7 Mile Beach

We packed up and left Fortescue Bay after our beautiful evening by the campfire enjoying our delicious crayfish and flathead! We had joked with caretaker Matt that if he caught too many crays he could throw one our way! Never did we consider that he would actually do that - but we are so grateful for his generosity as it was excellent. I don't think I've ever had fresh crayfish like that but despite Tommy and Frankie thinking it would be yukky to eat a nasty crab like that, it was so sweet and tender. Thanks Matt! The flat head was pretty darn nice too. 

     

       

 

         

Enjoying the sunshine and yes Erin, we usually do have instant coffee from our thermos!! Your inheritance is safe!!

We only had to travel about 70kms  to this park at 7 Mile Beach and we arrived early afternoon. Tops and I zoomed straight away to the laundry and got the washing out on the line before we set off to Sorell to get a few groceries. This is just our sort of park - small, friendly, clean and casual. We've never been to a park before that supplies bath mats and all ammenities are immaculate even though it's an older park. We are tucked away in the corner (we must look like corner people as we often end up in a corner) by a fire pit with wood supplied. 

          

We are only a short walk to the beach and enjoyed a stroll along the beachfront thismorning.

We are only 10kms from Hobart so today we headed into town to firstly see the MONA gallery. This is a way out gallery with most items of the modern art beyond our comprehension and the old items more interesting - much about ancient Egypt. The building itself is magnificent on 3 levels, very spacious and well designed. Some of the structures about the grounds however were very different and quite clever.

        

    

Sidney Nolan's "snake".     

After there we had lunch in a park then headed to the Cadbury factory but there were crowds there and we learned you have to pay $4 each to purchase things from their gift shop - there are no longer tours - so we gave it a miss. Sorry all those chocolate lovers who were hoping for a bag of goodies from there! We headed into Constitution Dock where we strolled around and enjoyed the ambience of the place. We checked out cray prices and one our size would have been $90 - $100. We also enjoyed watching a seal performing tricks with fish pieces from the nearby shop. 

        

Tomorrow we pack up and head off to our bush retreats at Huonville. Once again it's only a short trip of about 70kms - don't need to get up early and rush anyway.

We guess everyone is gearing up for Easter - it's going to be very different for us being away from the family. Trust everyone is well - keep safe if travelling on the road.

😘😘😘😘 from Marg & Darryl.