Wed 10th Feb
Today we got up early to make the short ferry ride across the D'Entrecasteaux Channel to Bruny Island - both named after Bruni d'Entrecasteaux the French navigator who, to the chagrin of the British, was the first to map the area. It's quite long, we drove 50km to the South part over a narrow isthmus joining the two parts to take a walk and visit the famous Penguin Cafe. The walk was good along the shore of Adventure Bay looking at the remains (very few) of the whaling stations which slaughtered tens of thousands of whales in the early 19th century. Unfortunately Penguin Cafe was "closed for renos".
We made do with coffee, croissants and berry yogurt compote at the Bruny Berry Farm, near which Captain Cook took on water and Captain Bligh visited. We also visited a garden planted with plants linked to the Gondwana - the super-continent which broke up to form Australia, Africa, South America and Antarctica. On the way back to the ferry I had my first fresh oysters at Get Shucked Oyster Farm and we tried Huon pine flavoured soft cheese. Once back on the mainland we went to the GreatvEwe cheeserie to sample a prizewinning sheep's milk blue similar to Roquefort and buy a sheep's whey liqueur similar to Bailey's to take up to Linda and Ross's friends tomorrow. We didn't need much tea.
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| Looking over Adventure Bay from the site of an old whaling station where someone has been playing with stones. |
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| Wallaby giving us the once over at Grass Point whaling station |
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| Fairly recent fire damage, regeneration in progress. |
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| These gums have amazing peeling bark, which burns very easily. |
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