A Little About Hobart.

First off, it's cold. Not freezing, but well down into the 30's at night and getting up into the low 50's during the day. What makes this all more interesting is that they don't have central heat in the houses, so there are space heaters in every room. This would all probably work well if power wasn't so expensive, but it is. I guess the sum of all this information is dressing in layers and lots of blankets at night.

Other than the temperature, the weather is absolutely beautiful. It's been clear and crisp every day; you can see everything once you gain some altitude. Which is not hard to do around here.

I have the boring stuff worked out, a bank account, some food in the cupboard, my enrollment in the Uni is all squared away. I'll be taking some cool classes: Antarctic Ecology, Oceanography, Understanding Climate Change, and Foundation Audio, which is an introduction to running live and studio sound.

My house is no great shakes. Definitely a bachelor crash pad type deal. But the roommates are very cool and the location is great, adjacent to the school and only 2 blocks from the water. I am lucky that my room has a big window facing to the north, I get sun in almost all day so it keeps it warm enough to no be completely bundled.

It's about time for me to get going, here are some pictures I took my first morning here.

This is the View from the top of my street. My house is down at the bottom.

Morning rainbow over Mount Wellington.

The marina down the street.

The Mountain turns all kinds of colors in the morning.