Sunday 19 November – Melbourne 59 – Wildcats 91
Hobart – Glenorchy – New Norfolk
Neither of us slept particularly well last night and it was hard facing the morning and starting the day. We got up at 8am, had a shower and cleaned up while watching morning tv. We were out the door at 9am in search of breakfast.As we were meeting the others at Elwick Bay in Glenorchy, we decided the Banjo Bakery would be the best option, so we stopped in there for a breakfast pie and then continued down to the park along the edge of the Derwent River.
After parking, we walked out on the jetty and checked out the water before sitting on a park bench in the sun, watching a circus wannabe performer with a hula hoop and some juggling clubs. The others arrived at 10am and we proceeded to walk along the waterfront and the brightly painted footbridges. Happy to be out and enjoying the glorious weather.
We didn’t complete the full length of the GASP (Glenorchy Art Space Park), happy to wander over a couple of the bridges and then make our way back to the cars, so that we could head 5 min down the road to MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art.
The place was quite busy and we found it difficult to find parking. Once we were in, we made our way into the grounds. It was a sprawling estate with many different elements, one of them being music. We surfaced from the car park entering the grounds from behind the stage where a band was pumping out tunes at deafening decibels.
We waited for the others to join us and then went upstairs to the cellar door so Paul could try the Moo Brew beers and Damon could do a wine tasting. We left the others to go and explore the museum side of the establishment, while we went down stairs to the wine bar for one last beer sample.
Once Paul was all done, we returned to the car and made the trek to Two Metre Tall Brewery. This was just outside of New Norfolk where we were on Tuesday. We turned off the highway and into the dirt track of the farm house and then parked outside the tin shed.
There were a few others in for a tasting, with a few interested in his story and thoughts. Paul tasted the range that were quite interesting and unique apparently and when done he bought a beer to drink as we looked through the brew shed as he chatted with other patrons.
We were all done by 145pm and happy to return to the apartment. This time I drove the Hyundai Accent, so that I could say that I had driven in Tasmania. I did a quick pit stop In Glenorchy for lunch and then it was through the centre of Hobart, which was a nightmare with traffic diversions due to roadworks. Eventually we made it home for 230pm. Once in the apartment, we dumped our things, got comfy on the couch and ate our subway sandwich.
At 3pm, we settled in for the basketball. We were looking forward to their match, expecting a good, tight tussle between the Cats and Melbourne. We expected Casey Prather would be out to prove himself against his old teammates and he didn’t disappoint, however the same can’t be said for his team mates. While Melbourne finished the 1st quarter 5points on top, they didn’t come out to play for the rest of the game and the Wildcats went on a clinical ball game display, beautiful for Cats supporters and diabolical for United Fans.
We had huge grins on our face when the others joined us for our final night in Tassie. The sport theme continued with us switching on the Perth Glory v Melb Victory. While Paul and Damon prepared for the match Katie, Chell and I went on a burger run, bringing back dinner for the boys.
We ate and watched the soccer. Little happened in the first half and unfortunately for Perth, they went missing in the second going down 3 – 0.
With the end of the soccer, goodbyes and farewells were due, as we were all catching flights back home in the morning. We wished each other safe travels and then began the clean up of the apartment, so we wouldn’t need to do anything in the morning. Our bags were full to bursting, when we were all done and we were knackered and happy to finally crawl into the massive bed for the last time.
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