Land of Oz: Sept 27 - On the Road Again

Our morning in Hobart wasn't all that well spent. We walked to Salamanca Square where the market is on Saturdays, however it was Tuesday, so though it was a nice area... who cares? Then we went to the marina area where we had eaten dinner the night before and took a couple pics... but who cares? Then we walked back toward the hostel and the guys got info on the Cadbury Factory at the information centre (tours booked thru the following week) and we made our way to get lunch. Over lunch we discussed our options. I really wanted to do one thing, which had seemed possible at the time we had discussed it that morning, but as the day went, Jo seemed less keen to go a bit more south for it, preferring to get up north for other reasons. So as we discussed things more, I brought up the fact that Mt. Wellington was awfully close, had great city views and we might as well take the hour to drive up since it was apparent that by NOT going south, we would just drive north until nightfall where we would be unable to do anything anyhow. So why sit at a cabin all night when there were things we could do right there in Hobart before leaving. So we went up Mt. Wellington. Nice view. Would have been better to have done it in the morning instead of wasting it, but we're talking about bitter issues here that cannot be changed. Anyhow, after Mt Wellington we left to head to the Cadbury shop (also another issue of contention), but the guys were out of soap and needed to stop for products so we went to the store and Kim and I got groceries and then sat and waited for them for what seemed like ages. By the time we left and got to Cadbury, it was closed... 4:30pm. I could have screamed because I kept thinking the entire time at the store - why are we doing this now? Why not AFTER... and then... well... disappointment. That day seriously had ISSUES! So we got back on the road again to head to Derwent Bridge at the south end of Cradle Mountain Nat'l Park at Mt. St. Cloud/Lake. We were on wallaby watch as dusk set in and with a couple swerves we convinced Kim to put her seatbelt on. We, fortunately, made it unscathed and checked into our cabin where after getting dinner ready an opossum was sitting at our door and scared the bejeezus out of me. It did NOT look like our critter at home. He was bigger and black and had a thick, furry tail - not the wirey, curly one ours has. We pretty much chilled out in the kitchen area playing cards after dinner and keeping warm by the fire.

PS - Post Wineglass Bay I woke up this morning with calves so tight I could barely walk. It was a pretty funny day trying to get them to loosen up and just when they would start to feel a bit better - we would be right back in the car again. UGH!