Getting there is half the fun: Pictures from Hobart

Monday, February 26, 2007

Pictures from Hobart

Ok so I'm waaay behind in my photos, but anyway, here's photos from Hobart after our hike along the South Coast track back at the beginning of February!

Right after coming out of the bush we hit up the Salamanca Market to gorge ourselves on cheap food and Tasmanian fudge while listening to hippie music all afternoon. It was the prefect thing to do after a week of hiking.

The next day we all took a ride on the Lady Nelson - a replica of one of the first boats to come over from England full of convicts.

The crew tying up the sails.

They even let me help by pulling on some of these ropes. I had no idea what I was doing but it was still fun.

We also all went to the botanic gardens. My favourite part was the 'subantartic plant room' seen here. It was 10 degrees and 99% humidity - just like being back at home!

After the weekend Greta, Sam and Alastair had to fly home to "work" so Janie, Tom and I did a day tour of Port Arthur, a very old and famous convict camp/jail where they sent the reoffenders and super bad. Here is our guide surfing on a bronzed dog of the dog fence they had around the jail. What respect for history they have.

We also did a nice little walk around the penninsula where the penitentiary is located. It would be pretty hard to escape with all these cliffs.

Here's the main "lodge" where they kept the bad guys.

And this is the church for the even badder guys who were kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day. They would be put into these boxes so they can only see the pastor.

Janie left the next day, leaving just Tom and I, so we went for a tour of the main Cadbury Chocolate factory!!:) It was pretty fun, but they wouldn't let us taste during the tour due to supposed health laws. Due to our pathetic amounts of stubble after not shaving for a week we had to also wear these 'snoob' nets!