Hobart

No doubt about it, Hobart’s future is looking rosy. Tourism is booming and the old town is humming with low vacancy rates, high real-estate prices and new-found self-confidence.
Crates of apples and a hanging scale at an outdoor fruit market stall by historic sandstone buildings.

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