Hobart
28 October 2014
As Jeremy predicted, the weather turned appalling on Tuesday (Day 21). A front cracked in from the west. It was cold; it blew like stink; and snow fell on Mt Wellington which dominates the Hobart skyline. It was no weather for cold blooded riders like me. I hung around inside. Remember, northern hemisphere readers, this is spring and the snow is supposed to be behind us for the year. But this is Tasmania and anything can happen.
A snow capped Mt Wellington on Tuesday 28 October
29 October 2014
I rode over to the city to see my son and have a gossipy lunch with some very old friends and former work colleagues. In South Hobart stands the Cascade Brewery, still making a reasonable drop. The snow had receded a bit, but it was still cold!
I parked the bike in Salamanca Place while I went for lunch.
When Hobart was first settled, the stone warehouses in the background were actually on the wharf. A couple of hundred metres of land in front of them has been reclaimed.
This was the end of the outbound leg. Now all I had to do was get home again!
