SU - day 10 - Hobart, Tasmania

SU0322 - day 10 - Hobart, Tasmaia
Yesterday's bus driver said he lived about 150km from Burnie and 220 from Hobart and he was
scheduled to meet us again today. Well, he was my driver again.
Today's tour was Hobart Highlights. The morning was quite cloudy but you could see the top
of Mt. Wellington from the pier. Our bus went directly to the mountain because the fog
could have covered the top again. We got there in time to have a good view, but it was
quite windy and chilly.
The road up there was narrow and winding, but there was almost no traffic from the opposite
direction at that hour. On the way down, however, there were many tight squeezes. I don't
know how long it took to get up the mountain, but I timed the descent and it was about 25
minutes getting down.
While we were at the peak, a group of bicyclists arrived by van from the ship. They were
being dropped off to bike down the mountain. No thanks.
We spent some time at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens. Australians seem to love their
flowers. The vast majority of homes we've passed on all the excursions have meticulous
landscaping and gardens. Every city seems to have Botanical Gardens and they're very proud
of them. Frankly, I'm rather tired of the gardens. I won't say when you've seen one you've
seen them all, but enough already!
Because we were leavng port late, there was a show consisting of a local Police band. First
sitting dinner was earlier than usual and there was only one show, between sittings. We knew
the show was being taped for TV and the band would also be on the pier as we left, so we
went to dinner at the regular time and skipped the show.