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xenithBack from Hobart, where I went with friend, Sam, who is over from Adelaide. She's into geocaching (this involves someone hiding a small container then using on of those GPS things to get the longitude & latitude, this is then put a website, along with a blurb about the site, and other people, armed with those GPS thingies, go and look for it). Caches tend to be put in "interesting" sites, that are off the path a bit (or more than a bit sometimes). This makes for a lot of walking/climbing/scrambling around along and quite a few "I didn't know that was there" moments.
So that's what I've been doing for the past two days.
It was rather interesting this time around.
For example, I didn't realise there are the remains of a convict probation station near Jericho (it's within spitting distance of the Midlands Hwy (A1)) and an actual town at Jericho (admittedly only 4 or 5 buildings but I'd always assumed it was a locality).
An interesting little exercise at the signal station up on Mt Nelson (I always forget how wonderful the views are from up there, if you ever visit Hobart, it's worth the trip) highlighted how signals are sent. One of those usual little tidbits I keep forgetting.
In the steep scrubby forest on the edge of park in the middle of Hobart, we came face to face with a stone wall & what looks to be the very overgrown remains of a house.
In another part of the park, found out about Dr Edward Swarbreck Hall, who seems quite an interesting person if you're interested in 19th C public health.
Walked around a rather large man-made lake nearJeruselem Colebrook and discovered a most fascinating large rock wall/feature/waterfall. I didn't know that was there either.
We stopped by Ross on the way home and visited the female factory site (where I had never been), the Old Burial Ground & the Pioneer Cemeteries (looking for the headstone & other work of Daniel Herbert (who did the carvings on the stone bridge, which if you've ever been to Ross you will know about and if you haven't, you should), who also carved headstones. Rather ornate ones. I need a camera, don't I?)
Also dropped by Taste of Tasmania, and had sheep cheese wrapped in beef, octopus souvlaki & crepes with chocolate sauce.
Fun.
So that's what I've been doing for the past two days.
It was rather interesting this time around.
For example, I didn't realise there are the remains of a convict probation station near Jericho (it's within spitting distance of the Midlands Hwy (A1)) and an actual town at Jericho (admittedly only 4 or 5 buildings but I'd always assumed it was a locality).
An interesting little exercise at the signal station up on Mt Nelson (I always forget how wonderful the views are from up there, if you ever visit Hobart, it's worth the trip) highlighted how signals are sent. One of those usual little tidbits I keep forgetting.
In the steep scrubby forest on the edge of park in the middle of Hobart, we came face to face with a stone wall & what looks to be the very overgrown remains of a house.
In another part of the park, found out about Dr Edward Swarbreck Hall, who seems quite an interesting person if you're interested in 19th C public health.
Walked around a rather large man-made lake near
We stopped by Ross on the way home and visited the female factory site (where I had never been), the Old Burial Ground & the Pioneer Cemeteries (looking for the headstone & other work of Daniel Herbert (who did the carvings on the stone bridge, which if you've ever been to Ross you will know about and if you haven't, you should), who also carved headstones. Rather ornate ones. I need a camera, don't I?)
Also dropped by Taste of Tasmania, and had sheep cheese wrapped in beef, octopus souvlaki & crepes with chocolate sauce.
Fun.
