The end of Two long weeks.

Beginning of September was exam time - the first week was study week, and the second week (week of my birthday!) was exam week. Ollie had 6 exams in 5 days. Not so fun, with a few sleepless nights, and stress levels high.

Ollie managed to take a short break from studying to go out for lunch with me on my birthday. The girls at work gave me treats which was lovely. Friday night, while the boys gathered for Beer & a BBQ to celebrate the exams being over, the girls got together for Wine & Pizza - to also celebrate exams being over!!! The girls made cupcakes for me, and gathered all the kids together to sing Happy Birthday to me, so despite the exams it felt like my birthday after all :)

Later that night Ollie's friend Graham arrived, and we had a weekend of adventures planned - just what we needed after exam week!

Saturday started bright and early as Ollie was taking a classmate to the airport - this meant that we had his car for the next 10days, so great for us. We were on the road just after 7am heading for Hobart and arrived in time for breakfast at a lovely cafe called Jam Packed (in the old Jam factory). We then had a look round the Salamanca Markets before hopping on  a boat for a river cruise - as always it was so good to be back on a boat!

 A few of the sites seen from the trip - the Tasman Bridge, the Governors House, and cute little boat shed's (prime real estate apparently!)

And a Sea Eagle.

Last time Ollie and I went up Mt Wellington (out the back of Hobart, not in Auckland that is), a big cloud was sitting over the top, so the promised view of about 1/3 of Tasmania was not on show for us. So we decided to give it another shot. We'd heard the road had been closed a day or two before so weren't 100% sure we'd make it to the top. Turned out the road was open, so to the top we went. Only a few passing clouds so could see a reasonable amount....boy was it cold though with all the snow that was up there and the wind chill too.

  

Snow had frozen on the plants up there.

  

  

  

  

After we were all frozen we headed off home, heading up the Tasman Highway, up the east coast so we could enjoy the scenery on the way home....and that is another story waiting to be told!!!