Tentatively Tasmanian

  • Beauty in the eye of

    I set up this blog to shake off the writing cobwebs, but also to see, share and genuinely appreciate the good things about moving to Tasmania. An honourable intention to be sure, but in my day-to-day wanderings, there are some alarming sights as well and that’s just my reflection in shop windows most of the…

  • Brrrrr

    It is the middle of winter here in Hobart and you’d think, as an Australian, I’d be aware of this. But after twelve years of living in Switzerland and nearby France, we left there in early June on a sunny 24C day and arrived in Hobart to 8C. No problem of course. We ensured that…

  • Senior stressors

    I was at Woolies, yes with my nanna cart, and one of their employees saw me wander in and offered me a copy of the free newspaper, ‘The Senior (TASMANIA.’ As you can see, it’s been enjoyed by over 22,000 seniors and further blurb inside informed me that it was suitable reading for someone, like…

  • Here you go darlin’

    It is weird to say that you’re in love with a bus system? Stuff it: I’m in love with MetroTas. Buses turn up every ten minutes where we’re currently located in Moonah and it was easy to buy a green credit card thingy from their office in Elizabeth Street, run by fifty-something ladies who all…