Unpopular opinion: Hobart is more beautiful than Sydney.
Everyone loves Sydney Harbour with its boats and sparkling water. But if you were to ask which city I'd rather, it's absolutely Hobart. It's just breathtaking as you drive in, seeing the majestic Mt Wellington and the little bays and estuaries on which the city was built long ago.
We had stayed at Hobarts South Arm for a night with mates overlooking the water, but couldn't stay longer than that as we were stuck in the driveway chatting as Jamie is allergic to cats. We did have a lovely swim and a huge dinner of fresh Tassie pink eye potatoes and a vego ratatouille.
After that we killed time til my massage appointment at Battery Point in Hobart. We visited my mate at Hobarts famous recycling hiking clothes store on Elizabeth St in the centre. It's pretty cool. People who come hiking in Tassie often go there from the airport, buy hiking gear and sell it back when they leave. There was also a heap of great outdoors, travel and mountaineering books.
From there we headed to a beach just around from Battery Point called Nutgrove beach. It's a sandy beach that is good for swimming. Small board sailed to and fro and people walked their dogs and swam their children or jogged.
It's hard not to see these very liveable parts of Hobart right on the water without imagining colonisation. When British colonizers arrived in this Nutgrove Beach area, the Mouheneener people's lives were tragically and irreparably disrupted. Make no bones about it, this was an absolute invasion of ancestral land where they had lived sustainably for tens of thousands of years.
This is part of Tasmanias story - the tense and cautious encounters with the Indigenous people, often described in terms of European prejudices as "savages" or "primitives,". It wasn't long before conflict began as the settlers' farming, hunting, and building disrupted food sources, sacred sites, and entire culture. Violence, disease, and displacement followed just like everywhere else in Australia which led to the Mouheneener and their way of life becoming all but extinct.
Note the amusing WW2 bunkers. As my English husband said, they were far too busy in Europe to bother with this tiny town in the furthest reaches of the colonies, but such was the threat of the Nazi! Imagine if the colonisers had been colonized by the Germans. Mein gott!
In the sunshine, there's some gorgeous places to walk in Hobart, and it's a really liveable city and so easy to walk around. But it's hard not to think about it's darker history.
After our little walk I went for a massage which was delightful and hopefully will keep me going for another week as I've been in a helluva lot of pain. Still, at least my country isn't being invaded so I have nothing to much to complain about.
With Love,
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The charm of the beach is truly beautiful and extraordinary
The place seems a good place to relax and reset things.😊
I so need to get to Australia, great post :-)
Big cities the world over are ok to visit and then escape from "the tourist trail", and see the places that are off piste. This looks a great place just to settle unwind and just enjoy Mother nature
Hobart definitely isn't a big city. It's got a small town feel and is definitely a chill place.
Sounds great, in my ignorance I have heard the name but nothing else
The blend of natural beauty and its past makes me to visit the place.
having been to both i have to agree with you, Sydney is interesting but a big city and feels that way, and I prefer more peace and quiet which I found in HObart, sure its not a small city but it feels more that way and the scenery in the area as you showed here is so beautiful
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Have a great day
Hey mate, happy new year to you!
O my world! Buy me a house in a place like this and I will call your name morning, afternoon and night and bless you ♥
Hahah only if you buy me a house back ;)
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You are welcome ;) Now it is pinned :)
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