Tonight I am sitting in the Walnut Room at Radcliffe House in Swansea along the east coast, north from Hobart, on Oyster Bay. Our plan was to be within striking distance of the Freycinet Peninsula without paying champagne prices. It worked. Swansea is quaint. We spent an hour or so walking a shoreline trail, bought wine at the off sales behind the Hitchhiker Bar, and filled up on cheeses from Wicked Cheese, just the other side of Richmond. All good. Except the weather. It has been cool, then hot, then windy, then cool, then hot....and tomorrow promises foul weather. Our boat tour of Wineglass Bay is now cancelled and we are not able to rebook without totally messing up our itinerary, so we will not be on the water tomorrow. We will have to climb the hill to see it from above, as there is no access except from the water or the air.
We spent yesterday in Hobart. I'm going to try to upload some pics. They tell the story. It's a great waterfront town; and we did manage to tour a tall ship that was docked for the Wooden Boat Festival. Other than that, the festival was a bit of a bust for us as we missed the sail past of both the small and the tall ships. Other than there being lots of people in town--a 10-story cruise ship was also docked--we went to the Salamanca market, and the wharf, hung around the wharf and checked out some local design shops.
No luck with the photos again tonight. Wine tasting and some hiking tomorrow.
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