Our Wicked Walkabout

Today we explored the heights of Hobart.

Mount Wellington and Nelson’s Lookout.

We packed a picnic lunch and headed out on our wander.

The drive itself was awesome

When you look at the above picture, Look at the Organ Pipes. Note how sheer they are … also, look at the Tower at the top, it looks small in that picture.

You can hike to the bottom of the Organ Pipes… only a four hour hike…

We continued the drive up.

Once we arrived at the top, we had to drive around the peak to get to the parking.

Once at the peak we got out of the car. 9 degrees!!!! We needed to get our jackets on!

But the views!

A fellow sightseer took our picture. I think she may have been a pro… she took about 10!

Then I climbed to the very top.

We then drove down! The drive down was as scary as the drive up, and more traffic!

Fun fact, Darwin tried to climb to the top of Mount Wellington… but up over the Pipes… it was not until he engaged a native guide that he made it up… the back side is a much more gentle climb!

We then headed to Nelson Lookout, a much shorter hill, but more significant to the history of the region.

We had a lovely lunch enjoying the views and picking out where we would go tomorrow.

With only a week to go… we did some seasonal shopping