Queenstown to Hobart

OZ time... Tuesday 7th February... 4.30pm

We left Queenstown around 9am for the long drive to Hobart. Just south of Queenstown, we stopped at the tourist look-out to see the famous copper mine and the resultant locally scarred landscape. Something unique to see... but we didn't see the iconic view as per postcards, because they appear to have moved the viewing platform....still it was worth the visit.

Initially, our route was through mountains and valleys, great scenery but more "twisty" driving for Jan. However, soon we were into lakes and forest scenery, where we stopped at a place called Derwent Bridge to see "The Wall" project...it's an Oz sculptor who is creating a massive wood-carving wall depicting local mining history...very impressive to see and almost unbelievable that it is, in fact, wood in some places so good is the carving (but not allowed to take photos).

We arrived in Hobart around 1.15pm, it had been sunny most of the way but as we arrived at our hotel it pelted down with rain for about twenty minutes!

Once the rain relented, we walked back up to Battery Point to have lunch at Jackman McRoss...fantastic!

It's our last night in Tasmania this evening, not sure what we'll do yet as it will depend on the weather.