Bridestowe Lavender Farm

The weather has finally stopped raining, for today anyway, so we went to the Bridestowe Lavender Farm.  The lavender were just showing some colour, but if we leave it any longer to visit, it's just so busy.

Frosty washed his work car last weekend,

so it's been raining ever since.

We had a lovely sunny start to the day 

until we took the Spyder out.

Then the sun went in.

A pyramid cottage along Old Bangor Tram Road.

Lovely countryside along Old Bangor Tram Road.

We turned off to go through to Bangor.

Mount Arthur.

If there's snow on Mt Arthur

then it's really cold.

No snow today.

Views along the way.

The entrance to the Bridestowe Lavender Farm.

Inside the gift shop.

They sell Bobbie the Bear tea.

Lavender Tea.

Lavender Fields drink bottles.

They have teapots, cups and saucers

in the gift shop too.

A giant Bobbie the Bear.

A smaller version to buy.

And cute little Bobbies.

The big old oak tree in the lavender field.

A few of the rows of lavender plants.

The flowers are just starting to come out.

A view back to the gift shop.  

You can see the giant Bobbie 

the Bear through the window.

I'm no good at taking selfies.

Back to the flowering lavender plants.

A view with Mount Arthur in the background.

We enjoyed a Lavender Gin affogatto.

So yummy.

Derelict cottage at one of the

wineries along the way home.

We saw several Santa's along the way.

I took this photo last week at Lefroy.

We had a lovely time at Bridestowe

and bought a couple of little treats 

from the gift shop.

Olivia & Maddi

We were invited to Olivia and Maddi's house for a home tour.  While we were there we received some wonderfully exciting news.  We were asked to keep it quiet until they made an official announcement.  Now they have done that I can post this on my blog.

Their home.

Fresh flowers on the kitchen table.

Olivia with her fur baby.

Little cuddle kitty.

Maddi getting a cuddle.

Lovely coloured glass.

Wedding photo gallery.

More gorgeous coloured glass.

A look into the loungeroom from the dining room.

Fireplace in the loungeroom.

Making hot drinks in the kitchen.

In the kitchen.

Coffee mug.

A little clue to the good news.

Wow.  Maddi is expecting.  How wonderful.

The photo of the scan.  Is that twins?

The nursery is starting to look cute.

Lots of baby clothes.

We were expecting to have a look around their new home,

but were pleasantly surprised by their awesome news of a baby.

A couple of weeks later and it's TWINS.

How amazing.

Sunday afternoon Spyder ride to Low Head Lighthouse

 We have been wanting to go to the Low Head lighthouse for a while now, and as the weather today was warmer than it had been for ages, we took the chance to go for a Spyder ride.  There were a couple of spots of rain but nothing to worry about.  

Jacket on, helmet on, gloves.  Okay lets ride.

The view of the Batman Bridge along the way.

Lovely spring weather along the river road.

Over the Batman Bridge.

Welcome to George Town.

A selfie of me.

The chainsaw carvings at George Town.

The Monument at George Town.

Where Lieutenant-Colonel Paterson

claimed Northern Tasmania for the 

British in 1804.

The mouth of the Tamar River. 

The Grove a lovely Georgian home

built in 1835.  Now a BNB.

Not sure why Ned Kelly is in George Town.

One of the many beacons in Low Head.

The Low Head lighthouse.

Close up to the lighthouse.

A freighter out at sea waiting to come into Bell Bay.

Part of the fog horn machinery.

More of the fog horn.

The Fog Horn sounding at noon.

The Cafe at Low Head.

We had cappuccinos and shared a yummy piece of carrot cake at the Cafe.

Cottages at the Low Head Pilot Station

Another view of the Cafe.

The red frame is a Fish Beacon navigation marker.

This one used to be on Barrel Rock until it washed

ashore after a storm.

Outside the Maritime Museum at Low Head.

Another cottage.

Some of these are holiday rentals.

The Low Head Chapel.  Privately owned.

We went past the George Town airport.  The helicopter was on standby.

This one came in to refuel.  It had been waterbombing the Beechford/Lefroy bushfir3e.

Ready to refuel and go again.

We saw two echidnas and this wallaby today. 

We went into Bell Bay to see the ships in the port.

The Berge Jebel Jais bulk carrier in Bell Bay

Jason works at Rio Tinto.

Then back home over the Batman Bridge again,

for a cappuccino for afternoon tea.