Wednesday 11 May 2004, 5pm
By Felix Cameron

A big hello from Tasmania! One

4 May 2004  

Hello, today I am writing from deloraine on behalf of myself and Zayda!

I arrived in Tassie on the Spirit of Tasmania ferry on Sunday morning after an exciting voyage across the Bass Strait in gail-force winds and made my way to the lovely town of La Trobe.

While there I went to the morning local market and bought a book which I read on the banks of the beautiful Mersey River under the shade of oak trees in autumn colour. It rained most of the day and was very cold - but I saw a wild Tasmanian Devil!

From La Trobe I traveled to Deloraine and spent a night in the car (outside it was less than five degrees Celsius -- when I went to a supermarket they told me it was 12 degrees Celsiusinside and I thought it was warm!)

On Monday I headed to Launceston to pick up Zayda at the quaint little airport (stopping on the way at a wonderful copper sculpture art gallery).

Zayda arrived with a lovely smile and we headed into the Launceston CBD for a delicious lunch which we followed with a visit to the Cataract Gorge, a breathtaking gorge with towering cliffs in the heart of Launceston.

After a few false starts as to which road to take, we drove to Liffy Falls (a world heritage area of forest), a lovely scenic drive along winding roads in the mountains. Zayda had wanted us to arrive at his close friend Ross Ulman's house in Mole Creek at 5:00pm. At 5:04pm we arrived at the Omemilebridge sign on Ross's gate.

Ross and Vivienne, long-time friends of Zayda and Boba, have modeled their house and property on Prospect Hill Park (the large farm-style property that Zayda and Boba used to own in Wandin, Melbourne) and their lifestyle on Boba and Zayda's.

We had a lovely dinner of homemade pizza and sat talking for some hours before retiring to bed for a much needed sleep.

This morning we had delicious porridge before setting off again towards the east coast. Everything is going smoothly and the countryside is beautiful - like New Zealand, but we can feel the history of the places as we pass through them.

All my love and best wishes,

Felix (and Zayda)

Felix and his grandfather Zayda traveled from Victoria to Tasmania.

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