We flew next to Hobart, Tasmania, where it was especially good to see Joshua! Tasmania was beautiful, and Hobart is a perfectly situated city, with a fabulous harbor; Joshua lives just up from the Harbor, in the Battery Point section, an area filled with lovely cottages (we stayed at a terrific B&B in that area).

Joshua's lab, CRIMP (Center for Research in Introduced Marine Pests), a division of CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), is on the harbor and just a couple of blocks from his flat.

Docked in the harbor were many sailing and fishing boats as well as the Australis Antarctica (orange), a research ice-breaker, and a super-fast catamaran ferry (gray) which was being painted and converted for troop use by the Australian Navy to be taken to Darwin for deployment in the Indonesian region, specifically East Timor.

Salamanca Place, Hobart, with Mount Wellington in the background

The convict legacy offered some historic sites in Hobart, one of which was the Chapel/Prison, interesting for its architectural design which features prison holding cells beneath the sloping chapel. The cells diminish in height as one gets closer to the front of the chapel. This concept didn't take off, since the parishioners presumably didn't like the sounds of the chains and prisoners emanating from below. We also visited the Tasmanian Museum, which had an exhibit of photos by Lee Miller, one of Man Ray's lovers. Her photos of the aftermath of the Holocaust were devastating. Another exhibit, about the history of contraception, was graphic and fascinating; such an exhibit would probably not be allowed in so public a place in the United States.