Cascade Brewery

Our last day in Hobart was spent on the Hop On, Hop Off tourist bus. This took us out to the Cascade Breweryin a beautiful setting in the foothills of Mt Wellington.

We tried a few of the local brews and one in particular, the First Harvest was fantastic. After spending a couple of hours at the brewery, we "hopped" back on the bus to take us back into the city.

The afternoon was spent watching the one-day cricket before heading out to a local bar called the Grape Bar with a great selection of Tassie wine.

After a couple of drinks, we picked up fish and chips (again!) from our favourite place Fish Frenzy and watched the rest the cricket. A pretty relaxing way to end our time in Hobart.

Beautiful afternoons in Hobart!

Making the most of our first day in Hobart, Ross and I stocked up on beautiful fresh local produce and settled in for the afternoon with a bottle of champagne overlooking the harbour - goregous!

We strolled around the city and Salamanca Place for a few hours and then headed out for dinner. Dee was on a lay-over so we caught up with her and the rest of the flight crew at the Birdcage at Wrest Point Casino and of course things started to go downhill from there!

A couple of the hosties (a little younger than the rest of us!) decided it would be a good idea to head on out to the Observatory, a local club in town. I think we were the oldest there by a good many years but Dee, Ross and I showed the locals a few snazzy dance moves before we were being asked to leave when the lights came on a 2am.

Feeling a little peckish after a big night, we headed to the 24 hour bakery for pies and sausage rolls before tumbling into bed. Needless to say I am writing this the next day late in the afternoon!

First day in Aus!

After flying from KL to Melbourne, we met up with Dee our friend that I worked with in Kuwait. She is now a Cabin Supervisor on Virgin Blue. We flew on her flight to Hobart and it was a hoot! However, although the couple of free beers were appreciated, they didn't sit so well as we came in for a rough landing! Perhaps Dee's joke on the PA about the pilots being there for work experience wasn't far wrong!

Once in Hobart, Ross and I checked into the Somerset on the Pier for a few days R & R by ourselves. After some awesome fish and chips, we were pretty much finished after a long day travelling.