Another birthday celebrated travelling-it's amazing to think where we have been on each of our birthdays over the last three years. Yesterday Russ turned 63 and we spent the day moving from Richmond to Snug. It was one of my favourite sort of moves; short and sharp and over in under an hour as we only had to travel 70ks from one side of Hobart to the other.
Mt Wellington
We arrived here around 11am and quickly set up, had lunch, organised the boat and got out fishing around 1.30. The water was so calm it would have been criminal not to and we managed to bring home 12 good sized flathead which we will cook for Blair and Leah tonight.
Tenders at Margate
I cooked a couple of delicious eye fillet steaks topped with a seafood sauce and served them with smashed potatoes and veg for a lovely birthday dinner last night. It was especially nice to be able to enjoy the evening outside cooking with a glass of wine in hand-something we haven't wanted to do on the cooler nights latley.
This morning, the weather was nicer and the water even calmer than yesterday so we got out early for a cruise around some of the bay Snug is situated on-we saw about 15ks of the coastline. We can't help ourselves, so stopped and caught 6 flathead that we'll pack and freeze shortly. We have Blair and Leah arriving later today, so that will put paid to the fishing for a few days and the weather is supposed to turn a bit nasty too. We are booked here for 11 nights though, so I'm sure we'll get out there amongst those flathead again. I also live in hope of catching a fish farm escapee-the atlantic salmon often escape apparently. Mmmm salmon!
A Pretty Spot to Fish
The caravan park is right on the beach and we have an espcially nice site as sites go. Close, but not too close to the ablutions block and camp kitchen, and plenty of room for us, the car and boat. I met a woman in Coles Bay who told me this was one of the cleanest parks in Tasmania and I think she's right; it's a credit to the owners or managers (or whatever they are)
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