Shelley Dark
Jan 26, 2019
#10 Launceston to Burnie and beyond...
Since we left you last at Launceston, we've covered the north-west of Tassie - easy to do in a short time because the distances are so...
Shelley Dark
Jan 19, 2019
#9. Best of Launceston
Booking an AirBNB somewhere in an unfamiliar city is always a bit of a gamble isn't it? Will the park next door be a drug dealers'...
Shelley Dark
Jan 8, 2019
#8 Falmouth to Launceston
After a very happy week at Falmouth we were excited to be on our way. I have three rules for a happy road trip: make sure there's a...
Shelley Dark
Jan 1, 2019
#7. Freycinet
We anticipated a long day at Wineglass Bay, so we set the alarm for 5am. We drove there, climbed to the Lookout and back, called in...
Shelley Dark
Dec 31, 2018
#6. Falmouth
Here we are in Falmouth, population 102 according to the 2016 census. It could just be the most liveable town in Australia! If there were...
Shelley Dark
Dec 30, 2018
#5 Sydney to Hobart final strait!
When I first booked Saltcotes for Christmas, I gave no thought to its position relative to the Derwent River, or to the date of the...
Shelley Dark
Dec 29, 2018
#4. Tassie Christmas
We agreed that if we spent Christmas in Tassie this year we wouldn't do gifts at all. No tree, no bonbons, no gifts, no pre-cooking. A...
Shelley Dark
Dec 23, 2018
#3. Opossum Bay Tassie
O'Possum Bay is a sleepy village forty minutes drive from Hobart, yet it's light years away. Fifties weatherboard cottages snuggle low...
Shelley Dark
Dec 19, 2018
#2. Feel the serenity?
In the south-east of Tasmania on a 200-acre peninsula surrounded by the chilly waters of Esperance Bay and the d'Entrecasteaux Channel,...
Shelley Dark
Dec 16, 2018
#1 Must-see Hobart
Hobart is really buzzing. There's a sophistication born of knowing who you are and what you're good at. A quiet confidence that Tassie...
Shelley Dark
Oct 5, 2018
#21 looking back at London
This morning at the hotel I sat in my preferred breakfast seat in front of the servery. The two tables there are outside the dining room...
Shelley Dark
Sep 28, 2018
#20 final week at Kew
'When you buy or commission the work of a craftsman you buy more than just an item or service. You buy hundreds of hours of...
Shelley Dark
Sep 26, 2018
#19 Richmond..
I loved seeing the very sophisticated Petersham Nurseries shop at Covent Garden - I tried to walk in before it even opened! But I was...
Shelley Dark
Sep 25, 2018
#18 if you're tired of London, you're tired of life!
That's the gist of what Samuel Johnson said way back in 1777. I couldn't agree more! So when I woke on Saturday to grey skies and...
Shelley Dark
Sep 24, 2018
#17 from Kew to the big smoke
Picture a chef standing in front of you shucking ice-cold Mersea Island oysters as fast as you can eat them. That was Thursday night,...