It was cloudy but with promise of increasing sun, we headed off for a drive around Hobart.
We managed to find our way to the Entertainment and Convention Centre and to Wrest Point Casino.
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| 280315 The Hobart Entertainment and Convention Centre |
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| 280315 Wrest Point Casino |
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| 280315 Royal Hobart Yacht Club |
However we saved the best 'til last, the trip to the top of Mount Wellington. All morning we had watched the cloud cover the uppermost face of the mountain so, with the hope and expectation the cloud would lift, we headed up.
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280315 Mount Wellington before we ascended with cloud
and communication tower on the top |
It's quite a drive, with the road hugging the cliffs and only wonderful views visible from the car as you ascend, for there is nothing but fresh air beyond the edge of the road.
The cloud came and went as we explored the top of the mount. We collected a series of photographs in between cloud events and expect we captured the whole scene/view in one way or another.
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280315 A panoramic view of Hobart from Mount Wellington, compliments of the iPhone.
Clouds were at eye level |
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| 280315 Hobart from Mount Wellington, take 1 looking south |
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| 280315 Hobart from Mount Wellington, take 2 looking SSE |
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| 280315 Hobart from Mount Wellington, take 3 looking ESE |
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| 280315 Hobart from Mount Wellington, take 4 looking almost east |
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| 280315 Hobart from Mount Wellington, take 5 looking east |
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| 280315 Hobart from Mount Wellington, take 6 looking over Wrest Point Casino |
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| 280315 Hobart from Mount Wellington, take 7 looking over Hobart city |
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280315 Hobart from Mount Wellington, take 8 looking towards
the Tasman Bridge |
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280315 Hobart from Mount Wellington, take 9 looking
NW up the Derwent River |
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280315 Hobart from Mount Wellington, take 10 looking further
up the Derwent Valley |
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280315 "The Organ Pipes" adjacent to the summit of Mount
Wellington, dolerite rocks with columnar jointing |
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| 280315 Himself on the trig point on the highest point of Mount Wellington |
The sun is shining brightly as we write and the temperature is about 18 degrees, a bit above the 9 degrees on top of the mount.
Nice place this Hobart, if only for the size of the oysters on the rocks at Wrest Point.
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| 280315 Pacific Oysters on the foreshore at the Convention Centre |
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