Wandering around, we decided to have a look in at the museum. We had seen mention that the museum is where the remains of the last Tasmanian tiger is displayed.

One surprise we did get was seeing a display of a sugar glider eating a swift parrot 😱.  I was aware that swift parrots were endangered but did not know why.  I certainly had no idea that is because sugar gliders were introduced and eat them!!! (The things you learn)

Read more here   and here

Around the corner from the museum is Mawson’s Hut.  This is a full size replica of the hut on Antartica that the early explorers used.

It was very interesting walking through and reading the stories of the men and the dogs. One thing that struck us was how young the men were. The average age was only around 23 or so even Douglas Mawson himself was only 30.

Read more about the team here

Later in the afternoon, we took a one hour Harbour cruise with Hobart Historic Cruises .   We had a voucher in the book from the red decker bus and this tour was only $10 each absolute bargain.

Back at the hotel, we packed our bags ready to check out in the morning, then enjoyed dinner in the restaurant.