Launceston to Cradle Mountain via King Solomons Caves

After a brief trip to the centre of Launceston to stock up on some more memory for my camera and a delightful breakfast at Pierres we embarked on our next leg. Originally we'd planned to go straight to Strahan but with a lack of accommodation we tried our luck at Cradle Mountain and managed to get a good deal at the Voyages resort up there.

The drive itself was fairly uneventful, especially now we've discovered that you don't get a warning sign for the traffic unless you need to be doing less than 40km/h. We hit countryside that I would more typically associate with Tasmania, more mountain trails with the road meandering up into the lush rainforest.

We stumbled across King Solomons caves on a the way. It took us a little of the main drive for the trip to Cradle mountain but it was well worth it. It's a dry cave system with formations the instant you wander inside. They provide an excellent guided tour through the cave system.

We finished our journey up to Cradle Mountain and discovered that it really does get cold up here, booked ourselves in for a walk on Saturday and nuzzled back into our cabin by the fire :)

Hobart Honeymooning

We made it to Hobart relatively unscathed; a few annoying passengers but mostly standard flights. We got here at 9, made the hotel by 945pm and headed upstairs to our noise-affected room. We knew when we booked that the band would be playing below until at least 12; turned out to be 1; and we weren't in as much of a party mood as we had expected. Gee it was loud!

(BTW we are staying at the Customs House Hotel)

Sunday we wandered around Salamance, Battery Point and Hobart Central before heading out to Moorilla Winery on a cruise. We tasted wine and cheese, but the highlight was the antiquities museum - great roman mosaics and other artefacts.

We had dinner at Mures Lower Deck - good fish, disappointing chips and potato cakes.

Today it's cold and raining. We're currently in Hudsons with coffee, magazines and planning to go to a movie. Maybe the museum too. In the end, it's impossible not to be relaxed ... there's so little to do!!

-Vanessa and Cameron

THANK YOU!

Thank you to everyone who came to the wedding on Friday night. We had a great time and hope you all did too. After all our stress we really didn't understand how much fun we would have!

If we didn't get much time to talk to you, we're really sorry ... it was so hard to get to people - we kept getting grabbed for photos or drinks - so over the next few months we will be taking the time to try and see everyone to catch up properly, check out photos and relax with a few (more!) drinks.

Thanks again - especially to both mum and dads, Maggie, Linda, Craig and Bec, and the bridal boys and girl!

The Newlyweds

One week to go!

7 days. Starting to get a little nervous now. However, paying for the wedding (thank mum and dad(s)) is bring me back to reality. We did pick up our rings yesterday and I love them!!

This week we got our first wedding presents - a lovely book from Belinda in Canada (we will miss you bee!) and another from Cameron's parents (which is still wrapped - amazing I know).

I think at this stage everything is under control ... but it's hard to tell.

Neither of us can believe that we will be married next week. It's so close, yet so far away ...

A nicer moment

On the brighter side, it has been wonderful that everyone is so excited for us getting married. It's made the whole experience very nice :)
Vanessa

First big stress moment

I (Vanessa) had my first big stress out last night - which annoyingly prevented me from sleeping for a few hours.

I kept imagining wind ruining the whole ceremony. It was incredibly annoying, because then I starting getting worried about incredibly mundane things - will people like the button holes? What about the corsages?

Hopefully, there will be few more of these nights!!

I've got music... who could ask for anything more?

We've got all the music sorted for the wedding!

We've lined up a band, Intrinsic, to do our reception music! Should be awesome! I can't wait!