Hobart

Okay, so Hobart is less grim by daylight. Laura and I have been following a walking tour written up in her Lonely Planet Guide to Australia. We had a great breakfast at a cafe (I tired Vegemite--foul!--and I got some packets for whoever wants to try it).

After the cafe, we went to the Tasmanian Museum because it was free and we assumed it was warmer than outside. This last assumption proved to be incorrect. I've never been to a museum that uses space heaters... They had a neat exhibit on Australian money as well as their switch to decimal currency. They also has an exhibit and 3D film on Antarctic exploration. The best parts of the museum were the 1$ squished penny machines--other places have them for 3$ and the luggage locker room. You have to pay a 2 dollar deposit to use a locker, but then you get the two dollars back. Only, I guess some people didn't catch on, because Laura and I found 2 dollars each by opening all the lockers.

Once we got out of the museum, we chanced upon the ship used for Australian Antarctic research.

We also saw a neat park that had once been a cemetery. The larger monuments were still present, but all the headstones had been removed and set into walls at the foot of the park.

After this, we walked some more and went to a great bakery for lunch. Our food was great and bizarrely inexpensive. I had a small scallop pie and it was quite tasty.

Our plans for the rest of the day include going to the pub to read until dinner, eating dinner and then going to bed. We're hoping the random older woman in a hostel room will be gone, but signs are pointing to otherwise.

That's about it!