Hmmmm... I woke up feeling a little worse for wear this morning. I chatted to Gaz and still didn't quite know what to do with myself. I lolled around for a while and packed eventually to check out at 11am. It was a lovely sunny day in Hobart and I had a few hours to kill before my plane left. I decided to visit the Female Factory, a world heritage site and one of five female prisons for convicts. I couldn't face the bus, so I walked along the Hobart Rivul...

I opened the curtains to find a very overcast Hobart with some clouds holding promises if rain. After some brekkie I walked down to the waterfront and joined a very long queue for the Mr-I MONA ROMA cat ferry to MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art. For the duration if the 30 min journey up the River Derwent I clung onto the rails whilst getting battered by the wind on the deck. We went past the catamaran ship yard and the zinc factory before reaching the distinct...

Another early start! Early enough to see the sun rise over the harbour. I spent a few hours over another leisurely brekkie, doing some domestic chores and catching up with Gaz on Skype. I headed into town under clear sunny skies. I started my outing with a two hour tour on a topless London double decker bus, taking in all the main sites in Hobart. After a yummy chicken salad wrap in hopped into a packed shuttle bus to the top of Mount Wellington. Our driver was v...

I woke up early after another cold night (I wore my hat in bed!)!and a possum visitation. I had my last camp breakfast whilst listening to and watching the birds, including a couple of swift parrots. I packed up the car making sure all my camp gear was clean. My friend is very kindly taking it back to the UK to give me some luggage space. Some of the bugs were not keen on leaving my tent but I was not having any hitch hikers! Having packed I gave some items to th...