Spirit of Tasmania

Hobart's Salamanca Market is such an enduring institution. For over 40 years it's been doing its roaring trade every Saturday.

If anything, it's continued to grow in the 20 years since I lived there. But most of the products on sale, and probably many of the stallholders, are exactly as they were back then. There's a wonderful familiarity to it all.

One change I did notice this trip though, was the proliferation of boutique distilleries offering their wares. There's whisky, whiskey, and gin, and there's vodka made from barley or potatoes.

Some names: Nant, 666, Hellfire Bluff, Belgrove, McHenry, Storm Bay, Lark

The tourists were loving it. Not me though. I was a bit deterred by the prices.