Thursday, February 16, 2012

Tantalising Tasmania!

This appealing building is used - as the signs indicate! - for the sale of crafts and art and a wide range of souvenirs. There were beautiful items hand carved from Tasmanian Huon Pine and other local timbers; hand-knitted/crocheted scarves; animal figures made out of tin and wire; an assortment of framed paintings and sketches, etc. etc.





It was located adjacent to the oldest church in Tasmania - the Anglican Church of St Matthew, built in 1823 - in the delightful town of New Norfolk, just out of Hobart.

If you've not visited Tasmania yet, I can thoroughly recommend you add it to your "must see" locations list. This beautiful island offers spectacular scenery, aerial walks over rainforests, riverboat cruises, character-filled buildings, the best dairy produce in Australia (my assessment!) and much more.
(p.s.  If you don't enjoy cool climates, best plan your trip for Summer! (Dec - Feb). That said, I don't think Tasmania has the freezing temperatures currently being experienced in Europe!)

4 comments:

Sallie (FullTime-Life.com said...

I wish I had time to add it to my list! (And by that I mean I wish I was a decade or so younger ;>)) Failing that, I'm enjoying your lovely posts instead.

LadyFi said...

What a lovely looking church!

Everything Changes said...

Love the church facade.

John "By Stargoose And Hanglands" said...

Those are millstones in the foreground of the bottom picture, any idea why they were in a churchyard?

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