Babymoon.

Just spent 3 days in Port Stephens in N.S.W. Just a little getaway for me and the boyfriend unfortunately when you're 7 and half months pregnant 1. you can't do anything because your bf doesn't want anything to happen to you or the baby 2. you're so bloody hot and tired all the time! I really like going away and doing things but this time I spent all my time on the bed with the air con on full blast (absolutely best part!) I even had a cry when some waves from the beach hit me because I got scared that I had put the baby in danger lol that's how emotional I am right now. But we did get to see a lovely sunset and actually got some time to talk to one another about things other than baby or things we needed to get done before the baby come.

The end.

I've been back in Sydney for 4 days now and I'm really sad, Tasmania was amazing. I can honestly say I wasn't homesick once. Except my Mac Pro's charger broke hence the lack of blogging! I thought I'd just sum up the last days of our trip to Tassie. We ended up visiting Bruny Island, which was kinda a let down to be honest except for one place called Bruny Island's Premium Wine. It was amazing we ended up getting a shared platter (see photos) and buying two bottles of Bruny Island SRG Riesling wine. We also visited the chocolate place called Bruny Island Providore. Bought some fudge still haven't tasted them though cause we ended up going to the Cadbury Factory also and bought a bit too much packets of chocolate (unfortunately we went on our last day in Tasmania so we missed the last tour of the factory!) Though Bruny Island was a bit disappointing in regards to the shop fronts they had, the Island itself was beautiful and had some stunning views and lookout points. 

We also took a very long trip to Port Arthur to do the ghost tour at night. The drive was around 3 hours from where we were staying but it was nice to experience a ghost tour for the first time, didn't see any ghost though! But I won't lie I was a tad bit scared shitless. We also had dinner at the restaurant at Port Arthur it was average or just below wouldn't personally recommend it. 

Although the best place we went by far is the Grandvewe Cheeses  we had the best time visiting their sheep farming and learning all we possible could about cheese. It was the only place where we were able to experience a cheese affinage tour for only $50 pp. This included a tour of where they made their cheese and also allowed us to actually do some work that they personally do to the cheese. We ended up poking holes into some blue cheese which allows the cheese to develop its flavours through out the cheese mould. The tour goes for 90 minutes but we were lucky to be the only people there so our tour went for around 2 hours. It definitely felt less like a tour and more like a real sharing experience. Unfortunately I can't remember the name of the woman who was our guide (the owner's daughter) but she was the best! There's nothing better than meeting someone who is genuinely interested in what they our doing. 

Our last day saw our plane departure for 8 pm at night, so we had the day to do some things, sadly it wasn't the peak season in Tasmania so a lot of things closed earlier than usual. We ended up just going to MONA again and spending the afternoon there. Had some wine and deserts at the cellar bar. We ended our trip with a beautiful sunset over the lovely grounds of MONA. Though Tasmania was a few days ago I already miss it. It was wonderful. I definitely miss it and will be back!

Cheerios.

Day 2 - Tasmania

Day 2 in Tasmania included the following dinner at Cygnet Hotel, lunch at The Source restaurant at MONA and The Museum of Old and New Art. 

We were looking for dinner last night around town (we didn't want to cook!) unfortunately Cygnet does not have many restaurants or places to eat that are open late. We decided to head into Cygnet Hotel's pub. We ordered the chicken parma for $19. It's definitely nothing fancy but the plate was huge and I was satisfied (though it seemed like forever before it came out for a place that wasn't busy :/ ). The dining area seems to be a hall that changes for different occasion (theres a disco ball there so I'm guessing it's a function hall too). 

We then headed out to Hobart to have lunch at The Source. It's a fine dining restaurant at The Museum of New and Old Art. We spent $150 for two entree's, two mains, two glasses of white wine and one desert that we shared. Everything was beautifully presented and cooked and the view was stunning!

After lunch we went to check out the museum (it's $20 for entry for non tasmanian residents and those without concession) The museum could definitely be done in a day or even a few hours if you're simply browsing through. The art was great especially the interactive ones some of my favourites included the mirror room (very trippy) the white book room and the giant television (very matrix like). It was 4:30 pm when we left and I was pooped. Driving back home takes around an hour so we wanted to get back before it got too dark. That's all for now, bring on tomorrow!