What a difference a day makes - similar to home. We woke up to cloudy skies, very cool at around 13 deg C. Brrrrr.
Hobart is quite beautiful on one of the world's largest natural harbours. Its population is about 250,000 souls - it is the capital city of Tasmania.
Today we took a bus into the city to visit the popular Salamanca Market, about 250 stalls of various things, flowers, baking, food, wood, produce, jewellry and so on. After helping out the Hobart economy, we headed down to the Huon Trail south of the city, travelling through some really very scenic, green real estate. I really could live here if it weren't so far from home! Jean says its much like England in many ways. Our destination today was the Tahune Forest Airwalk. 600 metres of see through steel mesh walkway about 20 metres above the forest floor, halfway to the tops of the trees, through Huon Forest. There is one 24metre cantilevered walkway designed to sway (yikes - no support underneath) with approaching walkers...didn't like that so much.
The roads here are quite narrow and very curvy over most of the state. NO shoulders on most of the roads and barely enough room when semis or busses are coming the other way. Makes me a bit nervous when I drive. So even though the distances are short, it takes longer because of this.
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