0 tassie part two

A well as the wildlife and historical aspects of Tasmania, there are some spectacular designs aspects too. In Launceston we visited the Design Centre (above and below). We ate at a fab restaurant called The Black Cow, delicious.

We then travelled right down to Hobart and of course, conquered MONA. That place is insane and the owner who was getting married there that evening actually lives on site, can you imagine!?

Hubert Duprat was my favourite exhibit. The massive crystal sculpture, big faceted rock and paintings were giving me heart palpitations as you can imagine!

More of Hubert's delights above (and SIL Alice photo bombing). Below was a massive fountain that dropped down sheets of water words

and one of my favourite parts? The owners reserved car spaces

The markets were on that day and I found this hat. The look on Jules face really says it all, right? I'm kind of depressed I didn't buy it now. Why do bloody husbands need to have opinions that we occasionally listen to?

On the way out of Hobart we found this gorgeous little town called Richmond which happened to have the first ever bridge built in Australia, they also have the most exquisite antique shop I have been in. Take these whale bones (couldn't exactly fit those in the carry on)

I hope you enjoyed this little holiday wrap up. I would highly recommend going. If you can, stay in Battery Point and eat at Da Angelo's - best family run Italian I have ever eaten!

0 Tassie part one

Hello all! Firstly apologies for the lack of posts last week and I know I'm late this week too! Bad blogger. I say my excuse is pregnancy and having less brain capacity plus I was away on a mini break in Tasmania with the family. I didn't know what to expect and was pleasantly surprised.  There was some spectacular scenery and some of the most beautiful homes I have ever seen. Here are a few of my snaps, some interesting, some not so much, sorry. Above was a gorge in Launceston and below was some insane copper door goodness outside a cafe in the strip mall.

We visited a platypus and echidna zoo which sat atop the ocean on a wharf. That platypus was freakin' huge and looked fake. The echidnas were adorable and ran all over you, the nice lady let us take home a spine too! (I think she thought we were very odd for wanting one)

We went to Port Arthur which was insane, like another world there, I highly recommend visiting if you ever get there, plus we saw a real live in the wild echidna so basically my day was MADE

This was the wallpaper inside the Commander of the colonies home. Stay tuned for friday's post which gets us back on track with some design inspiration - promise!