Hobart, Tasmania!

On Friday, June 22nd, Kaitlyn and I woke up super early (around 4am) to get to the Melbourne airport to catch our flight to Hobart, Tasmania. After arriving in the city and finding our hostel reception not open yet, we walked to a nearby coffee shop and ordered ourselves a couple vanilla lattes with apple scrolls (they looked like cinnamon buns but filled with apples). We quickly decided they were very delicious - possibly the best we had ever tasted, however to truly be sure, we have to taste the coffee at one specific shop called 'The Red Brick' once we get back to Guelph.

Once we dropped off our luggage at the hostel, Kaitlyn and I decided to explore the town of Hobart. We ended up finding the pier and boat docks, the street where the Salamanca Market was held (only on Saturdays), some small but pretty beach areas, and an expensive and impressive residential district. Four hour later, we returned to our hostel and spent the rest of the day relaxing.

On our second day in Hobart, Kaitlyn and I headed to the Salamanca market. There were tons of shops, lining both sides of the street for several blocks. Its a venue for both locals and visitors with stalls selling everything from mini-pancakes and coffee, to clothing and books, to jewellery and furniture and more! The two of us bought a pairs of mittens for ourselves because the weather was quite chilly. Next, we headed off to see the Botanic Gardens, however we ended up spending several hours wandered around the Queen's Domain before we found them because the map of how to get to the gardens was incorrect. The gardens were beautiful, even though a lot of plants weren't in bloom for the winter season. After walking around for a bit, we headed back into the city for dinner at the pier.

Sunday, the two of us set off for Port Arthur, which is a nearly historical site that used to be an old convict jail. It's quite a large site, covering around 100 acres and it has 30 ruins and old buildings on site. Kaitlyn spent the day exploring through the structures, but we did have a short 40 minute tour with a guide in the morning and a 20 minute river cruise around two nearby islands that were used for a cemetery and a young boys reform school.

The next few days were spent at Cole's Bay, climbing Mount Wellington, and in Launceston. Individual posts on these to come!