Yesterday was a lazy day in Burnie with Kirsty and Nanna. It was a drizzly day so it was just as well. We had a short walk around the lake and park just down the road from their Burnie house.
Today was bright and sunny again, although cold of course. We all headed towards Sheffield to an amazing place called Tasmazia. Drove through some great countryside on the way and a few towns with rather odd names... such as 'Nowhere Else' and 'Promised Land'! It was just over an hour to Tasmazia.... which is a series of terrific mazes, a miniature village called Lower Crackpot and a pancake restaurant.
We spent the morning mostly in the largest of the mazes, discovering all sorts of oddities, such as the tribute to the inventor of the flush toilet, Thomas Crapper, the 3 little pigs village, the 3 bears house, full of papa bear, mama bear and baby bears belongings... just like in the famous story! Found a secret tunnel that we all scrambled through on hands and knees. Then there was the Crackpot Correction Centre, full of replica devices of torture. Cubby town was a row of cubby houses decked out as various businesses such as Dr Phil Cavity the dentist...
We had lunch in the pancake restaurant which was very nice. Jet and Daz split a pizza pancake for main course and a jaffa stack pancake for dessert. Yum! The kids had hot dogs and icecream... not together though. They were delighted when the cook came around and gave them extra sprinkles!
Back into the maze for a further explore... the main maze is said to be the largest in the world. A back drop to the complex is the imposing Mt Roland - a rocky mountain that is very picturesque.
After the 2 youngest showed signs of being warn out we decided to get out of the maze and return to the car for the short drive into Sheffield. It is known as the mural town and has an annual 'Muralfest' each year. We looked at the entrants in this years competition and as it turned out the 2 we liked were this years winners.
We wanted to visit a shop we'd seen advertised, called World of Marbles - a place where artists actually make marbles - many quite expensive. We had a ball playing with drop marble games, watching them meander through different levels and make different sounds. Zac bought some colourful marbles.
Nearby was an old 2nd hand shop with a piano out front that was a little worse for wear... a sign said 'please play' so Ethan had a ball sitting making all manner of noises on it for a few minutes!
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