The come down from Mt Wellington

At 6 degrees outside, it took awhile for our teeth to stop chattering. The chill factor was rather high as well. We sat for some time before heading back down the mountain. Daylight saving was great but the time does slip away and it was close of business time and we hadnt arranged anywhere to stay.

A comfort stop was discovered with a nice parking area so we did a quick pit stop. I noticed one of the back tyres was down a bit and suggested we head to a servo to put some air in it. Then we heard the hissing sound, it wasnt just low it was going down!

Car hire place weren't that helpful, more or less told us that it was our problem. We both know how to change a tyre but these days the nuts are usually put on with a machine making it impossible to loosen them. Such was a case this time. After a few phone calls, we were told that RACT would be with us in about 30 minutes, he was there is 31 minutes, what a service!

Of course he had all the gear and even told us where we could get it repaired the next day.

Back into Hobart and we ended to a caravan park when Sheridan had stayed a few years ago. Office was closed but there was a phone to ring after hours, no, they were fully booked out.  We realised why the next morning when we saw lots of bikes nearby and then a headslap also realised that we had seen large bulky bags coming off the plane with us, there was a bike race on for the weekend.

We let our fingers do the walking and secured a twin room at the Travelodge in town. By the time we got there, booked in and parked, it was after 8pm. Luckily there were some restaurants within walking distance, we chose to go Nepali food, much like Indian. Server took pity on us and bought us hot water to drink, think we must have looked cold. We were the only patrons but they were closing at 9pm. Nice meal and after we were well and truly ready for bed after a 4am start.