Mon, 26th Jan, 2015 Sorell RV Stop (Australia Day with Mum & Dad, Joc & John)

Windy night gently rocking the van. 16 degrees this morning though Steve said it was 13 when he got up at 3am. Back into Hobart to hang out with Mum and Dad and Jocelyn & John again. Lovely to just be with them and not having to run around sightseeing.

Across the road to Mures again for a lovely lunch. All the fish etc were on display to purchase as well. The Tuna our old street was named after.

Some trout.

Southern Rock Lobster is $125.90 per kilo.

John & Joc headed off on the Hop On Hop Off bus to tour around town and stop at the Botanical Gardens for a wander. We stopped at the icecream shop!!!  Mum and Dad headed back to the hotel so we went to check out some restaurants for dinner.

This memorial was unveiled by the Queen on 20^th Feb 1954.

The bronze markers on the ground marking the two edges of the canal across to Hunter Island and the edge of Hunter Island.

And where Hunter Island edge continues on to the water’s edge now.

The Drunken Admiral is closed tonight so decided on the chinese restaurant.

Back to the hotel to see how the tennis is going. Too much for some - Rest time!!! While I worked on the blog.  Steve even nodded off for a bit!!

The old man and his girls were back again selling their cherries and apricots so I zoomed in on them – very old worldly.

We headed off to get some wine from the bottle shop as the chinese restaurant is BYO. As we were early we wandered past the jewellery shop again. He had some Killiecrankie Diamonds etc on display with some washings from some rivers in the North East of Tassie.

Behind the shop in the carpark Steve spotted these boats near the car park spots for a tourist company – mightn’t be a good transport company!!!

All the buildings are old sandstones – some spares ones on display.

Peered in the window of a Marine Antiques shop – some interesting items on display.

A look in the window of the Drunken Admiral.

We ordered a few dishes and shared them. Lovely meal. It has been wonderful to spend time with Mum, Dad, John and Jocelyn again. Said goodbye to John and Jocelyn – will see them again when we head back to Melbourne.

When we got back to the room we saw the Dawn Princess has docked.

There was a movie playing on the big screen at the top.

Had a cuppa then said our goodbyes – a few tears of course.