After a good nights sleep, we got up, had showers and drove to town to the Grand Chancellor Hotel for their buffet breakfast.
It was very good and we were both pleasantly full when we left.
A short walk to the end of the street is the City Park. This is a lovely park in the middle of the city. The park was established in the 1820’s and includes a large duck pond and an impressive conservatory, rotunda and other heritage buildings.
The main reason we came here was the troop of Macaque Monkeys.
Sadly the monkeys are being phased out over the next 20 years or so. You can read all about that here.
There are some good photos of the monkeys here.
We watched the monkeys for a while, laughing at the little one’s antics.
From here, we travelled toward the airport and on to the town of Evandale for the Sunday Market. Evandale is another heritage town, but its claim to fame is Penny Farthing bikes. Every year they have Penny Farthing races here. One time when were here before, we were surprise to have a Penny Farthing bike cross the road in front of us.
The market is in the showgrounds and is very large. With a good mix of local fresh produce, local food products, arts and craft stalls, general bric-a-brac stalls and food trucks, there is something for everybody
M was happy as there was an icecream truck that has the “muncher” machine he hoped for at the Westerway Raspberry Farm. He was happy to get a huge strawberry ice cream.
Heading back to Launceston we went to a restaurant we had read about in an old hotel.
Turns out the reviews of “Steve’s Grill” at the Centennial Hotel were spot on. The interior has been very well restored and the dining room is like stepping into the past with its dark timber bar and very comfortable chairs
We had our lunch and decided to find Woolies to buy a hot chook to pick at for dinner and perhaps take a picnic with us tomorrow as we wander up the Tamar Valley
Back at the Mantra we settled in for the night.
Tomorrow is a driving day up and down the Tamar Valley for our last day 🙁
