Well we are now based for a week in New Norfolk just 25min NW of Hobart situated on the banks of the Derwent River. The trees here are starting to turn and show their autumn colours. There are many poplar trees throughout the town so there are many yellow shades now showing.
We arrived here on Friday completing the drive from Queenstown in the one day. The road out of Queenstown is quite steep and very twisty as it snakes it’s way up out of the valley. Rather slow with a caravan behind but Bruiser did himself proud. We did the drive to New Norfolk on petrol as there was no gas available in Queenstown and the next we found was here in New Norfolk.
Salamanca markets in Hobart are held every Saturday and are written up in all the tourist information as a must do. We took ourselves in and browsed around but actually markets are markets. The main difference of course is the Tasmanian flavour with some of the produce and certainly the timber products made from Huon pine which is native to Tassie. There was one lady with some articles made from handspun fibres but when chatting to her she advised that there was not anyone at the markets with fibres or spinning. There was certainly a crowd of people and the novelty of pushing and tripping between folks soon dampens the enthusiasm to keep browsing. In all those people however we still met up with a couple we had met at Queenstown caravan park.
After doing part of the markets we decided instead to walk up to the city and explore. Morning tea and lunch were enjoyed sitting in cafes watching the passing parade of weekend shoppers. Most of our time was spent admiring the old buildings and marvelling at the workmanship that was shown in their construction. No labour saving devices back then just hard work and craftsmanship.
The day had finally turned out warm and sunny after a morning of greyness. I had done some washing and had been wondering if it would ever dry with no sun however, the afternoon proved it could happen. Returning to NN we found that it must be the destination for the cruiser folks of Hobart as there were 3 lovely boats moored at the jetty near the caravan park. They spent the weekend here and left on Sunday afternoon to presumably return to their city life. At least the weather was kind for all. We had a rest day today and plan to start touring around tomorrow.
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