We awoke to a typical Victoria winter day in Hobart. Temp around 15C with a drizzly rain coming down. We elected to take a hop-on, hop-off, city tour ($26Ea) but stayed aboard as the weather didn't cooperate. Saw some typical homes from the 1800's where the city's affluent resided near Sandy bay and down below, the one bedroom servant's quarters. Seems the servants were freed convicts, and Hobart's gentility didn't want them living in their homes for fear of theft. The servants got no wage, only food and lodging for their labor. Also saw the statue of the former governor of Tasmania, Mr. Franklin, who led the ill-fated expedition in search of the Northwest passage.
We saw an Antarctic exploration ship provision and set sail this morning for a 6-8 month stint on the ice continent. We also toured the local museum/art gallery and saw some exhibits of the aborigine's crafts; water ewers made from kelp and baskets woven out of iris stems, as well as an Antarctic exhibit describing life in the research facility on Macquarie island.
Hotel is nice and modern albeit with a squeaky door to our room with a latch that doesn't always.
We had brunch at the hotel's 'Tasman' restaurant for $56 for two. Not quite the same as our normal friday fare at Radar's roost, and not as good.
Tomorrow AM we catch the airport shuttle at 915AM to get our Jetstar flight to Sydney at noon. Kind of blows of a day travelling, but we are looking forward to Sydney, seeing our friends Marc and Barbara, and warmer, drier weather.
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