A weekend at the Australian music theatre festival

This weekend we headed down to Launceston for the Australian Music theatre festival. We were flying after work on Thursday, but I decided to take the day off , and Leon took an early mark. On the way to out we went to The Lincoln for our last Pint of Origin pub and lunch. The Lincoln was serving Tasmanian beers, so our trip felt like it has started before we even left the CBD!

Melbourne is famous for not having an airport train, but having a very expensive, privately run bus. By comparison, public transport is currently free and the Sky Bus is 36 dollars. Since we had plenty of time, we took a tram and train and then a bus from Broadmeadows (I think you have to be a Melbournian to really understand the situation.)

I had only been to Launceston once, briefly. It's the perfect small city for a festival like this one. we went to shows every night and ate good food constantly.

The city is built around a gorge and it's stunning. We went for a run and saw pademelons! So cute. They were not bothered by us.

Leon's choir glee Plus did some singing. Today (Sunday) we went to Clarendon House a National Trust historic house where we saw more shows, ate more food and did a tour of the house.

Here's Glee Plus singing in front of the house.

There is one yarn shop in Launceston and they sell (amongst other things) White Gum Wool, a Tasmanian grown yarn. As always it was great to be able to see colours in person and I bought a jumpers worth for Leon in a colour that I had worried was a little too purple and not burgundy enough, but he says he likes it.

It was a very satisfying weekend. Lots of music, friends, time to relax, some time to read, and plenty of knitting. I'll be back on Wednesday to tell you about what I knit and read while we were away.

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