On 30/03/2010 2:59 PM, Jeßus wrote:
> Krypsis wrote:

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>>> That's Wursthaus. A very good deli it is too. They have a couple of
>>
>> Can't recall if that was the name it was called back then. Might be
>> worth having a look but I will be there on a public holiday so it may
>> not be open. From what I recall, Lonny had Saturday morning shopping
>> back in the late 70's. The city just seemed to die on Saturday at 12
>> noon precisely, all the shops shut their doors, and it remained dead for
>> the remainder of the weekend. That's why I felt it was like a big
>> country town as a lot of places here in rural Victoria and NSW operated
>> in a like manner.
>
> It's a bit different now, although it still has something of a country
> feel.
>
It not a lot different now! We were in Lonny on Monday and it was
dead... d e a d!! Almost nothing was open. You could detonate a bomb in
the main street with little danger to the denizens of that fair city.
Even the rural cities in my home state have more life on weekends and
public holidays than Lonny. Kind of makes me glad I didn't take up the
offer of a permanent position in the department there though I probably
would have ended up in Hobart eventually.

I didn't bother looking to see if the Wursthaus was open. I figured that
since nothing else was open, it wouldn't be open either. We drove past
the Quadrant Arcade, not a sign of life.

A few new roads around Lonny, some new housing developments, but still a
quiet city. I did like the new freeway that almost goes right into the
city centre from the south.

After a walk through the Cataract Gorge, we ended up continuing on to
Devonport where we had a meal in the Bistro of the hotel opposite the
Ferry Terminal.

Krypsis