Monday was spent catching up with old friends and administrative be tasks. We arranged to borrow a friend's caravan for a couple of days and also rang Avis to hire a car. Pam then took us up Mount Wellington where the views across Hobart were magnificent. Small islands and inlets surround the city and the visibility was fantastic. The only drawback was the sixty mile an hour wind which whipped across the top of the mountain, not only as it very strong but it was also very cold, all was worth it though for the views.
We came down the mountain and had a wonderful lunch in a small restaurant before heading back to Pam's house.
After lunch we headed off to A...s to collect our car. We had been promised it would be ready at 12.00 but when we arrived we were told there would be a half hour wait. So we wandered off into the shopping centre of Hobart. We returned,having spent nothing, to be told our car still hadn't arrived. We then had to wait for another for another forty five minutes before our car arrived. The tour manager insisted that I should be assertive so I asked the man behind the very high counter what sort of deal he was going to offer us. He immediately upgraded us and gave us a Toyota Camry, he also threw in a five dollar map and said that if we returned the car full of petrol he would reduce our bill by forty dollars.
Having got our car we headed for the airport to try and sort out our flight out of Tasmania which had mysteriously disappeared from our itinerary and definitely was not on "manage your booking". We were helped at the airport by two check in staff who had seemingly nothing to do, but who found our booking and assured us that we did indeed have a flight out. The tour director was most pleased as the whole thing had been concerning her a little.
We then headed of for the historic town of Richmond where we explored the oldest Catholic Church in Australia and found the convict built bridge, which was picturesque.
After visiting Richmond Jail we headed off back to Hobart where we attended choir practice and saw the second run through of the folk opera "William Cuffay".
We enjoyed the singing and then went for a meal with Simon, Alison and Guilia who seemed delighted to be with us. All in all a great day.