Down with the Devils – Tasmania 2024 – Day 33

After a sleep in and morning of washing we ventured over the Tasman Bridge for a highlight of our time in Hobart – catching up with and having lunch with an actual Hobartian. But not any Hobartian but the Wise Oracle that I described on Day 1, The Seer of Seers, Duchess of the Derwent. Nothing devillish about her at all! Quite the opposite. We met at The Bellerive Waterfront Hotel.

Crossing the Tasman Bridge earlier, the interesting thing is the centre lane where traffic can be directed to either use or not use this lane at different times of day to help with “tidal flow”. This lane is also named the reversible lane, the variable lane or the dynamic lane. Some locals use the term “death lane.”

I’m not squidding you – Squid Games (Derwent edition) new season starts on 15 November.

A friend of mine told his suitcase it wasn’t going on a cruise this year. He is now dealing with emotional baggage.

For all you cricket tragics out there, I visited Bellerive Oval in Hobart – site of many test matches.

I caught up with Boony and Punter – two Tasmanian cricketing icons.

I have a friend who is a retired cricket umpire. And he doesn’t lift a finger now.

Yellow pigface at Bellerive dunes.

South Arm is a peninsula on the north-eastern side of the Derwent with views out to Storm Bay. There are hilly areas joined by sandy isthmuses.

Kelp gull patrolling the headlands

Beach near South Arm village.

The Iron Pot Lighthouse (also known as the Derwent Lighthouse) is a lighthouse located on Iron Pot island in Storm Bay, at the mouth of the Derwent River. Constructed in 1832 with convict labour, it is the oldest lighthouse in Tasmania and the oldest original tower in Australia.