Deloraine

By the time we arrived it Deloraine it was a bit past lunchtime so we found a nice spot by the river and made the first of our picnic lunches.

Enchanted Woods

We went up through the centre, past Great Lake which is quite eerie when it is damp and misty, but we pulled off at one point ant took a couple of photos, the second one I particularly like, of the tree in the mist!

The Steppes

We decided to avoid the main Midland Highway and soon found ourselves going through the quaint town of Bothwell and out to The Steppes, which is on the middle of nowhere.   A well known Tasmanian sculptor, Stephen Walker, chose this place for his set of bronze sculptures set around a circle of well placed rocks.   

Ok, today's the day!

I mentioned that I went away last weekend with friend from Probus, Jeanette, while Ken and Heidi also headed up north, to Burney.

We set off from here on a miserable Friday morning in Jeanette's motor home, which was very comfortable, even boasting its own "facilities"

I am getting hooked on Lumosity!

And what is that?   You may well ask.   It's a brain training game which helps you in a variety of ways.   There are games for speed, flexibility, memory, problem solving etc. etc.   you can watch your statistics rise as you improve, and by doing it regularly, at least three times a week (and I try to do it every day) you do find you get quicker and more accurate.

If you want to check it out just go to Lumosity.com it's all there and since I came to hear about it I have put several friends (and all the near family) onto it.

The games can be played any time, as often as you like, but the actual test which counts for your stats, you do just the once a day.   Try it, it's fun.

Well the weekend away came.........

And I still have to get round to blogging about it, but with so many lovely photos it is hard to make a start.

So yesterday Heidi and I took a drive down to Margate and had afternoon tea at a fairly new little place, a converted house, so quite quaint.

Here it what we had, Brioche and home made plum jam, which bought back memories of the war, 'cos that was the only jam we had for quite a while!

Heidi couldn't bring herself to spoil the beautiful pattern on her hot chocolate!

Am looking forward to the weekend!

Am off tomorrow with friend Jeanette in her camper an to Leven Canyon and Liffey Falls to do some bushwalking.   Ken and Heidi are going to Burnie so we will all meet up again on Monday.

This will be my 'home away from home' for the next few days.