Welcome to Hobart!

This little dude welcomed us at the airport. At first I thought contraband sniffing seal from quarantine services that would smell out my larabars and Luna bars (I'd be doomed without emergency snacks for the rest of the trip!). But it's a "welcome to Hobart" from a tour group

Footnote: Because Tasmania (and australia) have been isolated for so long, they have huge problems with invasive species, insect pests, and bacterial and viral plant and animal outbreaks that have devastated sectors of the agricultural industry. The best example is the rabbit! A boy got a (pregnant) pet rabbit (from mainland Australia). It reproduced and reproduced, and reproduced... And they ate entire crops! Since there are no natural predators, they had to catch them by hand!