Hi All,
our day off and the weather whilst not brilliant sunshine was ok. After a few chores we headed off to Hobart. We stopped at Cambridge ay Hardly Normals and lashed out ,well Susan did and bought an expresso machine and a coffee bean grinder. The rationale being a saving of around $9 a day so it will soon pay for itself. Our intention was then to go to Mount Wellington. However the GPS which has been in the good books of late is now in the bad books after sending us to go along a road which if it was better would qualify as a goat track. I had the laptop in the car and after checking whereis it was obvious we had gone in the wrong direction. However all was not lost as it was only a short journey back to our second intended destination the Mona Complex at Berriedale. The museum is said to be the largest private exhibition in Australia. It is certainly different with antiquities, mainly Egyptian, dating back to 4000BC coexisting with some of the more extreme examples of modern art. It was a bit unsettling but in between the exhibits were some really unique works, very different. Hopefully by the time you read this pictures will be attached. Entry was free.
By the time we left it was too late to detour to Mount Wellington and to Hobart's best bakery/coffee shop according to our leader. We went to Sorell which has to be Bogan Central for southern Tasmania on the way home and stopped at Maccas for a coffee and a bun. They really have lost the plot there. They have the usual McCafe set up to provide a slightly classier experience for coffee and cake. However they serve the coffee in paper cups and the cakes in cardboard boxes so what's the point of it. I don't know if this is universal or unique to Sorell. Mind you we are talking about a place where the coffee machine was off at 730 at night on a previous visit.
It was community dinner night at the resort and as usual an excellent meal prepared by Ilan, Lynne and possibly some others. We only have on room occupied tonight but even with one room there is trouble. Their toddler threw up all over his sheets pillow, blanket and bedspread etc. Melody on reception drew the short straw of retrieving and supplying bedding just on tea time of course and after tea Susan was downstairs loading the soaking buckets. She was amazed at the volume but I guess that is probably too much information.
Tomorrow we try out the machine!! Only problem is we don't have a thermometer for the milk yet and neither did Coles or Woolies.
night Folks
cheers Simon
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