Day 9 - Devonport TASMANIA

To fill in sometime before we had to board our board, we parked along the side of the river and photographed The Spirit of Tasmania boat preparing itself for our voyage. It looked really lovely with the setting sun turning the boat golden.
This time we decided to get some Take-Away dinner to eat while we sat in the que to board our car onto the boat. Roger was happy as we decided on Chinese Food - his favourite.
This time we were prepared for the security checks and all went smoothly and we moved through the checking in with a breeze. This time we had a different room in the centre of the front of the boat on the lower black line. Once again Roger and I took our travel sickness drugs and sleep through the whole cruise until the loud speaker woke us up to leave the boat at 6am.

Day 9 - Bluff Beach Devonport TASMANIA

After we photographed the Bluff Lighthouse we went for a nice walk along Bluff Beach. Bluff Beach is located in Devonport at the entrance to the Mersey River where the Spirit of Tasmania ferry passes through.
The beach was at low tide and we could walk over the rocks and photograph all the little rock pools and get some great shots of little starfish and other tiny sea-life.

Day 9 - Bluff Lighthouse - Devonport TASMANIA

We got into Devonport a bit earlier than expected so we toured around and found this wonderful lighthouse. This lovely old Lighthouse stands tall and proud on the bluff at Devonport, it was established in 1889.
This lighthouse guards the mouth of the Mersey River where the we were waiting to catch our boat (The Spirit of Tasmania) back to Melbourne. We photographed the views as well as the Bluff Lighthouse.

Day 9 - House of Anvers Chocolate Factory - Latrobe TASMANIA

As we continued our easy drive north to Devonport we stopped in Latrobe at The House of Anvers which is a chocolate lovers’ heaven. The are famous for their hand-made chocolate truffles, chocolate oranges, fudge and their own recipe for White Hot Chocolate.
As Roger and I entered the old style house we were faced with a viewing windows so you can see the factory and the workers making all the chocolates - they were making white chocolates when we were there, moulding fine chocolates, truffles, pralines, fudge and more.
There was a small museum on the history of chocolate, and Roger and I stopped in the coffee shop (open fire place, stained glass windows) for a hot white chocolate. It was the best Hot Chocolate we have ever had and wanted to order another one but we held off as we thought it might makes us sick. LOL.