Bruny Island

Monday we took the 11 o'clock ferry to Bruny Island. It's about or 5ks from Kettering across the channel and Russ has wanted to go for years.

I enjoyed the day out but think I was a bit tired of driving after our trip down south the day before. If you were to ask me which of the two days I preferred, I would have to say I got more from going to the end of the road on the Sunday.

Bruny Island Light House


Bruny Island has about 100ks of sealed road (and plenty of unsealed stuff) and you get spectacular views of the d'Entrecasteaux channel and Southern Ocean from various lookouts but a number of things (the smokehouse and cheesery were two I wanted to go to) were shut on Mondays and lunch at the White Wallaby Cafe was a bit forgettable.

D'Entrecasteaux Channel from Bruny's Highest Point


Presbyterian Church Bruny Island


We paid $12 for a burger and salad (no chips) and got an un toasted stale roll, a nasty, previously frozen patty and an odd salad with diced carrot in it on the other half of the roll. It filled a hole.

Cloudy Bay Bruny Island



Yesterday we stayed home and went out fishing. We caught 13 flathead (Russ caught most of them) and I caught two squid. Our freezer is full to bursting with fillets now.

Today we went into Hobart as Target were having a home wares sale. We bought some sheets for the new house (if we ever get to move in) and some sandals for Russ. We stopped at Banjos in Margate and had a coffee and a couple of fresh hot cross buns on the house as thanks for taking the time to write and complain about our experience at breakfast on Sunday. We were offered another free breakfast, but don't eat that many cooked breakfasts in one week! The owner spent AGES talking to us about staff and problems with them (and his holiday shack on Bruny!) We had a light lunch in Hobart, then shopped in Kingston before heading home here to Snug.

Tomorrow we are moving to Mt Field National Park for three days and I'm not sure if we will have TV, Internet or phone. We couldn't go today as I'd miss the Farmer Wants a Wife! After that, we plan to spend our last week and a bit on the North coast-Port Sorell perhaps.