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Published: March 6th 2015
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Our lovely cottage will be home for the next 3 weeks Sunday 1st March 2015 John and Marilyn drove us to the airport, which took just over an hour. We arrived at about 1020 for a 1140 flight. We were most appreciative that they did this as it made it so easy for us.
Frequent Flyer points had us in Business Class as there were no Economy seats left, this was our little bit of luxury. Nothing really special about the event, just more legroom and a better meal. Wouldn’t pay the price normally for a one hour trip.
Ian, our host for the home exchange, met us at the airport and drove us through Hobart along the coast to his house in Margate. This lovely little cottage sits across the road from the North-West Bay. What a lovely view!
Kerry, Ian’s wife, was there to greet us and we spent the next few hours getting to know each other over nibbles and a few glasses of Pinot Grigio.
We were shown around the house, the workings of all the appliances etc explained, before some friends took Kerry and Ian to a hotel near the airport. They did this to make it more convenient as
View from house
This is the scene across the road from the house they were flying out early tomorrow to their other home in Queensland.
We spent some time unpacking and settling in before going for a walk along the bay and through the Dru Point Bicentennial Park and back through the surrounding streets. On our return we had some leftovers from the fridge for dinner, both of us having eaten enough nibbles and not wanting to eat the meal generously left for us. We will leave that until tomorrow.
Rags had a terrible night’s sleep, tossing and turning, all the while having the pros and cons of buying a new van going through his mind. The pros finally won, but it was after 0300 before he went to sleep!
Monday 2nd March 2015 At breakfast we agreed that we would have a quiet day, just drive into town to get a few things and to get our bearings. When there this was extended to drive south to the next town, Kettering, just over 30kms away, to go to the Information Centre and to see the ferry that takes the cars and people to nearby Bruny Island.
After checking this out we
Huon territory
Beautiful views along the coast then continued on down the picturesque coastline passing through old apple orchards and small farms. Tasmania was known in the past for being an exporter of apples to Europe but the formation of the EEC killed this market. Most of the orchards and associated packing sheds are now non-existent.
We followed the Huon Trail,which followed the coast down and then up again to the next main town, Cygnet. Here we stopped and had lunch at the pub. We both had a curried scallop pie, a delicacy of the area, which we enjoyed very much.
From here we continued to Huonville, one of the larger towns in this area, where Judy found an op-shop and bought a scarf. This was one item she had left in the van and with the expected cold mornings over the next few weeks it should well and truly be worth the $3 it cost her!
After a wrong turn on the way back (Rags left the GPS in the Jeep) we returned to the cottage after an enjoyable day. After a cup of coffee, Judy continued with her work, while Rags firstly watered the outdoor plants before cooking the delicious
Huon area
Lovely old houses marinated chicken Ian had so kindly left for us, as well as roasting potatoes, pumpkin and sweet potato, which we enjoyed with broccoli. A great way to end our first full day in Tasmania.
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Chris
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Scallop pies! Yum!! Had some at the Salamanca markets, which are good too. Enjoy Tassie. Dad - nice work with the KGs in Vic! Hope you caught some :)