Tuesday, 25 December 2012

Day 11 Hobart day 1

Logan establish a theory that it is always bin day in Tassie. Our first night in Somerset the morning was broken by the garbage collection. In Strahan the same and today in Hobart the first morning sound was - you guess it - rubbish collection.
Today was to be a quiet day for everyone but Warren and Kerry who had to go and retrieve the Buell. After some to and fro with RACQ they managed to secure a car for a couple of days. Logan, Deanne and Shelby took them into the Harley shop where they collected a new belt and then took them down the road to the car hire place where they picked up their Mazda 2. The rest of their day was pretty much going to Queenstown, fixing the bike (a pretty simple task compared to last breakdown) and returning to Hobart.
As for us we headed of to the Cadbury Factory. It was closed on our last visit to Tassie and research showed that today was their last day this season. Logan, Deanne and Shelby met us there. The boys took the morning off.
On our arrival with our $7.50 entry fee in hand, the smiling lady behind the counter announces"Did you know today is community day? Entry today is a gold coin donation." We were already feeling great about our visit then as we walked in they gave each of us two family blocks of chocolate each. Wow this made up for missing it last time. Sorry Ben and Nay weren't here too. The downer was that four years ago the fun police stop them running actual factory tours. They have been replaced with a presentation which was still very good. After the presentation you were encouraged to try one of their hot chocolates which they claimed to be the best on the world. They are. Why because they take three scope of crumbly chocolate and add hot milk. You can only have one and it does not need any sugar. Logan, Deanne and Shelby followed and did the same when they arrived.
We came home and had a light lunch, some washing and nap.
Today was a special day in Hobart you could see the top of Mount Wellington. We decided to visit. Beside Kerry struggles with heights so it might be good to visit when she is not with us. I remember that it was very cold up there last visit and this time was the same. My bike said it was 9 but it was much colder with the wind chill. The view of Hobart and the coast was worth it.
Warren and Kerry got back about 8.30pm.

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