We have now crossed what Australian’s and Kiwi’s refer to as The Ditch and are now in Australian territory for a few days. Our first stop being Hobart, Tasmania and today we had decided a little bit of adventure was in order.
We docked at just before 8:00 and were given clearance soon after which was our signal to walk the 9 minute walk to the Avis Car Rental outlet to pick up our pre-booked car. From there we headed in land for about an 75 minutes to reach our first destination which was Mount Field National Park where we had researched a circular walk taking in Russell Falls and Horseshoe Falls.
Everything went smoothly and exactly to plan and after 90 minutes we were back on the road heading back in the Hobart direction and our 2nd and final destination which was the summit of Mount Wellington. Fortunately for us we had booked a sat nav and managed to get from A to B without too much of an issue. The second journey took 95 minutes and the climb from Hobart to the top 30 minutes of that. After spending 75 minutes at the top we headed back down to drop the car off and go back to the ship for an early tea.
A fabulous day and one we have been planning for months and it was nice that it all worked out just as we had intended.