The Huon Drive

After the second night of finals footy on the TV, we awoke to an overcast day and decided to go back into town for a look around. We found Constitution Dock which is tiny and not what we thought. There would be enough room for a few Maxi's but not the entire fleet. They must clear out all the moorings and have the winners in each category only into the small dock area for celebrations. Nonetheless it has given us a better picture so when we see the yachts come in on TV we will know what we are looking at.....much the same with countless areas or places we have visited on the journey.

Into The Mall area and we needed coffee at a Hudsons Coffee shop. This is seriously nice coffee and well worth a visit. The town is quite a nice walk around with most of the buildings being in great condition considering the era they were built. I guess quality construction with stone will always stand the test of time.

We then decided to do the Huon Drive which takes you south and around the peninsular through many seaside towns. This was a nice drive and supplied great views of Bruny Island which unfortunately we will not get to in our brief stay.

While stopping for some fruit at a lookout over Flanders Bay, an elderly gentleman stopped in his brand new Caprice and motioned towards my window. I lowered the window and he said "do you know what you are looking at?"
I said "Flanders Bay?" at which time he started to give us a bit of a tour guide's perspective. He has been a farmer there for 60 years and he explained that the rectangular areas in he middle of the bay (which we couldn't figure out) were Australia's largest Atlantic salmon farms, which answered our question. He also said that he has 1000 acres down by the waterfront so basically what you are looking at that is land based belongs to him. His son owns a portion of it for sheep farming that he has an equal interest in with Bob Brown the politician. He seemed pretty proud of this fact.
Great old bloke and nice of him to stop and give us a history lesson.

We had lunch at Huonville in a little cafe. Again, the food was magical which seem to be typical of this state. We could have easily stopped at each town along the way and had a look around, but time just doesn't permit, nor does children's patience but thats okay. We will definitely come back to Tasmania.

Plenty of organic fruit shops, nick nack shops, restaurants and cafes along the drive, not to mention cellar doors and cheese varieties. It was a great way to spend a few hours.

The plan was to go to Cascades Brewery on the way back but to be honest we had had enough and wanted to sit own for a while, so we went back to camp.  On the way in we realised that we are directly across the road from Risdon Prison entrance which houses the maniac from Port Arthur, we only knew this because after visiting there I googled the events and I was hit with heaps of info on the dark day, and the ensuing conviction. I am not sure that Nat is too comfortable being so close!!!!
As I write this it is raining so we will get the most from our ensuite and watch 60 minutes tonight for the first time in almost 5 months. We are extremely excited about it too.

Queenstown & Strauhn tomorrow, Cradle Mountain and then Devonport. Only 6 more nights then we brave the "Big Red Boat" again.

Jase.