Cockle Creek and the South Cape

We did a day hike with Caitlin out to Tasmania's southernmost point, the South Cape.

Cockle Creek, Tasmania, Australia

December 12, 2010

South through the Huon Valley

Huon Valley and Southwestern Tasmania, Australia
December 2010

Caitlin Visits!

Josh's Canadian cousin, Caitlin, came to visit us in Hobart! What a good excuse for more sightseeing around the state!


We welcomed her with lattes and lamingtons in historic Richmond.




Australia's oldest bridge which is still in use

Fun Fact: What Canadians call Rice Krispies are known to Australians as Rice Bubbles.

Also in the breakfast aisle... (photo by Caitlin)


It would appear we did a lot of coffee drinking during Caitlin's visit...



Best croissants in Hobart at Jackman & McRoss in Battery Point

Getting hit by hail at the top of Mt Wellington!




And five minutes later, sun!


View of Hobart

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

December, 2010

From the Garden

Josh was very keen to get a garden started when we decided to stay put in Hobart for a while. He first converted a strip of the lawn into a little side bed, then moved on to creating a larger raised bed.

The weather in Hobart allows for excellent growing year-round, because it doesn't get too cold in winter. We planted beautiful heirloom varieties of lettuce, tomatoes, leeks, carrots, pumpkins, cucumber, kale, beans, peas, and the list goes on! Food tastes so much better when you've grown it yourself!

Beginnings...

Lettuce!

This was the best cabbage we have ever tasted...no joke. We decided to call it "sugar cabbage" because you could just eat the raw leaves by themselves and they were so sweet! The joys of growing your own food!

Phase two was converting part of Nanny's driveway into a raised bed (she's never driven, so she wasn't using her parking space).

Had to include a few of Nanny's beautiful flowers!

A daddy-long-legs wraps up a tiny ant.

Sometimes you just want some freshly picked broccoli in the middle of the night.

Happiness is a bowl of freshly dug potatoes! We never bought any seed potatoes; we grew about six new plants from two potatoes which had sprouted under the sink!

2010