Huonville

Yesterday we made it out of New Norfolk and got to Cambridge Park in Hobart where we returned the van and picked up a car. I felt a lot better at Crusin when they checked over the van and we owned up to the damaged back bumper area and he said "oh, that's nothing" - so all good!
We had lunch in Cambridge Park at the Grocer cafe we had lunch on the day we arrived.
We headed across the bridge and made our way to our cottage in an area called Cradoc, which is along the road from Huonville.
Robyn did some washing - we had lots from being on the road.
The property is up a lane off the main road and overlooks some paddocks that are drought dry. We are attanded by a little dog named Zoe and she is supposed to keep the Wallabies away, but take a look at the photo I got in the late afternoon less than 10 metres from our backdoor.
We went to bed last night with no agreed plans and awoke this morning and I was not feeling 100% - so we decided to go for a drive around the Huon Valley. Robyn chauffered me, and it was a nice change.
Our cottage owner gave the name of a cafe in town that had the best coffee and that was our first stop, and she wasn't wrong - one of the best we've had here. We drove down the western side of the river down to a town called Geeveston, where I spied a wreckers yard and we stopped and I got some photos for 52 Frames challenge for this week. Then we had lunch at a place called Osteria in Franklin - this was an Italian restuarant run by a young Italian couple who have been in Tasmania for about 5 or 6 years. They use all local produce. The lunch was just superb.
We drove back to Huonville, bought a few groceries and then headed out the eastern side down as far as Cygnet - which looks like an interesting town which we will revisit.
Tomorrow we will drive into Hobart and visit the Saturday market. The weather for the next 4 or 5 days is for cooler cloudy days.Read more