Here you can see a little fairy ferry chugging its way down the river on its way (most likely) to the casino. No doubt packed to the rafters with pugnacious poker machine enthusiasts, they’ll surely come chugging back far lighter in the back pocket. Now I will admit that it could be a gaggle of tourists in that fairy ferry. If so, please kindly insert " fanny pack " [snigger, snigger], in place of "back pocket". For some reason, the fanny pack [snigger, snigger] is the article of choice for the modern cruise liner holiday-maker. Young, old, German, American, fanny packs [snigger, snigger] everywhere you look! I am, I will concede, not a fan of the fanny pack [snigger, snigger]. On other matters, and although I should be used to it by now, I will admit to being thrown askew yet again by Hobart’s discouraging manifestation of early summer. Rain, rain, sleet, a little more rain, and some chilly Antarctic winds have necessitated that the woollen socks remain in u...