Upper Middle Petrol Head:

If Batman - and I mean real  Batman Adam West, not those broody twits that have marred his name through their dark movie parodies of the 1960s' TV cult classic - needed a new Batmobile, this would be it!  Seriously!!  Can't you just imagine it in black, Batman and his young ward, Robin, side by side as they race to the scene of the Joker's latest criminal hijinx?  The good citizens of Gotham City would definitely feel safe if Batman was driving this beast, that's for sure!  Unfortunately, it's not a Batmobile but it is a completely bespoke, hand-built, custom-designed Tasmanian car.  The entire body has been fabricated from aluminium and it's powered by a 253 cubic inch (4.2 litre) Holden V8, hooked up to a Trimatic auto-box.  Its extremely clever designer, builder and owner told me that it was inspired by F1 design but has to be a two-seater for practicality's sake.  He says that its power to weight ratio means it's pretty nippy off the line

The first staging point on the Hobart waterfront. What have I done to the cafe owners of Geeveston that they hate me so much?  Regular readers may remember my frustration at never, ever being able to find Masaaki's Sushi open, let alone get a table there (please see: https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7165367970551834236#editor/target=post;postID=6286470083834570589;onPublishedMenu=overviewstats;onClosedMenu=overviewstats;postNum=1;src=postname ).  This time, I didn't even try. Now it's the Old Bank of Geeveston  and  the newly-opened Baker and Co, situated in what used to me a Mitre 10 hardware store, that have conspired to leave me hungry and irritable.  On a Sunday!  Yes, two of the town's best cafes were closed on a busy Sunday with the town spilling over with people!!  And here was me thinking the town was doing it tough after the recent catastrophic fires that had devastated hundreds of square kilometers of bushland