Grandma arrives in Hobart

Tis the season for visitors here in Hobart. We’ve been blessed to have several of our friends come and stay in recent weeks. This week it’s Mum’s turn – or Grandma as she is most commonly known around here. Mum arrived on Saturday afternoon and has settled for a nine days on the Island. Sunday meant two church services and we also fitted in lunch at Muir’s on the pier. Muir’s serve all types of seafood and it’s delicious. Mum and I both enjoyed a full serve of Tasmanian scallops. After eating our main course at Muir’s we moved on to the chocolate shop where you get to look at an amazing array of hand made chocolates to enjoy with your coffee. Natrually we didn’t need any tea last night.

Monday morning and Mum announced that she would like to go to Bruny Island for the day. By about 10.00 am we were setting off in the new car for the ferry to Bruny. It takes about 25 minutes to drive from home to Kettering where the ferry leaves. The trip across only takes about 15 minutes. Bruny is an unusually shaped Island. It is actually almost two islands joined by a narrow neck of land in the middle. We did a bit a of a figure eight around both ends of the island stopping at several spots on our way around to walk a little and view the scenery. The only down side of the day was the pies and pasties we bought for lunch. They were very stale and quite hard to eat. Afterwards none of us felt real flash. Should have packed a barbeque like I originally suggested!








We made it home again by 4.00 and we all collapsed on the lounge with a cup of coffee. Like every Monday, it’s my day off, but it’s back to work tomorrow.