Tasmania to Tokyo – Hobart – Day 7 can be found here.
Another sleep-in this morning – no need to rush off to breakfast, as we’ll be eating at the Salamanca market.
The market was started by Hobart City Council in 1972, and has become a beloved local institution with over 300 stallholders. The market runs each Saturday from 8 am to 3 pm rain, hail or shine.
We walk past Parliament House on the way down:
And then consider our options for breakfast. There are some fine breakfast sandwiches available…
…But we end up going for some Tasmania mixed berry crepes:
And nutella crepes:
Absolutely delicious.
Then we wander through the market itself:
There’s a tremendous amount for sale, from books:
To crocheted stuffies:
Sold by ‘Crochet by Sammie’
To candles:
To socks:
And much, much more. We end up buying sunglasses for our son, and a Tasmanian devil hoodie for our daughter.
But it’s not long before we’re peopled out:
We head back to the hotel for a bit. I finally take a few photos of the lounge:
And then we head off to pick up a few odds and sundry, including red-light headlamps for when we hope to see the little penguins in Bicheno.
Then back to the Salamanca Market again for lunch. I get a currieworst sausage on a bun from Best Wurst:
The kids get hot dogs and my wife gets a lobster roll (neither pictured).
We briefly consider heading out to a nearby beach, but we’re beat after the past few days – so we take some time to get caught up on reading / writing / homework instead. The blog post takes me almost three hours to write – I’m goin to have to learn the art of brevity. (In my defence, Clipchamp was extraordinary difficult to work with following its most recent update.)
Instead we go for a walk around Hobart before dinner. Salamanca looks quite different with the stalls now taken down:
We walk through St. David’s park:
It’s been quite the dry spell in Tasmania – these sequoias are massively stressed, despite the additional watering
The park is actually a cemetary with more than 4,000 memorial records
Then take another wander along the waterfront:
Before reaching the Hope & Anchor for dinner:
It’s the oldest continuously licensed pub in Australia. The decor has a certain historical feel to it:
And the food is quite good, too. We start with the cob bread:
It’s made in house, and comes out steaming hot.
My wife has the roasted beets and the beef skewers:
Our daughter has the pasta:
Our son has the burger:
And I have the fish and chips:
The fish is fresh and meaty, and a welcome change from usual run-of-the-mill fish and chips.
We’re tempted by their black forest pavlova, but opt to head to the Van Diemens Land Creamery for ice cream instead:
It’s very, very tasty – and half eaten before anyone thinks to take a photo. My wife had cafe latte, the kids had cookies and cream, and I had the chocolate hazelnut. (Though I would love to try whiskey cream at some point in the future.)
We passed the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery on the way back:
But sadly no time to visit this go around. Yet another reason to come back.
My wife and I did get the chance to visit Mary Mary – the Tasman’s bar – for a nightcap.
Along the way, a phantom cellar:
And then we entered the bar itself:
Lots of great historical elements here, including the stone walls.
My wife had the Italian cooler:
You know it’s a fancy drink when there’s so much ice you can’t actually take a sip
And I had the rum manhattan:
Both very tasty. And then it was time to call it a night!
Off to Bongorong Wildlife Sanctuary and then Freycinet Lodge tomorrow.
Continue reading Tasmania to Tokyo – Hobart / Freycinet National Park – Day 9.