As we had a free day in Hobart, we just wandered around.
We started our day out at the Sunday Farm Market
Several blocks of street stalls
The produce and farm foods abounded
But there were lots of other fresh baked goods and miscellaneous stuff also
We opted for some pastries and donuts, as the suitcases are pretty full🙃
Then we headed down to the harbor to catch the hop on and hop off bus
There were two loops on it, this first one was more the older part of the residences
They also told us that Hobart is the second largest harbor in the Southern Hemisphere, Rio being the largest
There are many different styles of house in this area. It was where there rich of the population lived
They built mansions and had servants, but as their servants were usually convicts, they were not housed in the main houses at night, but in separate cottages behind the main house
On the hills you see the suburbs of Hobart
Tasmania has about 450,000 people living on it and about 250,000 of those people live in the greater Hobart area
The older houses in this area near the CBD range in price from $500,000 to $3,000,000 Australian dollars
Also there are several campuses of this university in Hobart. This one is the biology and oceanography. They also have a medical school, and all the other normal university courses
This church was called the mariners church and lighted a light in the bell tower to help guide their sailors home
This building is the distillery that was found in the early 1800’s at the head of some springs. They still use those same springs in the distillery today. There was a stop here, but 11am drinking isn’t for me
This is another of the first churches built on the island
This is the only time we hopped off the bus. We decided since it was such a sunny nice day, we would take a walk through these gardens
They were quite diverse with a kitchen/community garden, a grounds keepers cottage, an stone arch, restaurant, a shop, and a conservatory as well as
Spring flowers of daffodils and tulips abounding
There were also some striking water features in the French explorer gardens
The gardens are fourteen hectares, which is about thirty- four plus acres
Most of the trees had signs telling the type they were. They have plants from all over the world. 140 species of trees. They even have a sub Antarctic planting area
A flower clock was in another part of the garden, they forgot to reset this clock to daylight saving time, which started today here
Many of the flowering trees were just starting to bud out
The lily pond was also just coming out of it’s dormant season. Sas was our Morning companion and thought the gardens were varied and peaceful
We of course went to be sure we got to walk through all of the Japanese garden
It was interesting as it was very pretty with lots of green rolling lawns that people had spread blankets on and were having picnics
We caught the next bus passed when we were finished walking the gardens and continued our tour. The bridge in the background. The bridge was built to replace the Hobart bridge which could no longer handle the traffic flow. It was built in the early 1960’s. Tragedy struck in 1975 when a ship carrying zinc ore struck one of the supporting pillars causing two of the support to collapse taking down 417 feet of the bridge on top of the ship, causing it to sink. Five people on the bridge and seven sailors on the ship died. As the bay is quite deep (over 115 ft) the ship still sits on the bottom of the bay with all the concrete from the road on top of it. Because of the water depth, it causes no problems for shipping in the bay. The accident was in January of 1975 and the major roadway was not reopened until December of 1975.
This building is just across from our hotel and is the major post office for the island
This is the gas plant that is still used today to process natural gas for the city
The Circus was in town today
After a brief stop at our Hotel to let Sas rest from this mornings activities and pick up Tiny. We headed out to find some lunch
We went to the Cat and The Fiddle mall. Every hour on the hour the cat fiddles, the cow jumps over the moon and the dish runs away with the spoon. I took a video, but I still have not figured out how to put them in the blogs🤷♀️
We grab some pies at the food court. We should have just watched the show and headed out to a restaurant, as we would have probably enjoyed it more
We then headed out to walk some of the wharf areas. This is the parliamentary building
We were drove by earlier there was a rally/protest going on. Something about saving one of the university campuses
This is the front of the Treasury building
This is the back of the treasury building and is just a block from our hotel
These are the treasury’s chamber across they street. Not sure what the function of two building means
This is the old customs house hotel
I am not sure what this building original function was, it is now apartments
This building is the Marine Board Building, I believe it had to do with fishing and things brought in by ships
It is part of several buildings backing the harbor that dealt with trade goods and marine fishing
I took this picture is just to show the old historical building against the newer buildings, one is our hotel. There are not a lot of buildings over 10 stories still, it gives the whole town a feel of a bit of the olden days
These were the warehouses by the docks, now they are upscale shops, bars, and restaurants
This is the roundabout between the parliamentary building and the warehouses
On my way back from the walk, I decided to do a set of photo’s of statuary. The plaque said this one was Edward the VII
This was just a fun fountain on the “sculpture walk”
This was of one of the premiers of Tasmania, I think that’s like a governor or something
These were just quirky and interesting
Dog photographer taking a picture of Marilyn Bunny
This was just a huge kite in one of the covered shopping arcades
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