I love raw power, simple power, power that requires, deserves and demands respect. What am I on about…..STEAM power. Old school traction and steam engines of all sizes, I love them. The polished brass fittings, gauges, handles, gushing steam and whistles. The smell of hot oil, fire heating the boilers and the anticipation of noise, …
It was a Gateaux outer shell with hoodie, Kathmandu jumper , long sleeve Mountain Designs thermal shirt, Kathmandu woollen t-shirt, Mac-Pac thermal singlet, Decathlon rain pants, Kathmandu long pants and thermal long undies, beanie and buff kinda day today. P.S. with two pair of socks and the new boots….that rock. Yes…I actually sweated on the …
Today started with a quick drive to see some of the world’s most fragile looking creatures; however they are surprisingly rigid, with an exoskeleton much like a snail, or a tank as I like to think of it. Hard on the outside and squishy in the middle. Seahorse World at Beauty Point was quite an …
For those who trod the untroddable. Those who strive for confident grip. Those who insist upon silk linen, cloud like comfort in the harshest of Alby Mangle’s situations. I can solemnly, with all my heart and after a full years road test, not recommend my last set of boots. They weren’t bad, but they did …
After a day of washing our clothes, the van and us, we decided to trek back to Russell Falls. It is just so beautiful and I wanted to try a new set of settings on the Olympus. Main focus (excuse the pun) here was to capture some back light in the trees, have a slow …
Today we strung a few walks together. Bella vista OMG, the Mt. Field area is sure to delight any bushwalker, mountaineer or nature lover. A few things we spied today included finches, a Tiger snake and a light-brown coloured echidna. Plus plenty of wombat and pademelon poo. A little 16Km walk, anticlockwise. Past Lake Dobson, …
Mandy and I decided to mix things up a bit. We want to do many of the walks around the Franklin-Gordon National park, to the west of Hobart…ish. Weather investigation showed that the bikes would be perfect transport if we were polar bears or salmon. Last time we checked, we were neither of these. However …
Travelling South from Lower Snug, a few choices were offered. Once again it was time to pull out the ‘Map Out’ app and see what the gradients were like. In the end we settled on a smaller road with more hills but much less traffic. It also hugged the shoreline and gave us…again…some stunning vistas. …
The time had come for us to move on from our digs at the Alabama Hotel. It had been very comfortable, funky, reasonably priced and central to all walkable things in Ho-town (as a couple of locals called it)…err Hobart. The room was small and funky, as were the staff – small and funky :-). …
I believe we have walked every street in Hobart now. I believe we have seen all the sights. I love this little town and its quirkiness, the people and the architecture. Actually we haven’t gone near any art galleries. I just can’t do it. We saw sooooooooooooooooooo much art in Italy and France. I just …
Read more ““Botanical Gardens”… is the only thing left to do in Hobart… apparently.”
I would like, if I may, take you on a strange journey. No that sounds like the opening of Rocky Horror picture show. Sorry about this…..I’m fighting the automatic post system. I think it is working now. 🙂
Looking back from the centre of Hobart you can’t help but notice a rather large bump on the horizon. Some call it Mt Wellington, kunanyi in the local tongue. I call it adventure and burning quads, … bring it on. Arriving at the top on the hop on hop off bus is really the best …