Mount Wellington

It’s more than a bit cloudy today but still worth the drive up to Mount Wellington or Kunanyi as the Aboriginal people call it. It’s at least 10⁰C colder up at the top so today it’s a very chilly 4⁰C, the 2 Dave’s, Toni and I are needing all our layers to keep warm. The clouds keep parting briefly on the way up to the top and for a time keep Hobart and the surrounding area shrouded in cloud and hidden from sight. But, one section at a time the clouds part and show us the various views of Hobart, the Derwent River, the islands and surrounding hills. It’s almost as if nature can’t reveal all of its magnificence at once as it would be too much to take in.

We don’t have time to explore the walking tracks in this area, but we do make time to enjoy lunch sitting outside the Last Freight, the only café up here on Mount Wellington. Afterwards there’s time for a bit of sightseeing around the apartment before we catch the flight back to Melbourne.

Mount Wellington with Hobart in the background