Hobart
Travel Blogs from Hobart, Australia
Melissa and the chocolate factory
... it melting so much in the heat) Despite this I was very excited today to be heading to the Australian Cadbury Factory here in Hobart. The bus there was quick and when I arrived there was a bit of queue so they pretty stuffed chocolate bars at you (mostly ...
First Snow
... and switched on the electric grill to heat up the van and pull down the poptop to keep the heat in. Today we drove to Hobart. It has huge historic buildings and a small harbour. We had a fish platter lunch by the yachts. I managed to get 30 mins of ...
The wonderful Hobart.
As this is my first travelogue, I thought I'd better introduce myself. My name is Melanie and I am from New South Wales in Australia. I am a 25 year old female and I love to travel. I have a 26 year old partner named Peter. Peter was born in Tasmania and ...
Anniversary's and Birthday's
... to the springs (about half way up) and then took 2 hours to reach the summit. It was a stunning walk with spectacular views of Hobart and the surrounding area, the weather was perfect a blue sky but not too hot. We arrived at the top and realised that we ...
The Circus Leaves Hobart
... , we moved into a cabin at the park for our last night and Nathan started the preparations for our last meal in Hobart. The Italian style, Tasmanian east coast mussels make another appearance, as does the most beautiful Dutch Cream potato side ...
Touching the devil
... 5 wickets still in hand. Returned from the walk to hear Monty get bowled out by Warne.......bugger. Ripped it back to Hobart feeling knackered. Day 9 Returned Gerty to her owners who noted that I had clocked up 2170k's in 8 days driving!! ...
Markets and Canadians!
Well, my cold is easing off now and I've been able to head out and about in the last couple of days. Yesterday I visited the Museum & Art Gallery - I saw footage of the last known Tasmanian Tiger which died in captivity in 1936. There have been ...
Visit of Hobart
I had all my morning to visit Hobart as my bus for Launceston was only at 2PM, so I took this opportunity to visit the harbor, church, a brewery (quite nice) and an old site where there was a jail for women. The visit of the brewery was quite funny as ...
A Great Week in Tassie!
... , Tassie has been awesome! I’ve met really friendly, fun locals and I have no idea where the week went as it is now almost the end of July. Tonight, I am heading over to Perth in Western Australia where it should be a bit warmer than down in ...
Hobart
... apprehensive about taking up the kind offer of Kev and Karen to stay with them, we decided we would and our journey to Hobart was great with the exception of getting stuck in heavy traffic (unheard of apparently) whilst trying to cross the bridge. A ...
Sydney- Hobart
We took an evening flight to Hobart in Tasmania, and arrived at 9.30pm. The airport was so much so much smaller than I expected. There were only three planes there, and there only seemed to be one baggage carousel, which had an ancient light display on it ...
Day 3 - Tasmania
... from Strahan to Hobart but on the way we visited the last phone box in Tasmania and Nelson Falls and Queenstown. We arrived into Hobart and Check into our Bed and Breakfast, then drove up to the Cascade Brewery and spent 3 hours looking around the brewery ...
Photos de Hobart
Vu que plusieurs personnes se sont plainds de ne plus avoir de photos... en voici quelques unes de Hobart (plus precisement des endroits ou je passe pour aller a l'université) et qq photos de mon colloc James. Tout va toujours tres bien. Il commence a ...
On the road again
... and areas in threat, It would be a fantastic way to spend the rest of my travels, and I actually get to learn about Australia, something I feel ive been neglecting a bit. After loading up with new tribal music from Kate's collection I'm about to go on ...
1st Week in Tasmania
... burnt out houses. The weather is on the cooler side hear now though most days are low 20's Since been in Hobart (where we are staying a Des's brothers house) we have done the Cadbury's factory tour and bought up on Chocolates, been ...
Walking on the beach this morning
Comme tous les matins je vais promener Bella sur la plage. C'est tellement beau, que ce matin je me suis décidée à prendre mon appareil ...
Another week end goes by
... Bar, LE bar de Hobart, qui propose de la musique live tous les soirs de l'année. Vendredi, c'était un groupe de Western Australia (Perth) qui est venu jouer... apparement célèbre car ayant joué avec John Buttler Trio... mais bon moi j'y connaissais ...
Tassie!
... walked for a bit on the "Overland Track" which is sorta like Tassie's Appalacian Trail. Lots of "bush walkers" We are back in Hobart now and go back to Sydney tonight and then on to New Zealand tomorrow. Not sure exactly what we are doing in NZ ...
2 Days at Sea
We didn't go to Tasmania - the Sydney to Auckland cruise does- just using it as a 'pin' for the mapping... Monday and Tuesday were sea days. Monday started out very rough, high winds. rain and waves up to 3 metres. Eating breakfast was an adventure ...
Bruny Island Wildnerness Adventure
... eco-cruise would be our big ticket outing while we were visiting Tasmania. The tour has been advertised across Australia, probably even worldwide, and the word of mouth advertising puts a glossy advertising campaign to shame. It is the type ...
Tasmanian devil
... , holding your stomach from laughter and thinking when are they going to see the food you have just thrown them! Our tour finally finished in Hobart and what better way to end the tour than to go to a fanastic seafood restaraunt and get fish and ...
Kids in Tasmania and the
... well as waterfalls and some of largest and oldest trees in the world. The unhurried streets and picturesque harbour city of Hobart was a welcome change from the overwhelming bustle of Sydney, making it an easy and pleasant city to explore. Our timing ...
LE debut de l'année, en résumé et en photos
Des photos de mon voyage a Central plateau pour ramasser des lézards, puis de mon voyage a ...
Dec 14, 2009
Hobart
... is human and used by no other animal. Not only does it bind us, but it splits us apart. When looking out at the horizon, the boundaries are all in your head. Today I just took the dog out for a long walk all around Hobart as I got a sense of location. ...

