Saturday March 6, 2010 – Launceston

Today we went down to Launceston. We were going to do a harbour cruise but decided to see the Cataract Gorge on foot. As I navigated Charles to the gorge, it turned out that I picked the best way to get there. There were signs all along way.

The gorge was a beautiful place. We walked around the basin. There was a suspension bridge to cross. We were upset as we did not bring our bathing suits to swim in the pool. It would have been nice as it was quite hot and humid. We ate lunch at the park. It was such a nice way to spend the morning.

We went downtown to shop in the afternoon. I have found out just how much I hate shopping in an area I don't know. Downtowns tend to be high end places anyway. My purse had broken in the morning so I wanted to replace it. We finally found a place that had what I wanted. I should have bought it and be done with it. However, we went and looked in another store only to go back to the place where we first saw the purse. I said to Charles "Let's just get out of here and head back". We did stop at a camera store to look at new cameras. Then a souvenir shop for some post cards. It was so hot and sticky.

We had one last stop at the Woolworths Grocery store. After arriving back Charles went down to the beach. I had a little rest. Charles came back for me as the water was quite warm. I just got in to my waist with the waves. The water was quite warm but wavy. I didn't really like that. It was very refreshing.