Tuesday 13th March 2012 - Hobart

We packed up the trailer early and said goodbye to our WA friends. We left the trailer at the caravan park so we could more easily explore Hobart. First stop, (while the weather was clear), was up to Mount Wellington. It is a steep drive up the mountain which I think is over a 1000m above sea level. It was cold and windy up the top but the view was fantastic.

The kids on top of the rocks at Mount Wellington - the highest point.

The lookout at Mount Wellington. As we were in there you could see the clouds moving in and it got even colder!
We left Mount Wellington and headed toward Salamanca Place. We were not going to be there on market day (Saturday) however it was good to look around. The first stop was the Faerie Shop (yes I spelt it right). Olivia wanted to go there to spend her birthday money from Granny (Ed's Mum). She bought herself some clip on earrings (little pink castles) (Mum do I really have to wait to get me ears pierced!), a bottle of fairy dust and some fairy glitter to put on your face. Charlotte used some of her own money to buy a pair of pink up cake clip on earrings. Thomas got some mini dinosaurs. I bit like 'Toys in the Park' for our Vic Park friends. We stocked up on some fruit and veggies and then we had one more stop before we left Hobart. It was a surprise for the kids - The Cadbury Chocolate Factory. Upon our entry we each got given a family block of dairy milk chocolate. I quickly put them all away hoping that they would forget but knowing that they wouldn't. We had a talk about the factory and we were shown a DVD of how chocolate is made from start to finish. Them we went through the store. The kids were excited to see all the chocolates and wanted to buy the whole store, especially the easter eggs. They were all actually quite cheap. It shows you how much they are marked up in the stores. They make easter eggs 11 months of the year to build up a supply as the demand in Australia is so great. Apparently we consume the most easter chocolate in the world!

The factory in Hobart makes all the family blocks of chocolate, all the Freddo's and Caramello Koalas and easter chocolates.
As everything is so close in Tassie we didn't pick up the trailer and get on the road till nearly 4pm. Port Arthur was only approximately 50km away so off we went. We drove into the Tasman National Park and set up camp in time for dinner and a camp fire.