Here's the house (north facing to enjoy the Southern Hemisphere sun):
Here's the view:
If you look closely you might see the Tasman Bridge that crosses the Derwent which is 1/4 mile wide at its narrowest point in Hobart. From Hobart it opens out into Storm Bay and the Tasman Sea. We can see the boats and ships coming in and out of Hobart.
I've been mostly getting used to work. I walk in (2.8km) and run home (most evenings), which is definitely keeping me fit. The temperatures fluctuate like it does on all good islands. We've had temperatures between 6 C in the morning up to 26 C in the afternoon in the past two weeks. Ella doesn't know if she's coming or going. There's an assumption from many mainland Aussies that Hobart is dark, cold and rainy ... ok it has daylight saving (it's light until 9pm at the moment) so it might be dark early-ish in the winter, but it only gets 600mm rain/year which is about the same as Lincolnshire, making it the driest State capital in Australia.
We've made the effort to go walking at weekends, Mount Wellington has loads of options, and we've tried a couple. Here I am next to an aqueduct on the "Pipeline Track" which runs to Mount Wellington Falls.
I've yet to see a living Tasmanian Devil ... just dead ones on the road, unfortunately, and signs:
Last week we had a nice house warming party with a few people from work. Comments were passed on the number of cars outside our house which had roof-racks ... mine was the only one without. This is because everybody here has a kayak or bike (or both) that they stick on the roof and take to beautiful places.
This Saturday night is the work Xmas do, which involves free alcohol all night - should be fun!
I'll try and get back soon to update with our Xmas plans etc.
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