Tuesday March 2, 2010 – On to Greens Beach

Last night the computer had a fit. Puff and the screen went black. It would not turn off. Finally I undid the battery and unplugged the power, counted to ten then put everything back. However, it would not turn on. I was a little upset. In the morning, I tried again to start the computer but no luck. Charles tried it just before I took a shower and it worked. I guess it didn't like me.

We both felt better when we set off for our last Tasmanian stop. It was not that far so we did a tourist route. First stop was the Anvers Chocolate Factory at Latrobe. It was wonderful. We saw them making truffles today. They make all sorts of chocolates. In the cafe I got a fresh fruit pavlova. It was delicious. I also bought dark chocolate covered raisins. They are very good as well.

We continued into the town of Latrobe to see if we could take a Platypus tour. Found out that these tours only go early in the morning or late in the day. Platypuses are shy creatures that usually don't come out during the day. We were told where to go and possibly see them, so that with the time available we went to see what we could see. We did not see any platypus but the lake was so still the reflections were great. I got lots of nice pictures of the reflections. It was also a very nice peaceful walk around the small lake.

Leaving Latrobe we went on to Railton. Railton is the Town of Topiary. At first we did not see the sculptured animals made from shrubs. Soon we were seeing them all over the place. Some where all finished and just needed trimming now and then. Others were just being started. Railton is close to Sheffield the town of murals. Again the topiaries are all around town taking people by all the businesses. These little towns have thought of different ways to attract tourists. We ate lunch in one of the parks.

After Railton we headed to our destination for the next week. It was not a hard drive. Some of the time we were on the highway and other times we were on back roads. Green Beach seemed like it was at the top of Tasmania. As we went along the road got narrower and narrower. Soon there was no centre line. Green Beach is a small beach town. The beach is beautiful. Probably the nicest one we have seen since Strahan. If the weather stays good we might swim in the Bass Strait.