DO THE LOOP

   

Do the circuit - Middleton to Woodbridge (or Kettering) to Cygnet and back along the coast road through Deep Bay Garden Island. Have a look at this map

DO THE LOOP

Photos to come

SODA BREAD

You have arrived and stoked the fire and poured the glass of wine. It's been a busy day visiting Mona and the women's prison in Hobart and you're thinking of what your plan will be tomorrow. Should you pack up the car early and head for Kettering to catch the ferry to Bruny Island, or will you just relax and do what people in farm houses do. Bake some bread. You've brought a few ingredients with you such as the chia seeds and you look in the pantry. There's a packet of flour and salt. You can imagine the smell the bread cooking in the oven. It's soda bread which takes your fancy. Look here for the recipe as well. You could follow this up with a self saucing pudding.

BRUNI D'ENTRECASTEAUX

BRUNI D'ENTRECASTEAUX
I think everyone interested in Tasmania has heard about him by now. Bruni D'Entrecasteaux was the first European captain to sail  through the channel between what is known now as Bruni Island and the mainland of Tasmania. Leaving France in 1792 Bruni sailed in along the Derwent River, past Bruni Island and and into Port Cygnet, Port Esperance and the Huon River. Napolean and his wife Josephine were particularly interested in Australia and in their home outside Paris, Malmaison they collected many drawrings of aborigines, flora and fauna brought back by the French explorers before and at the time of Napolean's reign.

Hobart was settled in 1804. There is an exhibition winging its way to Melbourne to tell the untold story of the emporer's fascination with the world Down Under.
Napolean: Revolution to Empire which will be on at the the National Gallery of Victoria, St Kilda Road, from June 2 until October 7. You can see a gallery of images on The Age ipad app.

SUPERMOON

I am not the only person who is talking about the SUPERMOON. Last night I was away from Tassie in Apollo Bay and I took some photos. I posted them on my facebook page and then began to realize that lots of people out there were interested. What is this SUPERMOON? All around the state of Tasmania the photographers were out with their cameras.Who could get the best photo?

The French

I was chatting to my brother-in-law about the position of Wavestation, which is on the edge of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel looking towards Bruny Island.This lead to talking about the French after whom many places are named in Southern Tasmania. They were here before the English who were looking for somewhere to colonize. The French had scientists and hortaculturalists on board and sought knowledge and science. http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/04/29/2230849.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baudin_expedition_to_Australia Baudin dying of tuberculosis in Mauritius on his way home.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruni_d'Entrecasteaux