We went for a drive to Kingston Beach, met up with some people and had a picnic lunch, a real lovely spot. Just south of Hobart and the opening to the ocean from the Derwent River.

We went for a drive to Kingston Beach, met up with some people and had a picnic lunch, a real lovely spot. Just south of Hobart and the opening to the ocean from the Derwent River.

Snowing on Mt Wellington
Sun shone for us very briefly. Cascade Brewery, this is the oldest remaining brewery, it was originally a sawmill, Then the Brewery was established in 1824.
Cascade Brewery
Back up on Mt Wellington.
Mofo is running for a week in Hobart, love the design of the way the wood is stacked, ready for the fires at night for cooking.
Models of Able Tasman’s ships.
Salamanca, this is where they hold farmers markets every Saturday.
This is the name of the image below, turning silo’s into apartments, great idea, save wasting them.
The house of Lenna. Lenna is a Tasmanian aboriginal word for house or hut. Heritage listed the builder built it for his wife.
This is the apartments of Lenna. This is at Battery Point.
View of the city from Lenna’s lookout, we were lucky enough to go inside and climb the stairs to have a look, image below shows the lookout room.
Front entrance of Lenna.
The lookout from the Princes gardens.
Saw this mansion, as we walk back to the car.
Silo apartments from another angle.
Reflections in the all glass front of this building.
All these buildings are being used for arts, cafe’s, etc.. I don’t know what they were previously but thought they may of been wharf storage sheds in early days.
Lindisfarne.
View of Mt Wellington under cloud.
Bridge at Dowsing Point.
Zinc Smelter with Mona Roma-1 traveling up river.
Had lunch at Old Beach, lovely views and reflections, the white chimneys in the back ground are from the Cadbury’s Chocolate Factory.
Old Beach
This is on the Boyer Rd, looking across at Granton.
Looking at New Norfolk.
From up a hill looking down onto the New Norfolk area, the road we have just travelled on left.
New Norfolk.
New Norfolk
New Norfolk bridge into town center.
Gordon River Road, heading down the west side now. Farmers Patterns.
The Hop dryer buildings, they stopped working 27 years ago and just left to deteriorate.
Another part of the Hop buildings.
Whiskey distillary Redland just loved this wee shack.
Inside the church of St Mathews, Anglican Parish at New Norfolk, which commenced in 1828
Landscape supplies factory. Boyer.