Hobart, Tasmania Trip (Day 4)

18th March 2016, Friday

Tarts for Breakfast

Woke up in the middle of the night and realised it was raining heavily. The raindrops were making a lot of noise by dripping onto the tanks below. In the end woke up at around 6 plus, but the rain hasn't stopped yet. We had planned supposed to go up Mount Wellington today but since it is rainy, we changed our plan to go Burney Island. But when we boarded the car, the rain started to rain more heavily. Then we had to change our plan again, so we were flipping the Hobart guide to see where we can go. Then we decided to go for a historic cruise ride around Hobart. And so, we alighted the car and headed down to the cruise office.

Cruise Office

Cruise Ship

The office was a small stall in front of the pier and we bought the cruise tickets with lunch included on board. The staff started to talk to us in Mandarin after listening to us speak. So i asked her where is the nearest post office around, she used her google map and showed us. Then the rain was still raining heavily and there was no shelter except a board on top of us. And so we went ahead to look for the post office. We walked for about 5 - 10 mins until we reached a historic building and it turned up to be the Post Office. But it was not opened yet and so, we went opposite the road to grab a nice hot coffee and chocolate. After we had our drinks, we walked back to the post office. We got some postcards and we sent them back to Singapore...heheee....

Inside the top deck 

Open deck

After spending some time in the post office, when we were about to leave, my friend's' shoes soles had came off (purposely wore old shoes, so can buy new shoes...heheee...). So we had to walk back to the apartment so that she can change to her other pair of shoes. As it was still raining, we just stayed in the apartment until it was time to go for our lunch cruise. We walked back to the cruise office and waited for the crew to prepare the cruise. The cruise was not very nice-looking but seems like it had a long history to it. The washroom was in the below deck, then the lunch will be served in the middle deck and we can have the viewing on the top deck. It was the first cruise of the day and after the preparation and off we go!

Mount Wellington 

Tasman Highway

The captain explained to us some of the buildings as we passed by and we could see Mount Wellington covered behind the clouds. If we had gone up there, think it will be very very white and cold. Then we cruised towards Tasman Highway. The captain told us that there was once a bulk carrier which crashed onto the bridge, which caused a section of the bridge to collapse.  This disaster happened in one foggy night in 1975. A total of 12 people had died in this tragic accident. The bridge was later repaired and now it is still standing strong. The captain also told us there was a residential area that the houses were selling @ millions of dollars.

Chicken Steak

After that, we had our lunch which was served in the middle deck. The food looked simple but we all agreed that it tasted very nice. Slowly, the rest of the passengers also came down for their meals. Even the crew also had their lunch together. It was still raining.... :( ....Then the cruise continued on its route and passed by a casino too before it made it way back to the pier. The whole journey took about 2 hours.

After the cruise, we were thinking where to go next as it was still raining. So we walked to the streets for shopping instead. We bought a few souvenirs and we just walked around the malls. There were a few shops having sales and the stuffs were quite cheap. There was a basic check-up machine in one of the shops, so we had a go with it...hohoho...The machine took our height and weight, then it took our blood pressure too.  Then later we sat down to eat our sandwiches which we had made in the morning. I then suggested going to the supermarket to buy food back to cook for our dinner tonight. We kept walking along the streets, had a cup of gelato (which was not very nice). After eating the ice cream, we went to woolworths supermarket to get the food.

Dinner!!

We bought a roasted whole chicken, instant soups and bacon. After buying all the food, we carried them back to the apartment. Along the way, we bought a lemon tart @ Daci & Daci Bakers as they don't allow takeaway for their creme burlee and a cup of Tasmaia ice cream. Then we started to prepare for our dinner, which was to take everything to throw in the oven...hahahaa....And dinner was served!!! It was soo filling...nice dinner..yum yum....and it was nice that i also don't have to wash the dishes...hehehe.....I went to watch tv while my friend went for shower. After watching, it was bedtime. Hopefully, tomorrow is not a raining day again.

Hotel Stayed:
Sullivans Cove Apartments - Salamanca Battery Point

Places Visited:
Hobart Cruise
Tasman Highway