After sailing around the top of Tasmania we have arrived early in the morning in Hobart,
As we had a refund from our tour on Kangaroo Island we decided to book a bus tour.
We also were given $150.00 ship credits each which paid for my Birthday meal and went towards our beverage package.
First stop was a guided tour of Hobart's Botanical gardens.
Where we learnt about the Huon pine.
Its only around 16 degrees. I certainly didn't bring warm enough clothes, at least when you are not hot and sweaty you can get more than one days wear out of your clothes.
A lot of the sandstone in the gardens has been recycled from buildings being demolished
ANNIVERSARY ARCH
The archway commemorates the 150th Anniversary of founding of the Botanical Gardens in 1818.
The arch was originally constructed in 1913 to span the entrance of the Australian Mutual Provident Society's original Elizabeth Street building. When that building was demolished, AMP donated the arch to the Gardens. It was re-erected in 1968 in time for celebrations of the Gardens' 150th Anniversary.
.We then headed to Mount Wellington while the weather held
Only made it by the skin of our teeth.
Got off the coach, snapped a few pics, then watched the mist roll across, bringing with it icy rain.
Brrrrrr....
It was only about 5 degrees so everyone was back on the coach pretty quickly.
It gave us time to have bit of a sight seeing tour around Hobart before being returned to the ship.
Then we went for wander to find some lunch and found a very nice Fish and chip place on the wharf.
We passed this bronze statue taking a selfie with the ship.
Louis Bernacchi was a scientist, photographer, and writer. In 1898 he set out on the Southern Cross and became the first Australian to winter in Antarctica.
In the artwork, he stands by his camera holding a flag as he takes a
self-portrait (what we’d now call a “selfie”) of him and his husky dog
Joe. He later joined Robert Scott on a 1901 expedition, taking Joe along
with him for the journey.
We didn't sail until night as its only a short way to our next stop at Port Arthur.
In a few days It will be the 50th anniversary of the Tasman bridge falling down. (5th of January).
Hobart is getting ready for the Sydney to Hobart race yachts.
Port Arthur tomorrow and going over by tender to join our tour, fingers crossed....
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