We are getting increasingly worse at our early mornings. After a bit of a slow start and a lazy breakfast we were out on the road by 9am, headed towards Mt. Field National Park.
This was quite an interesting trip – we were relying on the GPS which kept cutting out and forgetting to tell us where our turn offs were. It also kept directing us down invisible, non existent roads- all these factors meant quite a few scenic detours and we arrived at Mt. Field almost three hours after our starting time! Quite the road trip.
After that big epic drive we weren’t actually in Mt. Field very long – a quick walk down to Russel Falls and then a climb to see Horseshoe Falls up the top. Franzi had never been in a rainforest before, so that was something new for her :) It was sufficiently green, cold and wet…. and the falls looked the same as they always do!
Toasted sandwiches for lunch before getting back into our sexy red beast - back to Hobart just in time for a tour of the Cadbury Chocolate Factory. I had recently discovered that Franziska had no idea what Cadbury was at all – therefore education was needed. There was watching of videos, demonstrations and eating of chocolate flake shots and unsweetened chocolate base. We got a free big block of chocolate with the tour and as such didn’t end up buying anything in the shops. Franzi has now been converted to our chocolate ways :)
Afterwards we dropped our bags off at Dad’s (very clean due to having house inspections) and headed off to the new Museum of Old and New Art (MONA). This is a new art gallery that was privately built by a man who gained all of his fortune through gambling. Geoff had told me I HAD to go – so off we went.
I’m really not sure what to say about what we saw. It was all very captivating and quite confronting. There was a room that recorded your heart beat on a light bulb – the room was full of the flashing heart beats of all the visitors. There were boxes full of recorded voices saying ‘I love you…. there were many very naked images, nothing was held back. Franzi and I spent a very long time in a room full of videos of people singing Madonna songs – very funny.
It was also all very high tech – there were no labels on the paintings but you had an iPod that detected your location. There were soundtracks you could listen to with each painting, artist analysis, interviews with the artist….
It is such an intriguing gallery because it feels so modern and so out of place with sleepy Tassie. Very slick, complete with a classy wine bar, outside space for concerts… I think I will definitely have to go back sometime.
Back to Dad’s house for bolognaise and wine in front of the fire – this was much enjoyed. And then a movie – The Castle… very Australian!
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