Hobart - 10th January 2026

Today we spent exploring Hobart itself although before breakfast I managed to get to one of the local park runs at Queen's Domain.

After I returned we had some breakfast with Corinne and Jak and then headed out into the city. We parked on the outskirts and walked in to the harbour area and on to Salamanca market - a very large street market held every Saturday at Salamanca place. There were all sorts of stalls there selling everything from wood carving, metal work, jewellery, clothes, food and drink. The market was very busy, probably partly because there were two cruise ships in the harbour. We spent an hour or so wandering through the market.

Next stop was MONA (museum of old and new art). To get there we had to catch the Mona Roma ferry up the Derwent. We just missed a departure so we bought our tickets and then had about an hour to kill so grabbed a quick drink.

Once we boarded the boat it sped us up the river. We'd initially started at the back of the boat but because of the strong winds and the speed of the boat there was lots of spray coming and getting us wet so we moved inside.

Once we arrived, about 25 minutes later, we went into the museum which is spread over four floors and built into the cliffside. It's a pretty bizarre place with some really unusual exhibits including a mechanical representation of the human digestion system which once a day produces a small poo! There was also an adults section with some pretty extreme images.

We spent a couple of hours wandering around the museum and getting lost through the various walkways and exhibits. Once we'd completed inside we headed out and saw some of these exhibits outside and had a drink while we waited for the return ferry at 4:00 p.m.

The weather in Hobart wasn't amazing with some showers and a chilly breeze and when we got back to Hobart itself we returned to our car and drove the short distance to the Cascade brewery, Australia's oldest. We had plans do a short walk along the Hobart rivulet but the showers were against us and so we spent a short time trying to spot platypuses without success before having a quick drink at the brewery and then returning back to Corinne and Jak's.

We spent a lovely evening chatting over a delicious meal and drinks with much of the fresh ingredients for the meal being produced from their garden. We were retired to bed at gone midnight grateful for good company and generous hosts.Leggi altro