Tasmania 2018 Day 5: Hobart and Salamanca Market
I wandered down to St. David's Park, then explored Salamanca Market, then wandered though Parliament Square and Franklin Square.
Travels Through A Lens
Trips Around the World
Tasmania 2018
We returned back to Tasmania on 1-5 May 2018 and mainly visited the Freycinet National Park and Hobart. Although I had sprained my left patellar tendon a few weeks prior to the trip, I was able to walk around without too much difficulty by the time we arrived at Tasmania (thank goodness). The trip was really enjoyable and we were very lucky because a week later Hobart was deluged by wild weather and strong rains and Macquarie St (where we stayed) was flooded!
Tasmania 2018 Day 4: Hobart afternoon
We returned back to Hobart and wandered around the city in the afternoon. It was interesting to see what has changed since our last visit.
Tasmania 2018 Day 4: MONA (Exterior, Afternoon)
We made a last tour of MONA exterior in the afternoon before leaving. I particularly liked the Spectrum Chamber connecting to Amarna.
Tasmania 2018 Day 4: MONA (PHAROS)
PHAROS is the new wing of MONA, and built to evoke the ancient lighthouse of Alexandria. It is more a theme park of ideas and installations.
Tasmania 2018 Day 4: MONA (MONANISM)
The general collection in MONA is called MONANISM. It tends to vary over time, but a few pieces really stood out for me.
Tasmania 2018 Day 4: MONA (Cloaca Professional)
Cloaca Professional mimics the human digestive system, through a set of chambers that progressively break down human food into poop.
Tasmania 2018 Day 4: MONA (Hound in the Hunt)
Hound in the Hunt is an exhibition of various paintings at MONA, and the technique for creating them developed by Tim Jenison.
Tasmania 2018 Day 4: MONA (Exterior)
The exterior of MONA, or the Museum of Old and New Art, has a few large scale sculptures and the museum architecture is also interesting.
Tasmania 2018 Day 3: Hobart (night)
We walked around Hobart at night after dinner. We walked along Collins St and then back along Macquarie St.
Tasmania 2018 Day 3: Ibis Styles
Ibis Styles is a brand new budget hotel located in central Hobart, with a modern Asian restaurant called Mr. Good Guy.
Tasmania 2018 Day 3: Callington Mill
Callington Mill is a Lincolnshire tower mill built in 1837, the third oldest windmill in Australia. It has recently been restored.
Tasmania 2018 Day 3: Ross
Ross is a historic and pretty village in the heart of Tasmania. There is a bridge here as well as many historic buildings.
Tasmania 2018 Day 3: Freycinet (Friendly Beaches)
Friendly Beaches is a camping ground famous for beautiful, long, white sand beaches. A boardwalk takes us to the viewing platform.
Tasmania 2018 Day 3: Freycinet (Ranger Creek)
We stopped by at the Freycinet National Park Visitor Centre. There is a boardwalk from the Visitor Centre to the Ranger Creek camping ground.
Tasmania 2018 Day 3: Freycinet Lodge
Today we checked out of the Freycinet Lodge and took a few photos around the Lodge including Richardson's Beach.
Tasmania 2018 Day 2: Freycinet Lodge Dinner
We retired back to the Freycinet Lodge for dinner at Richardson's Bistro. There wasn't much of a sunset, just a gradual fading of the light.
Tasmania 2018 Day 2: Freycinet (Honeymoon Bay)
Honeymoon Bay is situated right next to the Freycinet Lodge and has a huge granite rock that looks like it was thrown there by a baby giant.
Tasmania 2018 Day 2: Freycinet (Cape Tourville)
Cape Tourville has a lighthouse. From the boardwalk we can see The Nuggets, two tiny islands where birds nest.
Tasmania 2018 Day 2: Freycinet (Sleepy Bay)
Sleepy Bay sounds slike something out of an Enid Blyton Famous Five book (no smugglers though). We descended down to Little Gravelly Beach.
Tasmania 2018 Day 2: Freycinet (Wineglass Bay)
We opted to do the Wineglass Bay lookout walk which takes us to a short, fairly steep climb to the saddle between Mt Amos and Mt Mayson.
Tasmania 2018 Day 1: Sunset at Freycinet Lodge
We checked in, and had time to enjoy dinner and the lovely sunset at Freycinet Lodge which was really striking.
Tasmania 2018 Day 1: Devil’s Corner
Devil's Corner has a lookout from which we can view the Moulting Lagoon wetlands, The Hazards and Freycinet Peninsula.