After a quick breakfast this morning, we drove the 20km into Hobart with the plan to use the Hop On Hop Off Bus to explore the city. Our intention was to do just that, Hop On and Hop Off at various spots. Problem 1, we hadn't worked out that where we were going to park the car (Dunn Street Car Park) was limited to three hours parking. Oh well, we would just do the HOHO for its entire round and revisit anywhere that said "Must Visit" at a later date. We are in Hobart for a week, after all. We like the HOHO buses as they give you an overview of the city you are visiting. The Hobart HOHO was well done. Not sure how our driver managed some of the tight roads we travelled. He took us out to Wrest Point Casino to the south, then west to Cascade Brewery and back through the city and north to the Botanical Gardens. Well worth the trip.
After some lunch we decided to spend the afternoon at the Botannical Gardens. Mainly concentrating on Tasmania's unique range of native flora, the 14-hectare site is a nice spot for a stroll. It also features a unique Subantarctic Plant House with plants found on the subantarctic islands, further south. The temperature in the 'house' was minus 6 degrees, which was appreciated as the day was quite hot, something we were not expecting for Horart.
Back to Whyndham, dinner tonight in their restaurant. Quite satisfactory.
