Mid City Hobart

... vineyard was originally set up by a Hungarian and is now ran by a Serbian. The wines here are lovely and have a particular softness to them.<br><br>2008 Riesling &#8211; off-dry, good citrus fruit on the nose. Limes. Refreshing and zesty.<br><br>2006 Estate C******nay &#8211; 2 year old oak for 10 months. Very restrained. Buttery nose, stone fruits. Crisp, well integrated, creamy with good fruit.<br><br>2008 ...

... Hobart was amazing and we could see all the mountains in the distance. There was quite a lot of snow up there too so it looked a bit like France or Switzerland. It was so pretty that we took far too many photos. We took the bus back down and went for lunch in a cafe where we had pie. We sat outside in the sun by a giant chess set and watched all the office workers having lunch in the posh restaurants. After lunch it was our intention to go to the Cadbury Factory ...

... yesterday we decided to climb Mt. Wellington which is just next to the town and is 1.2km high apparently. The weather has been cloudy lately and you couldn't even see the top but we decided to go anyway. It was a pretty hard going climb but we managed keep to the trail and to get a few scenic shots halfway up the mountain but as we got higher we reached the part of the mountain which was covered by the clouds. We diverted towards a rock formation known as ...

... and why it closed down. It is also the site of the horrendous massacre in 1996 when a crazed gunman murdered 35 people on the site, a story I recall vividly. A memorial garden has been created so you can pay your respects and sit with reflection on events from both past and recent past. I was really impressed with the tour of the site, on my previous visit to Australia I was really disappointed with the quality of museums, largely because everything ...

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... t keep me and a couple others from visiting the Tasman Blowhole, the Tasman Arch and the Devil's Kitchen, which were simply awesome land-meets-sea formations. Wow! Wow! Wow! And, wet! Wet! Wet! We made it to Port Arthur, which is another expensive Australian tourist trap. It was getting late, and pouring rain. We all decided to head back to Hobart. With yours truly at the wheel, Mattieu suggested going left to see if we could see some of the Port Arthur settlement, but it was ...

... the life outta me!!! So now I have 1 camel head in front of me and 1 behind me - and this was just after the driver explained to us that they sneeze when being fed and anyone sitting in the middle row (which was me, me and me!!!) is in the firing range for a booga the size of a golf ball. I thought I was a gonna but all ended dry!!! After being driven around by a mad man, we then left the truck and went to feed some greedy goats ...

... floodlit Cataract Gorge, quite a pretty place at night. We had hoped to get something to eat afterwards, but it seemed that Launceston, like Hobart, clung to its small town days and didn't offer any cusine at such an hour (10pm). So with empty bellies we found a place to park outside of the city and put our heads down for the night (Our little Hyundai Getz was surprising comfortable!). We slept soundly until morning. On Sunday morning we woke up and ...

... lake St.Clair, and the site of the now drowned (thanks so large series of dams) Lake Pedder. Along the way we met several locals who work with the wilderness society and independent groups on stopping the logging of old growth forests. While we were there, a controversial bill was passed to allow for the building of a huge Pulp Mill which will likely increase ...

... of the tour was like a mini United Nations. Every bloody nationality under the sun. Isrelis, French, German, Austrian, Danes, Japanese and one lovely English compatriot who delightfully informed me that the university he was going to was a good one if it rejected me. This arrogant ******** spent 10 years growing up in France (explains it all). Still, he got his just desserts when he capsized his boat during our kayaking session. The west coast of Tassie is a lot ...