooly conditions as a big storm front crosses the state - cold too!! brrrr
TOP 3rd April - Smithton My old Mum's baby sister June with her hubby Barry, and Mum's niece Leone
TOP 3rd April - Smithton my cousin Karen & the delightful Hannah
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TOP 4th April - Penguin this was as close as Marni came to a tiny fairy penguin
TOP 4th April - Ulverstone playground capers - who says we are too old!!! ???? - and not dogs ??? TOP
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the Velocitron the harder you pedal the higher you go. TOP and Kim doing his best motor cycle impression TOP
TOP 5th April - Tasmazia & Lower Crackpot (Marni's 2nd home) This is the world's largest maze complex, consisting of 8 different types of mazes.
	A sign outside reads: Manifesto of the Laird of Lower crackpot Chieftan of Clan Crackpot Here at Tasmazia we do things the Crackpot way. Here fun and laughter rule. Love warms our mountain air, The broad and all encompassing spirit, is the canvas on which we paint our delight in the joy of life. A demanding character, impatience, self-centredness, discourtesy and mean spirit are not virtues here. They will not be allowed to pollute the sunshine of our day. This is not their place The eccentric, the artist, the composer, the poet, the writer, the musician and those who love these things, those of a soft and kind nature, those who suffer under domination of harsher cruder spirits, those who step to a different drum, the loners, the creators, the adventurers, the visionaries, the lovers, the givers and not the takers the young at heart, the gentle folk - this is their place. May their spirits dwell in eternal summer.
TOP 1. THE GREAT MAZE At the time of planting, the world's largest, and no signs of a successor yet. A place of wandering and discovery, the goal is the Three Bears Cottage.
TOP 2. HAMPTON COURT A repeat design of the maze at Hampton Court Palace in the UK. It retains all the salient points of the original and is exact to the last metre (1000 metres).
TOP 3. HEXAGONAL MAZE A six-sided maze that plays rotten little tricks on you. The goal is the centre wherein is the memorial to posts and poles.
TOP 4. CONFUSION MAZE Designed by a lady, it has a reputation of being easier to get into than out of.
TOP 5. THE IRISH MAZE Find it within the Great Maze.
TOP 6. THE BALANCE MAZE A low wall maze, 100mm wide, on which you must balance to negotiate it. TOP Village of Lower Crackpot! The very popular Village of Lower Crackpot is a whimsical artwork originally created by Brian Inder. A model village built to 1/5th scale. Each building has a story to tell, and is connected to real people, so in a way, the town is inhabited. The village is dedicated to all those in middle life who, in this new economic age, are 'adjusted' out of their jobs, professions, businesses, farms, careers and thrown onto the economic scrap heap, there to start again, someway, as happened to its creator, Brian Inder at age 54. The village is meant as an inspiration to these people you can pick yourself up and succeed in a new life, you can thumb your nose at the "new order" and still have a ball. The Village Motto is 'Fractis Sed Utilis', which translates, 'broken but still useful', which a cracked pot is.
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TOP 7. THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD MAZE A fairy tale maze for toddlers and small children. It is at Upper Lower Crackpot. The goal is to reach the village green
TOP 8. THE CAGE Find it within the Great Maze. Built of timber in a cage format it is not for the faint hearted, but boys love it. The goal is Australia's only known monument to a plumber. Visit the Tasmazia webiste
TOP 5th April - Lower Barrington Amanda's House - just to prove we were really there
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TOP 6th April - Wynyard Wharfies (the bottom pub to any locals) for Sal's world tour of Wynyard
TOP The Dogs go acoustic - and boy was it fun. Please note Sal's NEW acoustic bass - what else do you buy when you are on holiday in Tassie? TOP
TOP 7th April - Rocky Cape Aunty Vivie & Uncle Peter
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TOP 8th April - Bracknell Barb visits her childhood home 'The Grange', her family lived there until she was 17.
It was a very special day, as we got to walk around the grounds sharing memories of Barb's childhood.
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Barb was very impressed that the old pear tree was still there, and loaded with fruit.
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	Why you ask??? Well Kim just had to have a pic of the spectacular hose reel for a mate back home.
TOP 8th April - Longford Kim and his God-Father Trevor Trevor, at the ripe old age of 95, has a sparkling wit and thirst for knowledge. TOP
Trevor and his baby brother Lloyd	Marni & her Great Uncle Trevor
TOP 8th April - Launceston City Park
	Marni finds some Autumn colour
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TOP 9th April - Wynyard David & Margaret
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the spectacular bansai garden	espalier fruit trees
TOP 9th April - Burnie Nigel, Belinda, Jessie, Ellie & Tyler
my first cousin Nigel	Belinda & the ratbags
TOP Marni with her cousins Jessie, Ellie & Tyler TOP 10th April - Shearwater sunrise & fog over Shearwater
TOP 10th April - Shearwater Penguin Island. The bay is so shallow that you can walk out to the islands at low tide.
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TOP made it to Penguin Island there's the shack way over there!
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penguin burrow	The Fairy Penguin (Eudyptula minor) is the smallest of all penguins. Adults weigh around 1 kg, grow to around 40cm tall and live an average of 6 years. They live in colonies along Tasmania's North coast and the Southern coast of Australia. During the day they cruise around in the ocean feeding on fish and krill. Most resident birds in a colony return to their burrows in small groups within an hour or so of darkness. Some fairy penguins return consistently to their burrows year round, but most stay at sea throughout the autumn-winter period.
TOP Panorama's from Penguin Island looking West back to Shearwater on the left and Hawley Beach on the right.
and on the other side of the island - looking east towards Bakers Beach
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time to head home before the dreaded tide comes in, cos when it comes in - it really comes in!! TOP We left Shearwater on the 12th April, stayed with friends Jane, Tom, Jed, Abe & Kye in Evandale before flying back to Cairns on the 13th. It was fabulous to catch up with people and to have break and relax ourselves. Cya next time