Fickle Hobart

Well I had typed a whole days Blog and suddenly it just disappeared without warning so here goes with a second attempt.

Today broke with clear blue skies and promised to be a good day. We were up early and heading for town to catch to tour bus for the Hobart and Mt Wellington tour. The bus takes almost an hour to get to the top of the mountain and by the time we got there all we got was a beautiful view of low cloud which shrouded the top of the mountain. Pity really as we were really looking forward to the trip. Sure am glad I didn't decide to take the motorhome up the hill, Wendy was even more happier but I reckon the Coaster would have done a better job of the climb than the tour bus which was a late model Mercedes, even the driver complained at the lack of power.

Of course the trip down was a little easier and would you believe it, by the time we were back in town the Mountain was clear of cloud and in bright sunshine. We must have the luck of the Irish. Couple of pictures to show how it looked as we left and how it looked at the top.

I have been having trouble with my six month old mobile phone and now after three trip to the Telstra shop I have swapped the sim card into the old LG phone we had with us and it is proving much more reliable. So much for modern technology. At least the 3G modem is giving good reception.

We have been expecting our forwarded mail to arrive but no luck so far, the assistant behind the counter telling us it can take 7 days from Bundaberg to Hobart. So much for Aust Post service. It is unbelievable in this day and age that such poor service is tolerated by the local community. We wil have to check again when we pass through Hobart on our way north again.

We will spend Saturday in Hobart as Wendy wants to see the Salamanca Market. We will no doubt return to New Norfolk by Sunday night to be there for Allan's OBE party on Monay. After that we will be heading further south than Hobart to have look around.