Land Ho....bart

Tuesday

The flight from Melbourne was equally short and the plane equally uncrowded as the one from Adelaide. Kate was waiting for me before my bags arrived and we were soon on our way to the city. It was noticeably cool.

The room/suite is very nice, similar to the one I had in Houstonwith kitchen living and sleeping areas and a work desk, but a bit better arranged I think. It even includes a pc with an LCD monitor for your use although I still used my laptop and the wireless connection. Handy if you didn't want to bring one and just needed to check emails.

After I checked in Kate and I went for a walk to a nearby restaurant. The hotel is in Salamanca which is on the river front and has lots of restaurants and boutiques. The photo below was taken the next day. After that she went home and I watched a movie on the in house channel. There are 8 movie channels in addition to a couple of cable channels and free to air.

Wednesday

I woke up about 6am, checked emails read a bit and finally went back to sleep, getting up again just before 10. It was too late for breakfast by then and I headed out for a walk. My first stop was the wharves where the river tours are based. There are a lot of options and I more or less decided on one but will do it tomorrow if the weather is better. It was overcast this morning with a spot of drizzle from time to time and that would have impacted on the viewing on the cruise. Tomorrow is a public holiday for Show Day so the regular shops won't be open.

I headed up to the shopping area and bought some cold tablets first up. I have had a runny nose for the last day or so. I then wndered through the shops and bought a lightweight long sleeve top for tomorrow night. I have my dressy top for the dinner but other than that only polo tops and a tank top. While I was there I had lunch at a chinese restaurant, then headed back to the hotel.

I took some photos of the buildings and some parks on the way back. The most obvious thing about Hobart or at least this part is the large number of older buildings still in use. These are generally only a few stories high and made from sandstone or similar.

The park above is St David's park and again another obvious observation is that there are alot of very big trees around. Not only in the park itself but in the streets and even on people's property. Theres a walkway from the park to the hotel with flower beds that is also quite pretty.

I watched another movie and finally got through to a client in WA. I had tried before and after I went shopping without success. Not sure if the problem is solved but haven't heard any more from then since then.

It was then about 3-30 and I headed out for another walk, following the guidelines for the Historic walk. This took me down to Battery point, along the foreshore and back around to the area where we ate last night,

There were a lot of lovely old buildings in the area, houses and larger buildings as well as a few parks. It was very pleasant as the clouds had cleared away to some extent and the sun shone through. I headed back into the shopping area to buys some eats and drinks before the shops closed.