Hobart, capital of Tasmania (Australia part 21)

Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, unfortunately greeted us with rain and cold 14°C. Our research on the sights in the city was not very fruitful - most of them were more like excursions nearby.

A historic site, along with the one in Port Arthur that we visited at the beginning of our trip to Tasmania, is the Cascades Female Factory in Hobart. We went there first thing in the morning to see the former women's prison. From 1828 to 1856, some thousand of the approximately 25,000 female convicts transported to Australia were housed there.

Then we explored the city center, which, apart from some old houses and large passages, didn't have much to offer.

We took a closer look at St. David's Cathedral, the most important Anglican church in Tasmania. Since Hobart became a city in 1842, the Bishop of Tasmania has had his seat there.

We walked to the harbor via Salamanca Square and Place, whose sandstone buildings were once built as warehouses by convicts and now house restaurants and shops.

There, we enjoyed the cold wind and took a look at the old harbor buildings.

The next day, we flew back to Melbourne and said goodbye to Tasmania.