2000/02 Australia trip - Sheffield and Hobart |
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Wednesday February 2nd
We were up early as we had to cross the whole island back to Hobart, and decided to stop for breakfast in Sheffield. The town was covered in murals, rather like Chemainus on Vancouver Island, and for much the same reason, to save the town by turning it into a tourist trap. I don’t think it was 
working as well as many of the places we visited were up for sale. We found some Australian coins for Michael’s collection. The price wasn’t too good but there was an 1806 English George IV farthing in the pile, which made it a bargain. The Irish cafe was open for lunch but was happy to make breakfast for us, as we were the only customers.
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Sheffield (7.18) |  |
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From there we drove back-roads through farming country with lots of discussion over directions and U-turns, but we finally found the road up the escarpment onto the Central Plateau. We had lunch at one of the pumping stations for Hobart’s water in the hottest weather we’d had on Tasmania. There was little of anything on the plateau, just a few farms and open scrub, until we got to Brighton just outside Hobart.
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Road south (8.38) |  |
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We stayed at the same campsite in Hobart, but this time we had enough time to drive to Battery Point and have dinner at the Blue Skies restaurant on the pier, with a view of some kayakers and a replica of the Lady Nelson sailing ship.
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Hobart (2.38) |  |
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