Hello Pinot,
I was born and grew up in Melbourne. I married and moved to a little town called Wynyard on the NW coast of Tasmania some 39 years ago. there is a very strong dutch community in Tasmania and especially in the NW. Wynyard is famous for its Tulip festival each year and now exports bulbs and flowers all over the world even Holland. The town has about 6000 people now, which is 3 times plus more than when i moved here. Our nearest LQS is at Ulverstone 50 mins drive from us. We do have a Spotlight store in burnie 15 mins away which has now expanded its quilting material range and selling about 10 to 12 AU dollars a metre. LQS fabrics sell from 25 dollars plus a metre. We live on the coast a couple of minutes walk to the end of the street go left for shopping centre and right for parks mouth of river and beaches. I could rave all night but instead shall put up some photos and a link.
http://www.discovertasmania.com/dest..._coast/wynyard
I took this from the path to the lookout. Table Cape in background main Tulip farms are up on top, Freestone Cove in foreground
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This is a postcard photo.Table Cape taken from the air looking East
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I took this photo just west of town at Flowerdale
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