http://blog.discovertasmania.com/discoveries/the-nut-stanley/ Traveling Tasmania - how good is that! Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:23:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.discovertasmania.com/discoveries/the-nut-stanley/#comment-14835 Margarita Bassett Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:12:05 +0000 http://blog.discovertasmania.com/?p=9792#comment-14835 Did my research on a trip to Tassie, made a 'bucket list'. Of course The Nut at Stanley was on the list! Especially as it had a chairlift to the top! Being well over 60, and having bad knees, we were really looking forward to the chairlift experience and then walking around the Nut to take in the views which we thought would be spectacular. Alas, even though we visited Stanley on a Saturday ( 11 August) just imagine our disappointment that the chairlift and visitors centre were both closed! I had checked the Tasmanian Government website which gave no indication that the chairlift was closed for winter. We then went on to Highfield House... again, no indication on the net that the house would be closed! It is no wonder that tourism is suffering in Tassie! Maybe one day we will visit again... and see the many places we wanted to see this trip, but have to suffer crowds when Tassie is ópen' for business. Did my research on a trip to Tassie, made a ‘bucket list’. Of course The Nut at Stanley was on the list! Especially as it had a chairlift to the top! Being well over 60, and having bad knees, we were really looking forward to the chairlift experience and then walking around the Nut to take in the views which we thought would be spectacular. Alas, even though we visited Stanley on a Saturday ( 11 August) just imagine our disappointment that the chairlift and visitors centre were both closed! I had checked the Tasmanian Government website which gave no indication that the chairlift was closed for winter. We then went on to Highfield House… again, no indication on the net that the house would be closed! It is no wonder that tourism is suffering in Tassie! Maybe one day we will visit again… and see the many places we wanted to see this trip, but have to suffer crowds when Tassie is ópen’ for business.

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