... after the wedding we flew back to Adelaide in the wee hours of Sunday morning [mostly due to the 1.5 hour difference in time zones, since Tasmania jumps the gun with daylight savings]. We were greeted at the airport by my niece Jacqui and her friend Sally, who had come to visit [after spending the weekend in Hobart].
We hooned up the coast but my driving [in the WRX] wasn't appreciated. Jodie usually tells me to slow down, and this was only supported by the girls reaction to the windy roads... [Note: that the speed limit wasn't broken... but what's the point of having a WRX if you aren't going to enjoy it's handling???]
The first night we had dinner at the Bark Mill Tavern, which is a place in Swansea we recommend if people are in the mood for modern pub food, or good wood fired pizza. Jodie reluctantly [but in the end happily] shared a pizza with me, that was based on venison sausage.
On Monday, Jodie and I had a regional meeting for BBBAT [Bed and Breakfast and Boutique Accommodation of Tasmania] near Coles Bay at Sheoaks. It was great to get out and meet some other people in the industry. Lunch was great too.
So... before the meeting, we dropped the girls off at Freycinet National Park, to trek up the Hazards for a view to Wineglass bay.
After getting home, we experimented on the girls with mushroom and chicken risotto, and tried out some local wine and beer. Jacqui and Sally where very brave, and ventured into our house for a DVD amongst all the boxes that are still unpacked. We've since made a little more headway, and the living area almost looks respectable.
We thought we'd have a quiet period while the girls were with us, but on Monday we were inundated. We narrowly missed out of having a full house, after holding a room, turning someone away, only to have the other party [who actually wanted two rooms, not just one] cancel on us. It was our largest number of guests at that stage, so while we cleaned the house on Tuesday morning, Jacqui and Sally entertained themselves with a canoe in Great Oyster Bay!
After lunch on the beach [with great fish and chips from the Ugly Duck Out] we headed up to Kate's Berry Farm for some ice cream and all the jams you could poke a stick at. For some reason Jacqui decided on chocolate ice cream [at a berry farm] but it was freakin' awesome! The blueberry was excellent... the raspberry outstanding.
On Wednesday, we took the girls back to the airport, and took a little detour into Hobart on the way to pick up a couple of things and have more fish and chips at Mures.
Jacqui and Sally were wonderful guests, who are welcome any time! They also got us a parting gift, which was a voucher for canoe hire from Swansea Canoe and Kayak Hire! We had a guest free day on Saturday [the calm before the storm] and decided it would be a good idea to get out on the water. The weather changed quite a lot before we managed to get away, so we battled waves, wind and a little bit of rain to get out in the middle of Great Oyster Bay. Some pictures of our exploits are below.
Here is the view of the Hazards from the canoe:
Jodie is paddling hard!
That is Waterloo Point that we are paddling towards. Schouten House is just on the other side.
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