Slept mostly ok. Although I had a funny dream between 5 and 6 - I dreamt I was at Chris' and there was this kid making this breathing noise that sounded like snoring but the kid's father couldn't hear it and I tried telling the kid to hold his nose and breath through his mouth but the snoring sound was still there, so then somehow I tracked down his like mother and step mother or something and was trying to tell them that the kid might have some medical issue with his breathing, and then a bit later the kid was breathing normally and the snoring sound had stopped. Then I realised it was actually the sweetie snoring and it permeated my sleep. !! (that happened to me once in America in 1983, the motel alarm went off at some stoopidly early hour, but I heard it in my dream as someone making a beeeep beeeep beeeep noise..)
Moving on.
Got ready and had breakfast and went out for a walk, hoping to beat the clouds. I failed. But I still had a good long walk and saw the docks, the cenotaph, the Bridge of Remembrance, the Railway Roundabout Memorial Fountain and the Cat and the Fiddle from both levels (although still need to be there for the on the hour for the cow jumping over the moon).
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Hobart Gas Company buildings
Royal Engineers Building
Hobart Cenotaph
Eternal Flame Memorial and Bridge of Remembrance
View of Hobart from the Bridge of Remembrance
View of the Tasman Bridge from the Bridge of Remembrance
Flower in the University Rose Gardens
Tribute to Miss Kitty Henry
Domain House
Railway Roundabout
Cat and Fiddle Square
Came back and planned out a long list of things to see around Hobart. Only an hour and half of driving, should be able to cover than in a day ;)
First stop was the Rosny Hill Lookout. Would have been nicer on a clearer day. And if there had been less trees in the way.
Hobart from Rosny Hill Lookout
Tasman Bridge from Rosny Hill Lookout
Tasman Bridge from Rosny Hill Lookout
Tasman Bridge from Rosny Hill Lookout
Then looked at Bellerive Beach.
52 King Street Bellerive - originally a school, and my Mum stayed here when it was a Youth Hostel
Bellerive Beach
Then to Rose Bay High School to find a spot Dad took a photo in 1971. Found the spot, but you guessed it, trees.
View towards Hobart from near Rose Bay Hight School
Then to a spot on the northeast side of the bridge to have a look, and another park a little further along.
Tasman Bridge
Tasman Bridge
Pelican over Rose Bay
Then to the Botanical Gardens. Had a leisurely hour and a half there wandering around various gardens. Found a few of the parents' photo spots and had a light lunch (shared a ham and cheese toasted sandwich).
Japanese garden
Japanese garden
Stu in the Japanese garden
Voyage to the Antipodes sculpture by Stephen Walker
Eardley-Wilmot Wall
The Conservatory
Flowers in the Conservatory
Flowers in the Conservatory
Interior of the Conservatory
The Lily Pond
Flower near the Lily Pond
Anniversary Arch
Wollemi pine
The Floral Clock
Stopped at the gate to the old Beaumaris Zoo.
Old entrance to Beaumaris Zoo
And then headed down to the Shot Tower which was pretty cool.
The Shot Tower
View up the stair well of the shot tower
Small cauldron for keeping the shot molten
View from the shot tower
View down the stair well of the shot tower
Bones at the bottom of the shot tower
One of the sieves used for making shot of even sizes
Examples of produced shot
Last stop was the Mount Nelson Signal Station which was interesting. Found both of Mum's photos from 1968 based on the exact same park benches that were still there 55 years later. Although the views are crap, because you guessed it, trees. And it's so DRY everywhere in Hobart at the moment. Trees look red and the grass everywhere is dead.
Parkland at Mount Nelson Signal Station
Mount Nelson Signal Station
Parkland at Mount Nelson Signal Station
What remains of the view from Mount Nelson Signal Station
Mount Nelson Signal Station
Got back to the hotel and put on a load of washing, but stoopid fancy electronic washing machine/dryer (hotel guest washing machines don't need options for duvets!!) and they took ages.
Meanwhile, did food/beer shopping, gps/photos, tomorrow planning, and got dinner of KFC and veggie bibimbap for dinner while watching Big Bang Theory.
And finally blogging.
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