Awesome trip. Pity you missed Launceston. There's a pretty good Motor Museum there.

I know what you mean about Salamanca Markets though. My missus gats carsickness pretty bad which isn't much fun when you've booked an XR6 rental car and some of the best driving roads in the country are less than an hour away. Market day was a good excuse to send her off on her own while I put the Ford through it's paces.