Winter warm up in Hobart

Hobart is not a big city, but a damn friendly one.
It has-:
Beautiful Botanical gardens - a vege plot, herb garden, japanese garden et al. It even has a carousel! But being winter it was behind barriers and roped off. I love a carousel.
A vibrant Salamanca market - heeps of stalls and helpful people, got luggae labels, a bag, book - 'Mr Toppit' which is a pure delight. Also bought the Matthew Evans cookbook for Faye - and had it signed by him! The gourmet farmer himself, Good luck sourcing the best.
The best book shop - The Hobart Bookshop - if only I could work there..............
Scallop pies!! Heaven in a pie. Try the Petty Sessions cafe in Frankin - we had one fresh out of the oven.
Truly unspoilt forests, the huon river, pines and wonderful walking trails. The intersection of the Huon and Picton rivers is something to behold.
Bruny Island, with the Southern Ocean, albatros, seals, cormerants and rolling swells. In addition to hot pumpkin soup and fresh salad rolls following our expedition.
Mures resturant is over priced, so is Flippers fish and chips on the dock.
The apartment was a bit corporate and sterile. They also don't do as service cos it is a Sunday. Then tried to pull that for the public hol as well - no siree, this is not what I paid for.
Anyway there was a slight delay on the way home from Hobart, resulting in a night in Melb.
Now for the insurance.......Not so impressed with Virgin, it's happened before.
Also I hit 50 today and am trying to keep happy about it? Yeah, life rolls on.
Going to email The Mercury as they are trying to float ideas of how to get people to visit Hobart in the winter. As a long term convert to winter travel, I would not bang on about festivals. It is all there already - just let me visualize that scallop pie in my mind.