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Tasmanian tiger (recently declared extinct)
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Arriving in Tasmania!
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Hello Hobart Airport
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On to the continent, a new climate. HOT.
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Pay with pretty money!
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Our happy Tasmanian group (-1 Wisconsinite)
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Our guide Jenette and Michael, her trainee
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Parliament of Tasmania, an "off-shore" Australian State
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Hobart Harbor
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Fish 'n' chips 'n' Moo Brew for supper
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Off we go on our first city walk!
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a mix of old and new buildings.
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The photographer.
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A stone mason who is NOT a prisoner
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Unique windows with landscapes
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This was the "lawn sprinkler fountain"
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Sculpture representing an Inuit canoe and a shipwreck.
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Abel Tasman (sighted Tasmania in 1642, named it Van Dieman's Land)
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Close up
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and his ships in the fountain.
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Back to Hobart, first view of Mount Wellington
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Message to Parliament
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Meet Jeanette, our guide
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A local guide in the cemetery...