Kaye and Eric with Honeydin
Kaye's mosaic path and Honeydin
Honeydin on the porch
Lunch in Hobart
Hi folks,
A warm sunny day with the temperature peaking at around 25. Perfect weather for packing, which we did this morning, all morning! To be fair we had 3 loads of washed clothes. Things went relatively smoothly. However we managed to leave a number of items behind, much easier to do when you aren't leaving a bare motel unit. I am now minus a pair of old sports shoes and a beer. Susan left her camp booties plus tea bags etc. We will pick these up next time we are passing through. We finally said goodbye to Eric and Kaye at around 11. We have enjoyed our time here and would be happy to return again.
We drove steadily down the Midland Highway encountering the usual calibre of Tasmanian drivers i.e. waiting until the last moment as the over taking lane finishes to pass or passing on bends over double lines.
We were struck by how much drier the countryside is towards Hobart. This is born out by a rainfall map that shows annual falls equivalent to Adelaide. Mind you this is the lowest with averages well above 3 metres for the west coast.
Arriving In Hobart we met up with Morphine and Fanfan for a latish lunch at their favourite Asian restaurant on Sandy Bay Road. It was good to catch up with them again and hear their tales of what they have been up to. We eventually headed off after a couple of U turns and visits to non existent service stations down the southern outlet road. We arrived at Woodbridge at around 630 I think.
After a meet and greet with our host Ann we unloaded some of our gear into our cabin. There is one other helpexer here (Ness) but she leaves tomorrow so we can decide if we move into the main house or stay in the cabin. Susan has the top bunk tonight.
Anne is leaving at 6 in the morning to run her stall at Salamanca Markets. On Sunday we will be going to another market the "farm gate" one with her. Fortunately this is a leave at 8 o'clock job. The house and property looks very smart. We will post some pics over the next day or so to show the area.
We had a nice noodle chicken tea with rhubarb and ice cream for dessert cooked by Ness.
I should mention the weather. As we climbed the hill leaving Hobart we drove into low cloud. This has turned to steady drizzle. I have the roof bag packed out properly so their better not be any water inside it tomorrow!
catch you later
Cheers Simon
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