Feb 20: Tamar Valley part 1

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We woke to beeping and then loud noise and sewage smells.

There was a pump truck under the window working on the drains, and blocking us in. Wtf, Airbnb?

This place (and it wasn’t one of our budget accommodation choices) is advertised as a peaceful retreat, and you sent us heaps of messages, try to upsell us with “welcome platters”, and then this?

The subsequent combination of placating messages deflecting responsibility combined with a deluge of smarmy automated messages from the propety management company rather soured our attitude towards this particular Airbnb.

The main goal today was for Flis to see a doctor for post surgery follow-up. She attended a walk-in clinic, which gave her an appointment at the health center around the corner for later that same day. It was all quite painless compared to what it would have been like in Victoria.

In the interim, we roamed the shops of Launceston, which were weirdly devoid of postcards.

We went to our favourite bakery: Bread & Butter, and sampled local beer at Du Cane.
On our way home, we stopped by Brady’s Lookout (looking east across the Tamar Valley); it’s probably more impressive at sunrise than at sunset, but sunrise is usually quite unrealistic for us… tomorrow for different reasons than usual.

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