On Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:50:12 +1000, Krypsis reckoned:

> 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.

Yep

> 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.

Hobart can be quiet as well. You can't have 24/7 shopping, entertainment and general conveniences
AND maintain a genuinely relaxed lifestyle without all the drawbacks of the rat race, IMO. I think
Launceston and Hobart are too big as it is

> 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.

Yep

> 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.

Sounds like a quick trip.

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