
Queen Mary returns to Australian hometown for the first time in nearly 20 years
NY Post
The Danish King Frederik and Aussie-born Queen Mary touched down in the Queen’s home state of Tasmania for the first official time in over twenty years, with Queen Mary holding up a lobster as her husband shot a pic.
In the last leg of their official Australian tour, the Queen rocked the royal visit to Hobart’s Government House in a cream jacket over an orange floral dress. She was pictured laughing beside King Frederik as they were led by Governor Barbara Baker on a tour of the grand Victorian grounds.
The royals were welcomed onto the 15-hectare estate with a traditional cleansing ceremony by representatives of a local Aboriginal community, Fiona Maher and her daughter Mona Hart.
The local artists wore clothing made by a local Tasmanian brand, Lutruwita The Label.
From Hobart’s historic Government House, the pair were due to listen to the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems and travelled by boat along the River Derwent to stop at Alum Cliffs Marine Reserve.
Attending the engagement were Premier Jeremy Rockliff and University of Tasmania vice-chancellor Rufus Black, as well as members working on a project to conserve giant kelp forests from the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS).













