I spent the morning and the early afternoon walking around the Hobart CBD as I crisscrossed my trail on Friday and moving onto the new territory of Battery Point.

Gary Sauer-Thompson, Hobart graffiti, 2007

I started like any good tourist with a camera by taking in the City of Hobart Art Prize in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in Macquarie Street, Hobart. It is a unique art award, as the Prize is open to artists, craftspeople and designers nationwide, with the categories, for which the main prizes are awarded, change every year.

The categories for the 2007 City of Hobart Art Prize are Photography / Digital Media and Glass. The work in the exhibition was very diverse, good and interesting. I was most impressed.

Gary Sauer-Thompson, Hobart graffiti, 2007

I came across a reference to the photographic work of Doug Thost, and his questioning of the iconic "wilderness" images of Tasmania that often ignore the elements of humanity that exist side-by-side with them.

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