27/12/11 HOBART

 

Said goodbye to the friendly folk of Mayfield Bay campground. On our way to Hobart, we passed by a church built in the 1800’s with a stained glass window which was shipped over from England. Driving though Orford we had rocky mountains right to the edge of the road on the left & on the right a metre high rock wall hugged the road adjacent to the rocky river which was really pretty. We are staying at the Hobart showgrounds, which is $20 a night powered.  It is only for self contained vans. It is full of old people which is good because it is nice & quiet.

28/12/11.  This morning we went up to Mt Wellington Lookout which is 1270 mts high.  We slowly weaved our way up this monster, again I could not look over the edge as it was a straight drop down, but at the summit it was an awesome view over the city, all the way down to Port Arthur to the north & all the islands to the south. The ground was realitively flat with boulders & scrub like bushes. A must see!

In the afternoon we hoped on a bus & went into town to watch the finallist come in for the Sydney to Hobart. We had a great viewing point.  About 7.30pm we watched in awe as this massive sail came around the point.  The mast looked as high as the mountains behind it.  Investec Loyal looked humongous beside the spectator boats. A minute later another massive yacht pops around the bend, Wild Oats 11.  It was so exciting to see these 2 boats racing to the finishing line.  Luckily Investec Loyal won!  We were able to get up close to this boat & saw the crew.  The boat was amazing to see up close.  By this time it was 9, so we had a quick look in the food fest and will come in again on Friday.  Hobart is like a country town. Slow & quiet.