A summer day - well almost, it started out sunny, baking hot. The sun in Tassie has more bite per degree than that of Adelaide or Cairns why is that? I can get burnt in 15 minutes on a 20 degree day here! However the sun disappeared by 1pm, replaced by ever so familiar clouds, so we were able to finish our jobs in milder conditions.
The day started with the obligatory walkabout with Ann, and the list compliation. Nothing complicated; finish paths, a bit more brush cutting, pull out bracken, and go for a walk. Guess you have to make time for a walk when specifically instructed by one's host!
Ann left about 1030 and we got to work.
Between carting sand for paths I stopped to take in the detail of the path outside the kitchen. It is a cobblestone paved area obviously layed over many years of holidays in the distant past. This set me wondering where the stones were procured. Clifton Beach is stone free.... perhaps it was covered decades ago and all the shack owners have cleared it so that now there is only sand! A ponderable....
Cobblestone paving
In true Susan style a bit of a sweep here and there and weed removal all about turned into another self added job to the list.
Back to our path making I was assailed with a delightful aroma, and couldnt work out its source. Simon decided it was eminating from the pine trees, but definately not the hot South Australian summer day pine tree aroma. This is much smokier and muskier, beautiful...
This of course started another train of thought... we can take a photo/video to describe a sight to others, or take a sound recording, but how do you capture/explain an aroma, more pondering!!
We finished chores about 2pm then lunched on sausages in bread with sauce. Lazing around we were amazed to find it was almost 5pm so we set of for our walk which was at the end of a 20 kilometer drive to Opossum Bay.
Opossum Bay
Passing through South Arm which we were amazed to find a modern large RSL club advertising cheap meals, it seemed incongruous to have such a large building for the dozen or so houses we had seen, then we got into South Arm and found it to be a quite large settlement. The 2006 Census details 351 houses and 796 usual residents, however I think there has been subsantial housing growth since then, could be upmarket shacks though.
Lighthouse Shack
Opossum Bay is definately a holiday destination, with its array of shacks at waters edge, each complete with boat shed. The look quite mediteranian with many styles testament of eras of shack building. The lighthouse version my favourite.
Newer Shack
Older and smaller shack
Simon detoured to look at a rental notice in the window of 1 shack $1500 per week peak season 13/12 - 13/2 and $900 the rest of the year, it was empty. A bit overpriced me thinks.
You might recall the wall of thongs Sunshine Coast Day 138 2010, well I spied the Opossum Bay version, also doubles as a Christmas Tree!
Christmas Tree Aussie Style!
Home again after aonther couple of stops to take in sea views. Dinner of chops and veg and an earlish night 1030 for me.
Night all
Susan
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