Hello! Today was fun. We left the caravan park and drove to the Hobart Botanic Gardens, which from we walked down to the Salamanca Markets. The Markets were amazing! They were full of produce, clothing, jewellery, handicrafts, buskers and knick knacks. Maddy and I both got a henna tattoo (henna is a non-permanent dye) on our hands and arms, Dad and I bought a t-shirt each, Mum bought a book and we bought some yummy fruit and veggies. The buskers were really interesting. One pair consisted of a person playing the cello and the other with a banjo and an old-fashioned voice-projector thing. Another was two girls playing the guitar and singing, harmonising their voices beautifully.
Satisfied with our purchases, we walked back to the Botanic Gardens for lunch (yummy bread we bought at the Markets- only problem was the Jalapeno chillies dotted through it, it was delicious but spicy.
Next was the interesting ‘Female Factory’, one of the numerous convict women’s jail and working place. That was very intriguing as we learned about the convicts and their lives and offences. Did you know that you could be transported to Van Diemen’s Land (Tassie) for impersonating a gypsy? Or stealing pillowcases? You didn’t have to do much.
After the tour we took the long, tight and steep drive up Mount Wellington. With Dad’s expert driving, Big Blue made it up in 3rd gear. The view on the mountain was magnificent, we could see almost all of Hobart. It was very windy up there though!
Surviving the trip down the mountain, we drove to a beach near Bellerive and relaxed there for half an hour. Despite the 28 degree day, the water was freezing and swimming not desirable.
Finally, we were back at the caravan park. To our joy, someone had parked in our crappy spot and we had been moved to a much nicer, quieter spot on the edge near some beautiful black cows.
-Gabby
(We asked a couple of locals and Google, and eventually decided to take Blue up. I must say I wouldn’t like to do it every day. The road is narrow and I think some car drivers might have got pretty scared! I was certainly nervous and was glad to get down unscathed. Bue has a very high diff so third gear all the way up and down. Blue has a 6 speed box. It was 26-28 degrees in Hobart and 16 degrees at the top. - Dad)
Fauna: cows, various birds, sheep, swans, alpacas.
Wicked Vans: 1 (yeah!)
Cars Overtaken: 0
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