Australia Day 2019

We had a lovely relaxing long weekend for Australia Day.  We celebrated with some of our family at our home with a BBQ.

We enjoyed eating Koala cupcakes

The new Shapes variety of Vegemite and Cheese was yummy.

Australian flags.

Olivia and Crystal

Gerrard.

Olivia ate her Shape biscuit with tomato sauce.  Not sure about that one.

Beautiful parrots in the gum tree next door.

Watching one of the yachts sail past.

Visit from Heather and the Girls

Heather and the girls came to visit to Tassie for a week.  We had a lovely catch up with them last weekend.  We had a BBQ at Dad and Pam's and also a evening meal at Dynasty Chinese Restaurant in Launceston.

Enjoying ourselves at the BBQ

Dad.

Alex and Olivia with the Triplets

Dad and Pam with the Triplets

Heather

Yummy sweets at the end of the meal.

Chinese Lantern

Waiting for our Chinese meals.

 Well worth the wait, see some of the meals below.

Chicken with cashews

Sweet and sour seafood.

Deep fried pork with spicy salt.

One of the Chinese Dragons by the front door.

Summer - January 2019

We are getting some really nice summer weather.  The forecast for tomorrow is 34 degrees C.  Our garden is growing nicely and we have found a new favourite restaurant close by at Beauty Point.

Lovely crop of tomatoes waiting for them to ripen.

More strawberries ready to pick.

Parsley all gone to seed.

Cherry tomatoes ready to pick.

The Riviera Hotel, my new favourite restaurant.

The Seafood platter for two we had for tea was divine.

Views from the restaurant window.

Dinghy and Oystercatchers.

Driving past Seahorse World at Beauty Point - on our way home.

New Year's Day 2019

We spent a wonderful day at Ulverstone going to Pier 01 for lunch, this has become a lovely tradition,  being our 7th year of having New Year's Day lunch here.

Lovely sunny day at Pier 01 at Ulverstone.

 

At our usual seat by the window.

Watching the world go by.

Nice cold cider to start with.

Oysters Kilpatrick to share.

King Prawns with tropical salad X 2.

Richard chose Eton Mess for sweets.

And I chose the Passionfruit Panna Cotta.

The waiter making our coffees.

Watching the kayakers paddle on the past river.

Thank you Heather, John and girls for a lovely lunch :-)