We left Sydney reluctantly and happily as it was so hot and humid but so much to see and do. We arrived in Hobart which is set in a beautiful setting of pastoral tree covered mountains and surrounded by water. It was only 8 degrees this morning. After we picked up our stuff and our car we went up Mount Wellington which I don't know how high it is. We drove up hairpin turns for about 12 km. The road had lots of snow along the edges. We were warned that if the fog was moving in, one would not be able to see anything. As we got within 1 km of the top, we were at a pullout for the view and the birds (sounded different to what we have heard to date), the fog moved in and we skaddled into the car and drove down as soon as possible as the road slicks up pretty quick. What we didn't know until we visited Sydney, it was like San Francisco with all of the hills. The same goes for Hobart, really steep hills are everywhere and houses and roads are built up on the hills, higher and higher.
Hobart is very pretty and not very big. We did see lorakeets here at the end of the day. I am going to check to see how high Mount Wellington is. Everything looks similar but at a closer look it is different.
We picked up fresh oysters at one of the fresh seafood places along the docks which were sublime and we did pick up some New Zealand wine to go with our take-out supper from the fish shack, scallops and prawns and chips. Supper was delicious. We are not just chilling out and lolling around as we had three intense days of birding or touring and that will start up again tomorrow with Bruny Island. The Hobart Harbour is in front of our motel. Everyone is very nice and we noticed that the accent here is a bit different from Sydney's.
So we are bundled up with heaviier clothes - no more shorts, sleeveless shirts and sandals from now on and seeing snow today was really sobering. I guess maybe we have snow back home right now.
We are looking forward to the birding tomorrow.
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