Hobart Travel Blogs

The first lot of shots here I took while driving to work one day. The sky looked so amazing I just couldn't not take a photo. As there is nowhere for me to stop on this part of the road, you have to make do with some very crooked shots, but I'm sure you will appreciate the sky. :) The second …

Well, my car is all packed and looking good, I am at my friend Jacqui's, where I stayed last night. We had a lovely dinner with her parents, Ann and Max, who were sweet enough to adopt me when I moved to Tassie. Ann is very disapointed her youngest daughter is running away from home. :) It's no fu…

I had to look back through the comments between Gene and me to find out when we started chatting. I thought he was one of my first friends and I wasn’t far off. I had been on TB less than a month when I met this talented, funny Aussie guy who was living inAustria. His photos are magnificent, h…

Our first pit stop today was the Taroona Shot Tower. I visited here a couple of months ago and wrote a blog about it then, so won't write a lot about it here, except to say, dad climbed to the top while I waited at the base and took a few photos.

My dad came back to Tassie for another visit last Saturday, his second since I moved here in 2005. He was here about a year ago and we had a wonderful time exploring this wonderful little state. This year’s visit was no different. I had plans for us all day Monday and dad wanted to drive t…

Itinerary: Day 1:    Friday 16 November 2007    Work 0700 - 1500                 Flight JQ 724 DEP HBA 1925 ARR SYD 2110           &nbs…

My new year rang in with a burst of fireworks and kisses at the Taste of Tasmania. Each year for a week after Christmas, some of Tasmania’s finest food and beverage providers get together to serve up a culinary feast at the docks near Salamanca. New Years Eve is a celebration, with a selection of…

This morning we got up and tried to work out what to do before returning the hire car and checking in to the airport. Finally we decided.  We went to the harbour and found a harbour cruise to do. However, it was a couple of hours before the cruise left so although Mt Wellington was covered in…

I love flying and one of the things I love most about flying is what I see out the window of the plane. This is some of what I saw on my way from Hobart to Sydney, some very pretty scenery.   I flew out of Hobart where the clouds streaked across the sky, and I got a great views of Mou…

The sun had only just risen when I set out this morning on my day trip to the north of the state. I wasn’t sure how far I would travel, I was happy to see where the day would take me. The Midlands (or Heritage) Highway runs right through the centre of Tasmania from Launceston in the north to Hob…

While spending two weeks in Hobart, Tasmania and Sydney working, I decided to use my only day off on a daytrip to Bruny Island, south of Hobart. I joined the group in Hobart and by bus and ferry I arrived at the island some hours later. We drove around the Island, and also went on a three-hour boat…

Last day in Hobart for a while.  Packed up the house :( and moved everything to various storage places.  Hobart is awesome but need to get away, so the next 6 months will be an interesting challenge.Met Tash's friend Nell at the Sydney airport, and bought ourselves a travelling companion …

Incase you were wondering, thats a line from a cadbury ad, I'm not crazy. Today Elle and Sam took me to the cadbury factory! A few people from work asked me to get the some cheap chocolates from there, so I had to go for that and because it would be awesome! They used to do sweet tours a while ago,…

Four days spent with my daughter in her adopted home of Hobart, where we had a great time sightseeing.

The last couple of weeks in oz have been fantastic.  Lots of great people to meet and amazing things to see.  Australia is truly beautiful.  There are just endless white beaches everywhere it seems.  I spent my last day in Byron Bay heading up to check out Nimbin and the surroun…