Good evening,
Our day of today. We started with a spa, porridge for me, expresso from our machine, sunshine, and left the resort at around 10. Our main exploration on the road to Hobart was Sommers Bay which is on a side track from the township of Murdunna. The road length and the number of dwellings was far in excess of what was indicated when viewed from the main road. Some very nice houses interspersed among the shacks and some lovely sea views.
We elected to have lunch at the Dunalley Waterfront Cafe. The food was good, I had seafood pie and Susan had a potato and cheese pizza with caramelised onion. Susan had wine, I had water since I was at the wheel. We proceeded to Hobart. I dropped Susan off in the CBD so she could do some banking while I drove north to Derwent Park to visit Jaycar. While I was there she rang me from a payphone to tell me her phone was flat and we arranged a meeting place and time. We met up for a quick look at Mountain Designs which had one of their regular sales happening. Susan was able to vouch for a pair of boots a customer was trying on as they were exactly the same as Susan's pair I shouted her a couple of months back.
We then drove to the airport to meet Dr. Nic a work colleague from my previous working life who was in Hobart for a holiday oops I mean conference. The car park was allegedly full according to the sign and the young lady with the russian accent stationed at the boom gate. I don't know how they figured that as we drove around the outside when we saw the sign and there were at least 20 spaces we could see. It's not rocket science to count cars in and out so I am unsure how they could get it wrong unless of course people were able to drive out without exiting trough the legitimate exit. Nic and i returned to the Pajero and shared some beer from my fridge. What else is there to do on a warm sunny Friday afternoon after work. Susan discovered her phone was not flat it was just turned off! I had in fact charged it yesterday after it went flat. The meeting ended all to quickly and Nic left to catch his flight to Adelaide. The paying of the carpark exit fee was a bit Laurel and Hardy like mainly because we had the credit card reversed in the slot. I hopped out from the passenger seat and was standing at the machine when the boom gate went up and Susan took off to beat the boom gate with me running behind the car.
We drove towards home and settled on tea in Dunalley at the pub so Susan could have her favorite seafood chowder and crusty loaf. I had a fishermans basket. We both had "Death by Chocolate" for dessert and as a result were too bloated when we arrived home to go in the spa again. We had some nice local wine, Bream Creek Sauvignon Blanc which was excellent. We sort of pass Bream Creek every time we drive to Hobart. I have made a mental note to seek out their product in the future.
A relaxing day off with unusually warm weather nudging 17 degrees.
night folks
Cheers Simon
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