spring

It's been a busy couple of weeks.   We have had family staying with us.   Have consequently done more sight seeing  and less work around the place.

The Tall Ships are in Hobart presently.  Hobart loves a good festival.   people turn out from everywhere and clog the city centre.    Parking is a problem!

I took the Kids on Saturday.   oddly enough I managed to get a park on the waterfront.   The water front and the lawns of  Parliament were transformed.    The 150 year old Steam powered Carousel was a Hit,   cranking along with organ pipe music.

the McCredden Girls,  Summer,  Kiralee and Ella.
 

Hula hoops on the lawns of parliament.   There were Tug of wars going on between the crews of the various tall ships.

Today I have been Mowing.  Its remarkable how just a bit of warmer weather sets the grass and the thistles going.   I have learnt how to take the blades off the Mower having bent one on a rock.   I straightened it yesterday and have rebent it today.   High carbon Steel doesn't like being bent on rocks.   it seems to have a memory for its bent shape but not its straight one.

8 months

We have been in Tassie 8 months now.    We have survived winter,  it wasn't as bad as I thought it should be.    People at work assure me that it has been a very mild and dry winter.   I have found that the mornings tend to be delightful,  clear and blue skys.  Later in the day it clouds up but oddly by the time I get home from work at about 9pm  the sky is clear and all the stars are out.    I know the actual number of stars doesn't change,  but being away from big city lights there are definitely more stars in the Tassie night sky.
I used to see a few rainbows in my old job out and about.   The Bass coast was always a highlight.  I love the odd places and times that a rainbow would appear,   sometimes feeling like it is on show just for me.    The  weather in Tas is so changeable it seems that rainbows are just days apart.    the locals don't seem to notice or appreciate them,   "yeah we get lots of rainbows"  is a common comment.

looking SouthEast across the Block

The Tall Ships come to Hobart on Friday.   Planning to take the family to the water front to have a look.   Its a five day program complete with fire works on the opening night (Friday).

Snug. Odd name nice village

The aptly named village of Snug lies just north of Kettering.   I cannot be certain where it got its name from but I presume it relates to its protected bay and estuary.   First impressions of the village reminds my of areas of Kilsyth in Melbourne.   We have occaision to visit Snug frequently,  the Kids go to school there,   the girls do dancing in the snug hall and Will plays footie in the Channel junior football club.  
What this means is that midweek,  on a Wednesday we have the pleasure of spending about 3 hours at the snug foreshore/footy oval while the kids do their thing.   Its not as pleasant in the middle of winter but in autumn spring and summer its lovely.    I like to walk around and collect pinecones for the fire.


Snug river Estuary



Snug beach looking south
 



North Bank of Snug River

 Adjoining the footy oval,  with its own Boat ramp into Snug River is the Channel (Snug) Scouts.    In the warmer months it's great to see all the kids messing about in boats and having a great time.   I was never a scout myself,   having a sense that right wing paramilitary   organisations have caused a great deal of trouble in the past.   My views have softened somewhat,   I think the kids would get a lot out of it.


Snug Scout Hall