"Tassie" is an interesting place. Not sure what I was expecting, but Hobart is a truly bustling little town with a surprisingly colonial feel. As a state, Tasmania is really in touch with its history. There is an old warehouse district here, and the docks are still very active. Yet it's a good size town (pop. 125,000) with good roads and pretty much anything you could need (except a decent internet cafe!)
We took a walking tour of the town and found a floating fish shop, and the guy was feeding his discarded fish heads to a giant seal that happened to live in the harbor. He put on quite a nice show. He earned himself our business for fish and chips the next day!
Driving around the southeast portion of the island, we visited Port Arthur, the ruins of the original penal settlement here.
We also drove down to the scenic far south.
All in all, Tasmania reminds me of Maine. Hobart could be Portland, and the scenery is really coastal and idyllic, with a rugged interior.
Anyway, we are off into the remote West tomorrow, so we may not be able to blog again until the end of the week when we make it to Melbourne.
I have a lot of thoughts on Australia that I am looking forward to sharing but they will have to wait for now.
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