There were some stunning examples of early colonial architecture around Tasmania.
Cruising in Hobart
Jon, Lisa, Kelly, Vicky and myself all piled onto a little boat and took a cruise around the harbour in Hobart. Vicky’s obsession with taking gagillions of photos went into overdrive during the trip.
Hobart Prison
Lisa, Jon, Vicky and I visited one of the oldest prisons in Hobart. There were lots of creepy things to see including this scary ghost of a beautiful woman, for some reason she looks oddly familiar.
Jon Kitchen looked oddly at home inside a locked prison cell.
The stones in the floor which the prisoners stood on before heading up to the court room showed just how long the prisoners were required to stand down there before sentencing. The stone blocks of the floor had ground out dents in them from the ball and chains the prisoners wore wearing whilst standing down there.
Hobart
I went to Hobart for IC07 which is the biggest inorganic chemistry conference in Australasia. The conference was a success. I met lots of new people, made some new friends and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
Hobart is an excellent place to visit. It’s very picturesque, the weather is great and it’s not too busy.
Comet McNaught
My camera ran out of batteries when I went to join Tan out at Tomohawk beach to take pictures of the comet 🙁 So here’s a slightly modified version of the picture that Tan took.
Central Otago Rail trail
With my leg out of cast, I decided it was time for some serious fitness. So I agreed to do the Central Otago Rail Trail with Anna! It turned out that my leg wasn’t quite as strong as I thought! I had some serious issues getting from point A to point B. But we did make it back to Dunedin safe and sound eventually. We did the 150 km trail in three days and cycled another 20 km to reach the Tairei Gorge train the next day for our trip back to Dunedin. Unfortunately Anna has banned me from putting any photos of her on the web 🙁 So there’s no pretty photos of her to show 🙁
