This weekend marked our annual pilgrimage south to Birch's Bay for the sculpture trail walk.
It was a gorgeous day...too good to waste on jobs at home...and we thought it would be a great finish to the Easter school holiday week.
This year is the first that the Doc hasn't had to carry someone in the backpack. Yay for growing kids.
We did, however, have pockets full of jelly snakes to coax tired legs up the hills. There were also ground level ceramic arrows and rusted iron arrows on poles marking the trail which kept it super-excititng for the 3yo as he raced ahead to find the way.
Each year there are about 20 new sculptures whilst some of the ones from
previous years have been obtained and are permanently on the trail. This year I really loved the metal wildflowers, the wooden phalanges and the "found" buoys painted in rainbow hues. Lil and Jack voted for the blue berry tree, David loved the stork and Gracie wouldn't choose a favourite...she wants to go again next weekend to really make sure she is choosing the right one.
We finished off with coffee, beer, salted caramel (yum!) and huge scones
with pots of fresh raspberry jam and cream at Peppermint Bay. Other
people have told me that the Fleurty's cafe on site does a good coffee
but they were really rude to our kids a couple of years ago and I just
can't let go of the grudge.
If you're in Tassie in the next few months I highly recommend this as a short day trip.
And let me know if you're brave enough to try Fleurtys.
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What a beautiful day! What a great family outing. Can't wait to take my babies to Tassie when they're a bit bigger xx
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a wonderful way to spend the day, i love the look of some of those sculptures.
ReplyDeleteOooohhh, I wish I was going to be in Tassie in the next few months. My home away from home. My aunty is just building a beach house down south and I'm planning many weeks down there!
ReplyDeleteFrom all the way over here, that does look fantastic!
ReplyDeleteHaving to go to SA for a family thing, but would have loved to travel to Tasmania instead x.
Thankyou for sharing this woderful event, and your family day out.I'm with you on the cafe, you dont get another chance if you are rude to children. Will Gracie return to pick her favourite? X Roberta
ReplyDeleteBeautiful day....the stork and the blueberry tree are my favourites! No!...to Fleurty's!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful day! We will be sure to do this one if we get to Tassie...it is on the 'to do' list...Tassie that is. By the way, I finally joined Pinterest and spent about 2 hours soaking up your pins. What a great way to spend nerd-time on the computer? I LOVE Pinterest. xx
ReplyDeleteLooks a grand day out ... particularly taken with the voluptuous bone torso bottomy thing. And a big +1 to jelly snakes for the tired legs :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful part of the world isn't it? But how did I miss the sculptures? We were down that way fishing and drove through Birchs Bay even.....Haven't been to Fleurtys but they only get 1 chance in my book. Mel :-).
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this little spot with us. It's not until you are local that you know about all these hidden treasures to go and visit and visit again we shall. What a great day to have exploring together. x
ReplyDeletegorgeous photos, pity I'm a bit far away to go myself :)
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