Monday Feb 13, we continued our stay in Hobart. Our excursion here was "A Walk Through Historic Hobart". Hobart started as a penal colony and defensive outpost in 1803. The penal colony continued until 1853. As mentions in yesterdays post, the Royal Hobart Regatta and Tall Ship Festivals continue into there last day today. The waterfront was crowded.
It was also Super Bowl day - the game started to 10:30 AM Monday here. They showed the game in the main show room.
The city in the early morning
first light of norning
Off on our walking tour of old Hobart
"Footsteps towards Freedom" - statues of 3 convict Irish women who disembarked here .
some of the sandstone buildings
Many boats in the harbor
the oldest building in Hobart
The oldest pub in Hobart
Some of the tall ships
Old church
Parliament House.
old gravestones from a moved cemetery
New Supreme Courts building - top is sandstone, bottom is dolomite - both found locally.
the festival
tall ships
back to the ship
We got back from our walking tour and headed to the main theater to see half time show and second half of the game. They served sandwiches, chicken wings, chips etc.
The tall ships sailed out into the bay to end the Tall Ship Festival.
A local ferry
most ships set their sails
The bay was crowed.
A rain shower over the land during sailing away,
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a rainbow appeared
A lighthouse under the rainbow.
later, lighthouse was at the end of the rainbow
sunset starting. We had strong winds so it was hard to get outside to view.
The sun peeked through clouds just before setting
A couple of Northern Gannets flew beside us for a few minutes
Waves hitting the shore along the coast
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