Hobart’s not that easy to get around in a motorhome as you’re forced to drive through the busy centre and there aren’t many spots to park a large vehicle. We managed to find a fairly central spot at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. The Museum has an exhibition dedicated to the Thylacine or Tasmanian Tiger called Skinned, Stuffed, Pickled and Persecuted. The Thylacine was hunted to extinction in the wild and the last known specimen died in Hobart Zoo in 1936. There are still reported sightings but any footage is always grainy and the image unclear. This is one of the most recent.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-06/tasmanian-tiger-sighting-claimed-by-trio/8877598
The museum has an extensive collection of Tasmanian colonial and contemporary art.
From the museum, it’s a 5 minute walk to the hugely popular Salamanca Markets, held every Saturday near the waterfront. There are hundreds of stall holders selling everything from Tasmanian produce, crafts, clothes and giftware. We had our first taste of the famous Tasmanian scallop pie which is traditionally filled with a creamy curry sauce.
Mt Nelson lookout gives you a fabulous view across Hobart. There are picnic tables, a café and also the Mt Nelson Signal Station. Between 1836 to 1877, the station sent semaphore messages across to the penal settlement at Port Arthur. A 20 word message could be sent in 15 minutes.
We stayed at the Hobart Showgrounds which was handy for Bunnings. Strangely the camp kitchen was in the Ferret Pavilion.
