I was fortunate enough to be in Hobart, Tasmania, for the 70th meeting of the International Whaling Commission and this gave me a little time rto look around this old whaling port and the adjacent waters of the Derwent River, which is actually a massive deepwater estuary.
The wharves are home to some replica aquare riggers, a small local fishing fleet, some tour boats and ferries and the massive icebreaker that belongs to the Australian Antartic Research division ( Hobart is after all the nearest city to the Southern Ocean).
There are some views.
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| Two local ferries. |
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| Local tour boat, |
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| A tri-pot - once used for boiling whale meat and blubber |
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| A local fising boat equipped with large pots. |
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| Black-faced cormorants on a channel marker. |
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New Zealand seal lion at rest in Australia
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| The Tasman Bridge over the River Derwent |
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| RSV Nuyina - Australia's giant icebreaker in port |
And finally a couple of the bird species from around Hobart that will famously attach any who pass too close to their rearing grounds -
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| The Australian magpie |
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| The masked lapwing - also known as the plover. |
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