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Tasmania - Hobart

Sunday 29th November

An early flight and we are on our way to Tasmania and it's capital city of Hobart

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All Australian states have very strict quarantine regulations, especially for fruit.
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Kairen wanted to take the sniffer dog home...well there's a surprise!  Here he is jogging the luggage carousel.
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Hobart reminded us of Manchester!
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Wet and cold!
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It was Sunday and everyone else had the sense to stay at home.
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Al-fresco dining wasn't on our list of options....
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...but some serious wine tasting was!
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Kairen's into the Tasmanian wines already and planning some vineyard visits

Monday 30th November

The next day was a bit clearer and the wind had dropped a bit.  We had become thoroughly chilled (cold) the day before.  We retraced some of our steps to enjoy the great architecture of Hobart, without the rain.

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We had a fantastic seafood lunch in Mures, the main restaurant on the central quay
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still not many dining outside
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Salamanca Square
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The Lenna Hotel built 1880
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Arthur's Circus a collection of old houses at Battery Point
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The post boxes at Battery Point Post Office
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Narryna - an old house that is now the heritage museum
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St David's Park was originally Hobart's cemetery and was turned in a park in 1926.  They placed the moved headstones on walls.  They make interesting a sombre reading.  The early settlers lives were hard and short.
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The architecture in Hobart is beautiful. 
However, some of the planning decisions seem a bit dubious, with fairly ugly buildings being placed alongside charming old structures.
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We used our UK National Trust cards to visit the site of the old Hobart gaol
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Gene's in clink!
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Kairen got to do her 'you shall be taken form this place.....'
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Some of the old solitary confinement cells they have unearthed
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Laurie's waiting for judgement
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Mures is one of the best seafood restaurants in Hobart
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Well there's a clean plate
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Hobart's Old Wharf
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The Ady Gil is getting ready to sail to the Antarctic to do battle with the Japanese whaling fleet
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Leased to the Sea Shepherd organisation for $1 a year by Ady Gil, this futuristic $1.5m boat has just set the record for the circumnavigation of the World in just 60 days.
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Two 540hp engines, constructed from carbon fibre and enough sound equipment to sink a whaling ship!
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We chatted with the crewmember for quite some time
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The ship operates under the UN Charter for nature that says if you see something illegal that is adversely affecting nature in international waters you are allowed to intervene
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They hope that the speed and agility of the Ady Gil would 'help take the fight right up to the harpoon boats'
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We continued along the beautiful Old Wharf
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The planning mess that is Hobart's skyline


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