Launceston, Tasmania: Where Solitude Meets Adventure!🦚
My biggest culture shock in Launceston? "Where is EVERYBODY?!" 😳 By 5pm, the streets become ghost towns - shops shuttered, sidewalks empty. With nothing else to do, I crafted my own urban hiking adventure! 🚶♀️💨 The Epic Loop Trail: 1️⃣ City Centre → Cataract Gorge Reserve (a heart-pumping climb 💦) 2️⃣ ZiaZag Trail → Kings Bridge → City Centre (basically a vertical rock face disguised as a path! ⚠️ Knee destroyer alert!) Even as a regular gym-goer 🏋️♀️, each leg took me 50+ minutes with breaks. Pro tip: Bring water and curse words - you'll need both! 😂 But the rewards? MAGICAL ✨: 📍star of siam A Thai restaurant so good I gave a standing ovation 👏🍛 Wild peacocks casually showing off their plumage in the bush.🦚💃 That sweet, sweet emptiness of having nature all to myself.🌿☁️ #Australia #Launceston#TasmanianGhostTown #UrbanHiking #KneeMurdererTrail #PeacockEncounters