Hobart & Surrounds


Wednesday the 28th of Feb was D day for Kay and Derek to return their campervan. So we headed back to Hobart and Linda and I went straight to Darren and Maria’s to stay with them again for a few days. Met up with Darren when we arrived and we set up beside their house again just as we did last time.

After setting up and a bite of lunch Linda and I went to the airport where Kay and Derek had dropped off their campervan and we took them into town for their last two nights in Tazzie.

We got a lift into town with Maria in the morning and hung out with Kay and Derek for their last day in Tazzie. We got a coffee in Salamanca and then had a walk around Battery Point. Lots of historical homes there from the early days. Very interesting.





Back in Salamanca we saw the ABC presenter, Michael Rowland who was doing interviews for the Tazzie State election which was happening that Saturday. Kay who is a big fan of his got a photo with him.

We had a walk around the docks and got lunch at Mures on the a la carte level and it was very nice. Then a walk through the Hobart Museum and a farewell drink to say a sad goodbye to K & D. We had a great time with them and we all got to see and do a lot in the three weeks we were with them.

The next day, being Friday the 2nd March, we went to MONA (The Museum of Old & New Art) with Darren. It is a very popular place and people come from all over the world to visit it apparently. I don’t know why. I can’t say I enjoyed it but then I don’t have an artistic bone in my body. The entry fee and exorbitant food prices were a waste of money if you ask me.

A few things I was inclined to photograph was the Porsche covered in pink plastic, the apparatus that was programmed to drop droplets of water at a certain rate and spacing that created words and the truck sculptures made of steel.









On Sunday we enjoyed Darren and Maria’s church again. After church we went down to Margate for lunch. We left Darren and Maria and Hanna to pick up their son Ben and we took a drive via the water back to camp. We went via Blackman’s Bay which was a beautiful little spot and saw the Blowhole there. It use to be a blowhole but now it is just a hole and a cave as the wave action over time has caused the cavern to fall in. I was surprised the waves were big enough to cause this but I suppose the Derwent River can get rough in bad weather.




This is a view to Opossum Bay where Maria took us to last time we were here. From Blackman’s Bay and Kingston Beach you look straight over there.




We then drove through Kingston following the water to the Shot Tower where shotgun ammo was produced apparently.




So we got to have a better look around Hobart and see things we had not seen before. There is a lot more to Hobart of course but we had been here twice before this trip so we were looking to do and see things we had not before.

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