Blair and Leah arrived in Snug around 7.30 on Thursday night. We cooked dinner here at the van for us all and then took it to their cabin to eat-mostly because management asks you not to cook fish in the cabins. We made the Parmesan and pistachio crumbed flathead we'd cooked for ourselves a couple of weeks ago.
On Friday, we skipped breakfast and went to the Margate Tavern for an early lunch. Russ and Blair had a couple of terrific hamburgers with chips and salad for $7 each; Leah had fish and chips and I had crispy buttermilk chicken over Caesar Salad.
Blair had to do a few hours work, so Russ Leah and I took a drive around Snug and then went to the Snug waterfall for a walk. Waterfall walks are either to the top of the falls or to the bottom. This was down a very steep and quite slippery track, so I gave up and walked back up after a kilometre while Leah and Russ went on to the bottom. They tell me it got extremely steep and slippery so I'm glad I had the sense to walk back or I reckon I'd have had to be medi-vacced out! Friday night we had a BBQ here at the van.
Saturday, Blair and Russell went out fishing, catching 9 flathead while Leah and I sat around the cabin chatting. It was a lovely relaxing day. Blair's not that keen on fishing, but it's a pretty spot and he caught a few, so I think he actually really enjoyed it.
Suburb of Lindisfarne-Opposite Michell and Ben's Place
A Three Minute Walk to the Water Taxi
On Saturday night we taxied into Hobart to Michelle and Ben's place then took a water taxi across the harbour to Salamanca Place and dinner out. The water taxi cost us $7 a head and was fantastic. When the owner/driver realised we were visiting, he stopped under the bridge to show us where it came down after the Illawarra hit it and stopped right where the Illawarra wreck lies. The water was calm and it was a great experience. After a couple of drinks at a pub by the wharf, we went to a modern Italian restaurant (excellent) the to another great pub for another couple of drinks before catching a taxi home. Blair and Leah shouted us the evening for our birthdays and anniversary this week.
Tasman Bridge From the Water Taxi
Yesterday we lunched at the Cascade brewery. Blair and I chose the hamburgers-$23 for the smallest burger ever, a small delicious salad, a tiny dish of beetroot raita and a spicy tzatziki. Not related to the generous and cheap burger eaten at Margate! The meat patty as Cascade was THE best burger I have ever eaten, but the price sort of spoiled it especially when there wasn't a chip in sight.
Cascade Brewery
We left there and drove about 15ks to the chocolate factory (but it was closed) then went to the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition back at the wharf. That was really interesting-it was models created from his sketches.
Last night we had a seafood feast. Blair had brought us a 1 1/2 kg lobster, so the dealt with that while I cooked creamy garlic prawns and scallops, Russ cooked crumbed fish (caught by him and Blair), calamari (caught by him and me)and made oyster patties from wild oysters Blair got off the rocks here in Snug. I don't honestly believe you could get better or fresher in any restaurant. We had baked potatoes and a nice salad with it but really the seafood was the star.
Blair and Leah left at 7 this morning. The first two days of their stay were probably the best continuous weather we've experienced in Tassie-perfect Autumn days. It broke up a bit after that and Russ estimated we had about 2 inches of rain on Saturday night and 3/4 inch on Sunday night. It was still pleasant at times during those days too though.
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