Mount Wellington Hobart

I set off to catch a bus to Fern something.. as that was the closest I could get to Wellington Mtn. too cheap to pay the $25.00 for a ride to the top. Got a late start...supposed to be a 5 hour hike with return ...I hiked a good 1 and 1/2 hour on a trail that winds to the top...never saw another soul in the woods and still had a
way to go.. …

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So we finally left St Kilda and headed out on our own again. We were very sad to say goodbye to our friends from Beachcomber and also Catherine and family. We flew to Hobart on Friday night and picked up our campervan, scary but exciting all the same. Our first thoughts when we saw it were, how the hell are we going to live out …

The newly loaded application on my Iphone is a GPS, which did quite well in getting us from airport to hotel.... We thought we'd use it to get to Mount Wellington. Even though I could quite easily see it! (the mountain that is)... First problem was that the GPS didn't know about mount Wellington so we put Mt Wellington park in...mmmm sent us …

Another early start to watch us sail up the Derwent River into Hobart. It's amazing how easily the ship gets docked. It's a glorious cloudless morning, and the weather holds good all day apart from the wind picking up later on. A Russian Antarctic Expedition Ship (Heritage Expeditions) is parked next to us - looks very spartan. Disembark at 10:30 …

We awoke late today. It felt as though it was a lazy Sunday. We both had showers for half an hour, enjoying the luxury of having one within one meter of our beds. We finished our last bit of packing and headed to the waterfront for breaky. The Waterfront Cafe provided us with a delicious breakfast, smoothie and coffee. We were well …

Day 2
Location: Sydney to Hobart
Weather: Cooler and Windy with a bit of cloud

We woke at 7am and quickly got ready and had breakfast in our room. Taxi to the airport was easy with no traffic on the road. Flight was at 0925 with Qantas and Simon had used some old points from BMI in the UK to pay for the trip – 10 years later …

... and/or iPods) and a dog without a lead. Later in the afternoon I decided to do the climb up to the summit of Mount Wellington, which at 1270 metres above sea level towers over Hobart and the surrounding bay area. To get to the start of the walk I ...

... out of the harbour to get out of the way. We paddled round the coast line and got fantastic views of the city and Mount Wellington in the background. There were 2 huge naval ships, 1 Australian and 1 American. Gillian said it was very unusual for 2 ...

... -or-other auto jeep. Strap left leg to handbrake and eventually get used to having no clutch. First up Mount Wellington. 1270 metres above Hobart with views towards New Zealand. Stunning inlets and islands warrant first go at taking short movie with ...

... sausage known to man was consumed, out to Richmond, local beaches in Howrath around the ports, local nightspots in Hobart but not Mount Wellington -the clouds never did quite clear till it was too late. Great time staying at Ron's and more ...

... rock star!!!!   All hail me!!!! We found Lum's house, quickly introduced ourselves, piled into his car and were whisked up Mount Wellington to catch the sun set..  Lum drove like a race car diver and even though we all were white knuckling it ...

... food to make this pasta/canned tomatoes/garlic and butter combination that actually turned out pretty good. The next morning we went up Mount Wellington and had ammazzzing views- they were just gorgeous, and I am so happy that we did that. The only thing ...

... 21 but 2 nights drinking and I really cannot function properly anymore, I am definitely getting old. Monday I decided to go up to Mount Wellington and so a guy called Jeff and I caught the bus up to the summit and it was amazing – beautiful scenery ...

... Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, so how's that for impressive! It is located on the Derwent River and nestles under the shadow of Mount Wellington (1271m) and has Mt. Nelson on it's south side from which we saw an amazing view of the city, it is ...

We wake up to an absolutely brilliantly fine day – we are glad we took the risk and left the drive up to Mount Wellington until today – we are going to get some great photos! We head off for coffee while we wait for Anna & Peter who are ...

... beautiful architecture and outdoor adventure retail shops, just in case you feel like going for a bike ride or hiking a trail on Mount Wellington.  For me, it is lovely just walking around in the hubbub. However tempting a restaurant may look, I ...