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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Hop-on Hop-off Hobart


You can't get a feel for a city without a Hop-on Hop-off bus tour. since we did this just before Christmas, I called it a HoHoHo...Hop-on Hop-off Hobart...tour.

Monday, February 26, 2018

Hartz Mountains


The Hartz Mountains in the summer are filled with small colorful flowers that bring the greens of the alpine meadows to life.

Sunday, February 25, 2018

Cornelian Bay Cemetery


In Cornelian Bay, just north of Hobart along the Derwent river is what seems to be the main cemetery for the area. On this sunny day, we see that we are again standing at the foot of Mount Wellington.

Saturday, February 24, 2018

Salamanca Market


Salamanca market is festive in the Christmas season and as time get shorted for shopping, the crowds get larger. Even the crowds of stuffed Tasmanian Devils is larger.

I realize that this months late, but so much has happened, I am way behind in blogging about our travels.

Friday, February 23, 2018

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Another Visit to Bruny Island


On our first visit to Bruny Island, we only just got the the southern part of the island. This, naturally, demands a second visit to see the parts we missed the first time. To give you an idea of the changeability and locality of weather here, you can see to the west of us that there is a rainstorm on the mainland. Meanwhile, there's no rain where we are standing.

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Out and About on a Saturday


Not far from us, a short ways south along the coast is the village of Margate. Here we find a curious shopping center. A large fraction of the shopping is located an old train that is parked on a length of track here. In this train is a restaurant, the Pancake train.

North Hobart


On one of our visits to North Hobart to see a movie at the State Theater, we did some shopping just to see what we could see. I took a few images to show you the colors we find when out and about.

Sunday, February 18, 2018

Mount Wellington


When last we climbed (in our car, we're not silly!) to the top of Mount Wellington, it was winter and we were greeted by clouds and a brief snow squall. This time was entirely different: it was summer and we were greeted by clouds and a brief snow squall. See? Entirely different.

Saturday, February 17, 2018

Blackmans Bay


Our house sit this summer in Tasmania is in Blackmans Bay. On one end of the bay is a rocky outcropping. Around the corner is a blowhole but we haven't been there yet.

Friday, February 16, 2018

Adventure Bay


Adventure Bay is on the north shore of the southern part of Bruny island, just south of the neck that joins the two parts. It is a beautiful and historic part of the island.

Home!


Today is our first full day back in North America. We are working to adjust to our new digs and relearning to drive on the right. We've ordered a new bed frame (the mattress is here and is doing its job already) and are working on opening a bank account. Soon you won't be able to tell us from a regular Washingtonian (?)

Truganini Point


Bruny Island is divided into two parts connected by a long thin strip of land. On the northern end of the neck, as it is called, is Truganini Point. There is a lookout on the highest point here that is about 300,000,000 steps up from the platform from which these photos were taken. Not being in the mood for complete exhaustion before lunch, I did not climb the stairs to top.

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Dennes Point, Bruny Island


Dennes Point is at the northern end of North Bruny Island. Standing here and looking over the water is to look back at mainland Tasmania.

Monday, February 12, 2018

Hobart Waterfront


A visit to the waterfront in Hobart on a sunny day in summer is quite different than in winter. Most notably, in the photo above, we see a cruise ship docked.

Sunday, February 11, 2018

Mawson's Hut


In central Hobart, near the wharf, is a replica of the hut that Mawson and the men (for they were all men) on his expedition to the Antarctic built to life in while there.

Saturday, February 10, 2018

St. Luke's Cemetery


Naturally, St. Luke's also has a cemetery. It had fewer appealing markers in it, so I bring you just a taste of what we saw.

I found the poem on the one above to be interesting. I'm really not quite sure how to understand the intent here. It seems to suggest that the young man choose to end it all. But if that were the case, it would be unlikely that he'd be buried here. So I don't know what this is all about.

Friday, February 09, 2018

The Cemetery of St. John's Catholic Church


St. John's Catholic Church is not a place that we visited. It is oldest still-functioning Catholic Church in Tasmania. However, it seemed to be closed on the day we visited, so we went to the cemetery instead.

Thursday, February 08, 2018

St. Luke's Anglican Church


Although there are older churches in Tasmania, all have been mostly or completely rebuilt. This church, built in 1836 is, in the stone work at least, as it was originally built. The tower and the walls are entirely original.

Wednesday, February 07, 2018

Port Arthur Prison


In the early afternoon, we reached Port Arthur under a clear blue sky. The general admission tickets start with a boat ride around the harbor with some information to orient you to the place. Above is a view of the main prison dormitory.

Tuesday, February 06, 2018

The Devli's Kitchen


Our tour of Pirates Bay has led us finally to the Devil's Kitchen. This is another example of the ocean eroding the coastline to create not a blowhole or an arch but a long, deep notch.

Monday, February 05, 2018

Sunday, February 04, 2018

Blowhole


Our next stop was a visit to a blowhole. This blowhole is separated from the shore so that all you see if a pool of water and the blowhole.

Friday, February 02, 2018

Pirates Bay


Before reaching Port Arthur, we thought a couple narrow necks of land that connect the nearly-island chunks of land to the mainland. One of these is at Eagle Neck on Pirates Bay Drive.

The view above is looking SSE and you can see the narrow rock called the Totem Pole. Unless I am mistaken (and this is always possible), this figures into the Australian Series The Kettering Incident (check it out on Amazon Prime).

Thursday, February 01, 2018

Dunalley Lookout


So, we finally arrived in Tasmania, picked up Jeannie, checked in with our housesitting hosts, and took our hosts to the airport. After 10,000+ km and an overnight ferry ride, we are finally in our next house sit.

Our first trip out to see the sights took us to Dunalley to enjoy the lookout there.