Day 6. Hobart

 A day off the bike today.

View from the hotel.

The day began with a wander around the Salamanca market, heaving with people and a really laid back atmosphere. Lots of quality merch for sale for those inclined.

We settled for a delicious salmon sandwich for breakfast, oh and I bought a new cap!

After that we took a leisurely stroll over to the ferry terminal and purchased ferry and entry tickets into the MONA gallery Museum of old and new art which is a must see in Hobart and it didn’t disappoint.

It is set over 3 stories and apparently they couldn’t get planning permission for a 3 storey high building so the dug a bloody big hole and went down.

There are some bloody clever people in this world, we were left gobsmacked on several occasions with just how creative some people are.

The place is mostly dimly lit and at one point we were wandering between exhibits and just as I was about to say “are you sure that’s the way” Thunk  straight into the wall, which was fortunately covered in a sound deadening material  

One of the exhibits was called “The confessional” and you are invited to enter a pitch black spiral for several turns which culminates in a tiny cubicle where if you so choose you can say anything you want. The only catch is that people standing at the top of this cubicle are able to hear what you said and can answer back. My pleas to be let out went unanswered, so I guess not much has changed since the last time I attended.

  After about 3 hours of this our tired legs said enough so we spent about an hour lounging around on beanbags eating ice cream and listening to live music, totally chilled.

We jumped on the ferry for a very pleasant ride back to the city.


The ferry had some very interesting seating. 




We finished the day with a curry from a nice little Nepali restaurant. 

All in all a really nice day and a welcome respite from concentrating on riding the past few days. 

Comments

  1. Audrey and Robert11 March 2023 at 22:04

    We’re enjoying following your travels once again. Nice to see you got a chance to relax today and take it all in. Keep living the life!

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  2. Cruising Cronies19 March 2023 at 19:20

    Museum sounds like a "must do".

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