Jamie was going to Hobart for a meeting and invited Marilyn and me to go with him for company. We could wander around the shops while he was busy and be company for the trip home. It meant getting up at 5 o'clock, which was not much fun but we coped.
Hobart was at least 5 degrees colder than Longford and it's much more multi-cultural than the north: more turbans, particularly. That's OK, of course, but it's a big change from how Hobart was when we first came here in 1975 when it was regarded as Little England.
His meeting was all over by lunchtime so we headed up the road, stopping at Mood Food which has had a serious makeover since we first stopped here nearly 50 years ago. They now specialise in the many truckies who ply the highway between the two main cities. They have lots of places to park long rigs, good toilets, potato cakes, pies, and sticky buns. At any time of the day or night you can also hear Bon Jovi on the PA system. They know their audience.
Bon Jovi, Guns and Roses and AC/DC.. The truckie's 3 major food groups.
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