Hobart - Wooden Boat Festival and MONA

6 - 10 February 2015

We packed a lot into Friday, our first day in Hobart - a trip to the dentist for Warren, shopping for some more thermals, the wooden boat festival, Mount Wellington and pizza at a "quirky" unit with friends Karen and Maurice.

Parade of sail to start the Wooden Boat Festival

We wandered the show admiring the workmanship of the old and new wooden boats on display including several from RQYS.

Next up was a drive up Mount Wellington where we could see from the D'Entrecasteaux Channel to Maria Island, areas that we will be cruising in the coming days.

On Sunday we joined our friends Karen and Maurice for an 8km bike ride to MONA (Museum of Old and New Art) on a bike path that follows the railway line.

While some of the art was not to my taste, the building is spectacular and well worth the visit.

Monday was the briefing for the Van Diemen's Land Circumnavigation at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania where we met some of our fellow sailors and finished the night with dinner with the Joule crew.

Crazy photo for Lester

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