Australia 2020 - Day 8 - Hobart
Thursday
Hobart is a cool city surrounded by sea and mountains, although the latter were shrouded in cloud today.
There are many reminders of the convicts that were transported here in the 19th century, also expeditions to Antarctica departed from the harbour.
Our walking tour visited the waterfront where we are staying to the impressive Town Hall and Parliament building, then to Battery Point, the chic oldest residential part of the city where we stopped for coffee and cake in the renowned Jackman and McRoss bakery.
Arthur Circus has a circle of elegant houses with a garden in the centre, an island with a difference. Next a side street with a community library in someone's mailbox and maybe a "Banksy" on the wall.
The walk finished in Salamanca Place which brought us back to the harbour.
In the afternoon we followed a stream through the Linear Rivulet Park to the Female Factory - a penal factory just for women, the conditions looked very grim.
Leaving that behind we walked through Cascade Gardens to the Cascade Brewery, the oldest brewery in Tasmania where I had a sample of the local brew.
Dinner was in the excellent Peacock and Jones restaurant, right next to our hotel.
22,000 steps 9.7 miles
Hobart is a cool city surrounded by sea and mountains, although the latter were shrouded in cloud today.
There are many reminders of the convicts that were transported here in the 19th century, also expeditions to Antarctica departed from the harbour.
Our walking tour visited the waterfront where we are staying to the impressive Town Hall and Parliament building, then to Battery Point, the chic oldest residential part of the city where we stopped for coffee and cake in the renowned Jackman and McRoss bakery.
Arthur Circus has a circle of elegant houses with a garden in the centre, an island with a difference. Next a side street with a community library in someone's mailbox and maybe a "Banksy" on the wall.
The walk finished in Salamanca Place which brought us back to the harbour.
In the afternoon we followed a stream through the Linear Rivulet Park to the Female Factory - a penal factory just for women, the conditions looked very grim.
Leaving that behind we walked through Cascade Gardens to the Cascade Brewery, the oldest brewery in Tasmania where I had a sample of the local brew.
Dinner was in the excellent Peacock and Jones restaurant, right next to our hotel.
22,000 steps 9.7 miles
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