On the morning of the 15th, we were undecided on what to have for breakfast. After we went to mass, we walked around town. We passed by several coffee shops and restaurants but nothing called out to us. We decided on coffee from Atlas Espresso. (Google reviews currently has a 4.9 star rating for the place!) It was a beautiful day and we ordered our coffee to go.
We walked around drinking our coffee. When we passed by the wharf, I decided to take a photo of our coffee cups to document our breakfast date. This photo was taken at the wharf. I placed our cups on the bench and positioned them against the Spirit of Hobart as background.
After having our coffee, we walked back towards the Visitor Information Centre we had passed earlier. We were not sure how we wanted to spend our day and we wanted to know what our options were. It was already midday by then and some of the tours had already left, so in the end, we decided to go for the lunch cruise.
Going for the lunch cruise provided us with our tourist activity for the day and sorted out where we would have lunch. When we finalised the cruise arrangements, I realised that we would be going on the Spirit of Hobart. It was the same boat in the background of my coffee cups from earlier that morning. When I took the coffee photo, I intentionally put the boat in the picture but had not imagined that we would actually get a chance to get on the boat.
We arrived back at the wharf in time to place our lunch orders. It seemed like a pretty small crew. The lady that took our orders at the booth on the wharf got into the boat as we were about to leave.
I stayed on deck quite a bit to enjoy the view. I took a couple of pictures but what fascinated me was the mountain that towered over the city. That was Mount Wellington. From afar, I could see the cross that seemed to mark the highest point of the mountain.
Little did I know, we would get to step foot on Mount Wellington.
At the time I was taking all the photos of Hobart on the cruise, we had no plans of heading up there. In fact, the Mount Wellington trip was a last minute decision based on the check-out time from the hotel and the expected car rental drop off time at the airport. We were trying to figure out what Hobart attractions we would conquer and experience before we left Tasmania on Wednesday and settled on Mount Wellington and MONA.
The drive up to Mount Wellington was an experience on its own. The roads were narrow and winding. At a certain point, we could see clouds BELOW us. It is over 4,000 feet above sea level. And when we got there, it was snowing!
The view from Mount Wellington was awesome. However, it was very, very windy and I held on tightly to my phone as I took some pictures. I wish I could have stayed longer and taken more pictures but we knew we had to get moving.
The cruise and Mount Wellington were among the highlights of our trip. To me they also represent imagination coming to life. When I included them in my photos, I admit there was a tinge of "I wish we could" in there although I was not really expecting anything.
Somehow the forces of the universe enabled these wishes to come true. So I say, Thank you!!!
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