In a departure from normal blogging, and due to the amount of moderated mail,it is in order to address a few questions that are cropping up. Mrs J Murray, aka J K Rowling, aka Joanne Rowling, was mentioned in an earlier blog post due to purchasing a 'holiday home' or two in Tasmania, Australia. While you and I may enjoy the dream of a caravan in Sandy Bay for our holidays, people with international lives have to look further afield. To get the peace and quiet that you and I take for granted, it is harder for well known folk to get when every odd bod wants to knock on your door. Tasmania is a good choice to make,but purchasing historical buildings is going to attract attention, just as it did for the late George Harrison when he bought a home on an island off Queensland. These things do get noticed, and in today's internet age that does not take long.... Good luck to Mrs Murray and family, and no, I will not be putting up the exact locations of their UK family properties. To close, Tasmania was largely built on convict slave labour, and now Port Arthur is to have a new detention centre for illegal immigrants that are flooding into Australia via boats. Peace and Quiet ?
Oh, and don't forget...."in Tasmania and the landscape is just stunning, wild and rugged, but it’s infested with snakes – if you get bitten you’ve got to get an antivenom shot within 35 minutes or you could die. Most people keep the shots on the farm"
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On Tasmanian snakes, see Playing with Fire.
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