Hobart is a lovely city, walk around Constitution Dock, early morning for photos of many boats and perhaps sailing ship or two. If arriving on Saturday there is Salamanca Markets being held there. Battery Point is the older part of town and has interesting buildings, it is near Constitution Dock and the Casino and Marina is just pass that. Then. up above you in that area there is Mt Wellington which has great views down over town and the harbour. There are tours under Trip Advisor, that cover Mt Wellington, however, it depends on the day as I have been when the cloud covers the entire top where the lookout is. One tour also covers Richmond, a historic little village about 25 mins or so away. If taking a tour further from Hobart ensure they guarantee a return to the ship or enable you to catch up with it at the next port. We have left the ship and being 4 people took a taxi to drive us around the sights, discuss cost first. Hope this helps.

If you get it bad they can give you injections in the sick bay, just take your own tablets, but it's highly unlikely you need them, did this cruise twice ( and 16 others) never a problem and rarely heard of people being sea sick 😁

Sorry ... the original question was about the smell ... No never had an issue with the smell cheers Mark

Definitely not. Was on a cruise in Dec 2019 and there was no happy hour anywhere on board.

We have done a few 'local' cruises out of both Sydney and Melbourne (between Jan and March) which included ports of call at Tasmania, several Pacific Islands and NZ using both Princess Cruises and Caribbean. Weather has been great each time, but I guess there are no guarantees. Any cruise is great and we find the ports of call no matter where, are secondary to enjoying a pampered time on the ship. That said, Port Authur is a lovely side trip well worth the time. One tip though, don't use the on board booking for a tour ashore which is way over-priced. In Hobart for example the ship booking for a local tour was on large busses and expensive. We used local small mini bus tours offered privately at the end of the wharf at less than a third of the ships price and the smaller busses gave a more personal tour and were able to visit places the larger busses couldn't get to. Paul.

Sorry I took so long to answer. If you want a balcony cabin, get one midships on the lowest balcony deck possible. Try to get a cabin midships, as the ship then revolves around you. If you are not interested in a view, get a cabin low down in the centre. They are stabilised and don't rock all that much. November is a pretty good time for Tassie and the weather pretty stable. Always take a brolly with you though, as it can rain without notice, but usually just a shower.

Yes the cruise line does offer transfers but unsure of cost.

My wife is a vegetarian and they had options for her on our cruise, even at the steak dinner night.