Sunny at Salamanca

Hi , well I am finally getting some sunshine! In between the showers! I have been down to the far south to go for another train ride at a place called Ida Bay. The train was a 2 foot gauge little diesel that was actually  a ford engine. it went for 7 kms and took 2 hours, with commentary. It was soo cute. The road was also on the way to various holiday houses. between the houses the road was gravel, in good nick , and the bitumen road was actually shockingly potholed!  Evidently the road authority for the area, decided to only bitumenise beside the houses! and leave the reast dirt! I drove north again around the d'Entrecasteaux Channel. The scenery is just gorgeous.
One of the things I have noiticed about Tasmanian gardens as I drive around is that they all plant tons of Agapanthus! They grow so huge! but they are in  every garden, blue and white. However whenever I think I am going to take a photo of one of the gardens there is a nasty curve, or a hill or something so I don't get a photo.
As I drove through from Huonville to Hobart I planned to see a handweaving place in Woodbridge, and I drove 3 km up a little winding road with no white line and then when I found the address, it was an absolute goat track that no selfrespecting motorhome would ever get up!  Trees towering over the road which would have brushed against a sedan! So I did a 7 point turn at the top of a hill! kept 2 cars waiting until I had managed to turn around without falling off the top of a steep ridge! Talk about hairraising! In the end I just gave up!
I ended up driving into Hobart and stopping at the Glenorchy Showgrounds. Everybody I meet rave on about the Showgrounds I am sure I can't see what they go on about it for. The grounds are vey uneven and the toilet facilities leave a fair bit to be desired . However the city bus leaves from sort of across the road, and the train line. I think that is the only advantage, they charge 16 bucks so it is hardly cheap. Oh well I will be off tomorrow, Sunday.
Today I went into Hobart to the Salamanca Markets, they are still fantastic. I went in on the bus with this nice Qld couple I met at the showgrounds after they parked next to me. We met the Town Crier, and I got some luscious cherries, (at last). Then I left them to come back via another patchwork shop. Really lovely shop in an old church, into reproduction fabrics, which I need for my workshop I am doing at AQC in Melbourne in April.
So here endeth the next Blog. \
Love you all
Vicki