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Hobart Slideshow
Hobart
Travel Blogs from Hobart, Australia
back on dry land safe and sound
... with a crate of beeer he he. we then flew to tasmania to get on our new boat ARCTOS. a 55 ft ocean going beast...hobart was freezing ! we were back to full wet weather gear and hats.. we sailed initially to port arthur which is where the first ...
Welcome to Tasmania
... middle of everything. We're situated in Battery Point, Hobart's historic district near the harbor. And, since Hobart is the second oldest city in Australia, there's a lot of history here. We walked to dinner (I know, I just said I ...
Last Day in Tasmania
... until we climbed out of bed (with a little thunder and lightening thrown in). When the rain abated we walked to Hobart's town center with no real plan in place. We wandered through the shopping district; then made our way to the Tasmanian ...
The Leaning Tower of Pantry
... it, with great prices to boot. We have started shopping for seafood towards the end of the day at Island Markets in Hobart, as the prices get even cheaper. As Nathan has the skill to fillet fish we have been buying whole salmon *drool* and he ...
Tas 'freakin' mania
Well, I flew into Hobart yesterday, and my first impression is its the most beautiful city I've ever seen. It sits right on the water (if you could see far enough, you'd see Antarctica), and is surrounded by mountains that often have snow on ...
Tasmania - the Holiday Isle
... stopped at a lovely bakery where we had traditional Auzzie pie, wandered around to see old houses, and the oldest bridge in Australia. After this, we stopped at 2 wineries Paddleduck (can only buy at the vineyard) and Meadowbank (not available in ...
Tasmania
Flew to Hobart in the island of Tasmania. A port town and the waterfront is charming area filled with seafood restaurants. Took a boat tour to Tasman Island and Port Arthur. The Southern Ocean was calm which apparently only happens a few times ...
What the devil?
... was almost no traffic and it reminded us more of a small town than a buzzing city. This was a particular surprise as it was Australia Day, and so we thought there might have been some rumblings of upcoming celebrations, but we could see nothing out of the ...
Snow day
Today it snowed all the way down to sea level, so now the freezing temperatures are worth it. I woke up, was very cold, looked out my window and at first I thought it was just raining, but upon closer inspection I realized that it was falling slowly and ...
Tassie!
... , and heard the first of many stories for the night about spirits remaining. Then it was into the Parsonage House, one of Australia's most haunted buildings. The lanterns were left outside and all the lights were turned off. Luckily it was dusk thanks to ...
Tasmanië Deel 2: Wynyard naar Hobart
... we namelijk vriendelijk maar ook dringend verzocht de camper weer in te leveren. Daarom hebben we op ongeveer 80 kilometer van Hobart, in Triabunna, tegen het eind van de middag de camper voor de laatste nacht neergezet. De volgende ochtend zijn we nog ...
Visit to Hobart
Start of a 3-day weekend trip around Tasmania. I check out Hobart for a couple days...it's not too different from Launceston (except a bit bigger), but has the great Salamanca Market on Saturday mornings which is filled with tons of food, gifts, and arts, ...
Good old Tassie
... , mate’. De foto’s Wil je zien hoe mooi Tasmanië is? Kijk dan hier http://nicolekeijser.smugmug.com/Travel/Australia-Tasmania/12714568_BNn2N#1157726047_y4wAW Tot later, want we moeten nu naar de Australian Open in Melbourne! See you! Eduard ...
A bit of Tassie
... park all its like, it was so cute. The weather was absolutely shocking throughout the day, it felt more like England than Australia. There were downpours of rain and the temperature was so cold. I don’t think it reached much above 10 degrees all ...
Day 6 Hobart City & Surrounds
... relation to its gaol which was actually built before the Port Arthur, one cant recall actually but believe about 1832, Richmond like Hobart is also steeped in history and colonial buildings which makes it also a must to visit. One feature located in town ...
Hobart
Stunning Tasmania
Merry Christmas all... And what a hot one it was. Champagne and sun yeh I'm coping alright. I'm not actually in Tasmania now just wanted the maker on my map. Life is moving exceedingly fast and keeping up with this onl;ine thing is going to be a ...
down to Tasmania
... the big island came full-circle, back to Hobart. We took a day trip and hiked down to the most southerly point of Australia. I'd already been to the furthest southerly point of mainland, Wilsons Promontory National Park, but this was the bottom of it all, ...
Day 4 - Tasmania
Spent the day looking around Hobart and went up The Pinnacle, Mt Wellington 1270 metres above sea level. Also spent some time down at Port Hobart and the market. Then went out to a couple of night clubs and back to the ...
Letting wounded bodies heal in Hobart!
Woke up in our fluffy beds in the Astor Hotel in Hobart, great continental breakfast included! Pretty lame day otherwise, did a huge load of laundy in Salamanca Square at a laundry cafe and ate a great lunch there too! We did a lot of interneting to catch ...
Gateway to Tasmania - nothing else
Hobart is a sleepy city with cheap seafood and expensive cafes. 'Nuff ...
Tasmania
... the use of the word heritage to describe their stone buildings I am guessing. As it's 205 years old it is one of Australia's oldest cities and it is also birthplace of Errol Flynn and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, so how's that for impressive! ...
Back To Hobart
Today was an admin day. We drove back to Hobart returned the hire car, and spent the evening packing and finalising arrangements for our trip to Alice ...
Hobart and Surrounding areas
Still in Tassie - we left the North East Coast and headed South through Swansea, Orford, Richmond and into Hobart where Vicki (my sister) and family live. We walked to Salamanca Market, the city centre and it felt like all over Hobart during the 1st ...
Hobart
After messing around this monring, packing and putting things into storage, then moving things into our new room a few hours later, today was pretty slow. We spent most of the day wandering around the town centre, and in the evening we made our way to ...
Off to Perth I go
... thought id make the best of Hobart, so i decided to climb the nearby mountain, so i bring you Michaels Wellington trip. I left Hobart at 7:30am filling up on food and all sorts before i left with some camping gear borrowed from Kate, i headed to fair ...
Ankunft auf Tasmanien
... will von jedem wissen wo er denn herkommt und waehrend der Fahrt erklaehrt der Busfahrer gleich die wichtigsten Sehenswuerdigkeiten. In Hobart kommt dann aber gleich wieder der absolute Schock...keine Unterkuenfte mehr....wie??? KEINE Unterkuenfte? Das ...
Down in Tasmania (Part 1)
... the Tasmanian open road. We took an immediate liking to the area. It was vastly green and mountainous, totally different to Australia so far. The roads were empty as you would expect for Christmas Day as we made our journey from North to ...