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L is for - Lob.
If you lob along to the shops, you sort of ramble or wander. Used informally. L is for - Logging. Logging in Tasmania has been a thorny issue for decades. On the one hand, our employment record is not the best, and the forestry industry is a big employer. On the other hand - well, go to http://ens.lycos.com/ens/dec99/1999L-12-... to read about the tallest Christmas tree in the world. L is for - Logs.
When I was little, I loved logs. There was a particularly good mossy one that had sort of melted into a bank of soil. It grew little ferns among the moss, and you could usually find delicate little toadstools. It always smelt of earth and greenery even in the middle of summer. L is for - lolly. In Tasmania, as in other parts of Australia, "lolly" is a generic term for sweets. It does usually exclude chocolate, but embraces boiled sweets, licorice allsorts, toffees etc. What the British call "an iced lolly" is called "an iceblock" or "an icypole" here. "Lolly scrambles" are sometimes party games or held at parades. Someone flings fistfuls of (wrapped) lollies into the air and everyone scrambles. Er - yes. I never said we were the most sophisticated people on earth!
L is for - Longford. You'll find the turnoff to Longford between Deloraine and Launceston. It's a great place to visit if you like colonial homesteads (Brickendon and Woolmers are famous ones), motor racing or deer. You can virtually visit Woolmers at this url; http://www.view.com.au/woolmers/ See more of Longford here; http://www.tased.edu.au/tot/ne/longford.... L is for - Lottah. Lottah is an old mining town in north east Tasmania. Situated near the top the the Blue Tier, it was named for an Aboriginal word meaning 'gum tree'. The town was popularly known as 'The Junction', as it formed the intersecting point for three roads. At Lottah was the Anchor Mine, opened in 1880 and regarded at that time as one of the largest open cut tin mines in the southern hemisphere. Other mines in the area were the Puzzle, the Cambria, the Liberator and the Australian. There were 40 houses at one time, but in 1950 the mines closed and the town was deserted. Check out this site http://www.crocoite.com/mainadit/pastliv... for information and a picture of the Anchor Mine. "Lottah" is also the name of a farm. For a charming photograph, go to http://www.view.com.au/discover/aabcdd.h... L is for - Louisa. Louisa Anne Twamley was born in Birmingham in 1812 to Louisa (Meredith)Twamley and her husband Thomas, a miller. She was a niece of George Meredith, who became an important early settler in Swansea (eastern Tasmania). In 1838, Charles, one of George Meredith's sons, returned to England. He married Louisa in 1839. The couple soon sailed for Van Diemen's Land, and after a number of farming ventures, including a failed partnership with Charles' half brother Edwin, Charles went into politics. Louisa was an indefatigable writer, traveller and botanical artist. She wrote My Home in Tasmania and several other books, and died in 1895. Her story is told in the book A Tigress in Tasmania by Vivienne Ellis.
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