Dover Tasmania, Day 2

Starting off with cherry's in Dover. $4.00 a kilogram and juicy. After some time scouring the politics blogs, I was pleased to find actual cherry picking in action a lovely thing.



Down to Cockle Creek today. Southernmost town in Australia. John Laws' Maison d' Comment just down the road it's said. Winding roads down there, flanked by trees (those not delicately clearfelled) and and fern. Local woman's teddy bear block faintly disturbing. Planned music therapy centre yet to be be built.



Up up up to Geeveston where I we had a camembert and chicken pie followed by an award winning local hazlenut ice cream. Charming inland town provides mid afternoon top treat.



Back home for dinner. Cooked crays to be had but what to do? Strong pressure from the father for simple, and a good thing too. One of the crays was for dipping with two sauces. Olive oil and vinegar and pepper was one. The other was a resourceful Sauce Phillippe on rough guidlines; garlic, butter, cream, white wine, and tabasco - reduced over heat.

Mains was as simple as I could make it. Fettucine with garlic and red chilli sauteed in EVOO, then some chopped lemon peel and the white wine and lemon juice. Cray meat heated through and then mixed through with the fettucine. Enjoyed very much with a bottle Wave Crest Chardonnay. I'm not going to win any friends in Dongara by saying they're bigger and sweeter down here.



Ahh that's the door local contact arrives, three whole salmon. Two go for smoking, one comes back (that's the deal) and one is for dinner tomorrow night. This is good.