Australia day 3 – Hobart

Another lazy day, just taking time to slow down and chill after what seems to have been a hectic few weeks chasing round New Zealand. The weather starts with a wonderful sunrise; the sun reflecting on the estuary and filling the kitchen and living room with dazzling light. Helen and Adrian are both working today so we decide to spend some more time planning and researching the next part of our trip.

In the afternoon we catch the local bus into Kingston to do some shopping for dinner and to visit the Online Centre in the local library where they have printing facilities. Adrian’s enthusiasm for the ‘top end’ and the Kimberleys has persuaded us to fly to Darwin and drive across to Broome on the west coast. While we are up in Darwin we’ll also visit Kakadu. We book the flights for the 31^st March – a three-legged route via Melbourne and Brisbane taking a whopping 7 hours; there isn’t any direct flights from Hobart. We also sort out some car hire for Tas so that we can spend next week exploring the north coast, Cradle Mountain and the Gordon River.

The wok cookbook which has proved so indispensable as we travelled round New Zealand, comes into it’s own again as I rustle up a prawn pilaff in the electric wok…