On the Road Again & Again & Again: Pinch Us! We cannot believe this lovely place called Saffire in Freycinet!

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Pinch Us! We cannot believe this lovely place called Saffire in Freycinet!

So, left Hobart at 9am… had the same driver who picked us up at the airport, Peter. Nice guy and we headed out for our next destination for three nights. It was about 3 hours from Hobart and he took some of the lesser traveled roads which is something Jerry and I do all the time. It’s always so much more interesting. Went through a small town called Richmond which is home to the oldest bridge in Tassie, built in 1823 by, you guessed it, the convicts.

We were so excited to think… a real legit bridge picture! Asked Peter to take our pics, told him we wanted the whole bridge in the pic. Yes-siree he said…I’ve got eight cameras at home, I can handle it for you. We got on the bridge and he spent one minute appearing to take a gazillion photos. We rendezvoused back together… I checked the camera as we drove away… TWO pictures and they were closeup of us, so you can’t see the bridge!!! WHAAAAAT? Think I still might use them as a bridge pic… way too funny!

Got to our home for the next three evenings and couldn’t believe how nice it was/is. Oh my, we certainly are not use to this kind of place but are happy to try it out!

The center has a Tasmanian Devil Sanctuary for older Tas Devils. The Devils are only found here in Tasmania now and unfortunately, a horrible, spreadable cancer has decimated about 80% of the population. The government is working to help get this disease under control but not so easy with wild animals, but they are making progress. So here, there are five older Devils (one male and rest female)… and females are the aggressors, especially when they mate. They tend to all beat up on the poor guy and he is exhausted from trying to service them all, which is funny, cuz their age keeps them from procreating, you'd think they would loose the drive... guess not. Interesting critters which eat meat… and the bones, and the fir, well, every single bit of their food.

Enjoy the pics!

This is the bridge...pic from a web site

We drove up, they asked our names and had us sit and relax, gave us some wine and talked to us about the center. While this was happening, our luggage was whisked away to the room. The staff member than walked us to out home for the next three nights and showed us how to operate all the gizmos. The view... well, you will see down below!