Tag Archives: Hobart

Farmers Market

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

The Bathurst Street Farmers Market held each Sunday morning in Hobart is once again a pumping event. Social distancing is still practised but the cooked food stalls and the musicians have returned adding a lively vitality to each occasion. I … Continue reading →

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A walk around ‘our’ mountain

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

Not me this time. Rather friends walked on Hobart’s kunanyi/Mt Wellington, and offered to share the experience with photos. Sandra offered a selection of ‘winter wonderland’ photographs from her recent walk. She said ‘The pics show a daytrip up the … Continue reading →

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Yummy steamed buns

Posted on September 15, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

In Hobart’s CBD, many new eateries offering various Asian cuisines have established themselves for the daytime and lunch markets. I was desperately hungry during one recent visit to the city and wandered into Yangs Dumplings. As a vegan and not … Continue reading →

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Pulpit Rock above New Norfolk

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

We had spent the morning at a community garden, at markets, and then in a civilised tea room with the freshest of refreshments. It was time to head back to Hobart but first we allowed ourselves one final excursion. We … Continue reading →

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New Norfolk Food Gardens and Markets – part 3 of 3

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

High St, the main shopping street down the centre of the New Norfolk CBD, was closed to traffic and stalls reached as far as the eye could see and beyond. One fellow wandered through the crowd playing his banjo. The … Continue reading →

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New Norfolk Food Gardens and Markets – part 1 of 3

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

A few weeks ago a Hobart vegetable market sold me tomatoes which they claim were grown in a hot house in New Norfolk. They tasted full and rich as if they had been grown in a southern summer sun. I … Continue reading →

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Hobart Brewing Co

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

For so long, leaving the house for anything that smacks of being remotely social hasn’t been a possibility. Either I have been reluctant to go anywhere where lots of strangers might be encountered, or businesses have stayed closed. Then recently … Continue reading →

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Leafless trees in Hobart

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

Early one morning, while I waited for a bus at Hobart’s GPO corner, I stood looking at the scenery: a natural landscape of denuded deciduous trees. This provided a rare opportunity (these days I seldom go into the city despite … Continue reading →

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Garlic and other vegetables in Sorell

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

My friend A has a wonderful ‘green thumb’ and I am always in awe of the lushness of her vegetable gardens in a town slightly north east of Hobart, Sorell. Recently she told me ‘The garlic that I planted last … Continue reading →

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Natives in the garden – part 3 of 3

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Tasmanian Traveller

This blog post introduces you to five more Australian native plants which grow in gardening friend S’s garden. The first is the Pandorea plant – and what is not to love when set against a backdrop of a glorious winter … Continue reading →

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