There is always something to see down at Hobart’s Salamanca Place, and it does not even have to be on market day.  Whether you want to take a close look at the details and intricacy of the old buildings that make up the area, or the people that make use of the space, it’s a great place to photograph.

Irish Murphy’s was a venue I spent many a weekend at in my younger days.  A great Irish pub, where I learned to appreciate pints of Guinness.  One night there was a fire and the place was gutted out.  That was pretty devastating, but they rebuilt the place so all was good again.  With live music and plenty of people, it was always a good time at Irish.

The buildings at Salamanca Place were the original warehouses for the Hobart wharf, and are therefore very old, mostly sandstone construction.  It is always fascinating to look at the back walls of buildings, where the cheaper stone was used, and the blocks are of all different shapes and sizes.  Sure the stone would have been cheaper but it must have been a lot more work to build with blocks of differing size.

The morning I was taking these photos, there was a large group of Chinese people rehearsing some movements.  They had a big dragon there but I missed it.  They performed their thing a few weeks after, but again, I missed it.  This is why I am very vague about the whole thing, but I got some nice photos of them anyhow…

This chap seemed to be waiting for his wife or someone.  I figure she was in a shop and he didn’t want to go in, and was quietly getting impatient waiting for her return.  

The seagulls can be rather tame, mostly because they know they will get a feed.  They are quick to jump onto tables to consume peoples scraps.

There was something about this group of people that caught my eye.  They were walking towards me in a fashion that I thought was somewhat Tarantino-ish, like they could have been the cast of Reservoir Dogs.