We got up early and headed back up that steep winding road to Hobart to see the Salamanca market. This takes place every Saturday on the waterfront and looks very pretty. As we started early it was very pleasant looking through all the stalls, but it soon got quite busy, crowds swarming through the passage ways, all crammed together, hot and stifling. We found out there was a Taste festival also on the waterfront, so this was the busiest Hobart ever got. The market was overpriced and not very pleasant. The best thing we came across was cherries from Richmond - they were great.

We wandered around the wharf and the waterfront, where many of the boats from the Sydney to Hobart had just docked in the past few days. They looked amazing.

After another coffee in the Salamanca precinct, we headed off to see what else Hobart had to offer. We had been told by a neighbor, and all the tourist brochures, 'You must see MONA,' the new modern art museum. So we headed to MONA. The grounds were lovely, and people were lounging around on the grass waiting for a band that was setting up. There were also a few weird exhibits of crashed cars in the car park which George really liked.

Once we got in, however, it was a different story. They had a special exhibit from two artists from the UK, supposedly a political statement about various things. But I think it was just a good excuse for them to put as many photos of full frontal male nudes as they could, often including themselves. Really not impressed. Some of the other galleries were better, but really not a must-see.

We then went on to the Cadbury factory as John and Faye were very keen to do a tour. They had been there previously, but it was so busy they couldn't get in. You had to book ahead. We thought we'd try our luck today and see.

As we pulled into the car park we were encouraged as it was not too full. In fact it was almost empty. In fact there was only one other car beside us. As we started to make our way to the entrance, the man in the other car came up to us and explained that Cadbury was no longer doing tours. They had wanted to upgrade the area where the tours were done and asked for a grant from the government. This was refused, so they decided to close the whole thing down. All this had happened a few months earlier, so we missed out on our tour.

Feeling highly disappointed in the Salamanca market, the MONA museum, and the Cadbury chocolate factory, we gave up trying and headed for home. Hobart had defeated us. Never want to see this place again. It was so good to return to Huonville and relax in the placid open spaces of the caravan park, by the stream.