Franklin located on the Huon river

Franklin is famous for it's Wooden Boat Centre, where they build & train apprentice's the art of making wooden boats.

 

Some of the boats out on the water

 

 

 

This little boat is definitely "high & dry" !!!!

Love this house, check out the extensions just keeps going back & back
 

Mural on wall of pub

 

Cute house with lovely cottage garden
 

Mural is on the side wall of this building.

The bar was open but OMG it was full of ferals & their ankle biters !!!!

Franklin hotel

Just as we were leaving Geeveston, the fire engines with sirens blaring, were racing along the highway

Huge bushfire had broken out somewhere

 

Fire @ Geeveston from banks of Huon river @ Franklin

 

 

Lovely black swans enjoying a day out on the river

As luck would have it the woodfired pizza shop is open tonight, guess what's on the menu for us !!!

Tasmania's Forest Town - Geeveston

After leaving Cockle creek this morning headed back towards Hobart through the Huon Valley. Stopped at Geeveston to have a look at the display in the Forestry office

 

Sculpture of a timber worker

Playing playing in the brute of a forestry truck

 

Mini replicas of the Tahune airwalk

 

 

Pademelon & Joey @ Cockle Creek

Our cute friendly neighbours, check out the "joey" in pouch!!!!

 

 

Hastings Caves & Thermal Spring

Another tourist spot is the caves & thermal spring, just a short 5 kms off the highway on the way down to the pristine south.

 

Lovely old timber caves house

Bob enjoying a dip in the pool, water temperature not that warm 21 degrees.

We were expecting a lovely natural rock pool with very warm water. 
NOT TO BE  !!!!

 

Lovely rainforest grounds

 

 

Me looking very GLAM in my cossie, only to find out later that the back of my cossie had worn a little thin, next stop the BIN!!!!

 

 

 

Testing the spring water