Tassie Trip March 2018: Bay of Fires

Bay of Fires

It was always going to be another huge day, so we got away as early as we could.

On our way to St Helens we drove through some lovely countryside with fabulous rural views. A sign for the wood sculptures at Legerwood caught our eye, and it was only a short detour from our route. What a beautiful little place this is! The locals of this small mill town lost a lot of its young men in World War 1 and so to honour their memories an avenue of trees was planted. In time, these trees began to die and become dangerous, so rather than lose them, they were turned into wood carvings insitu. Each wood carving represents someone who was lost and tells there story. It is a most beautiful tribute.

We kept driving and couldn't go past the cheese factory and dairy at Pyengana. Jan and Nick had told us they'd been there and had the best homemade ice-cream. We didn't get the same flavours, but our cheese platter and the ice-cream was delicious and we came away with some more cheese for our sun-downer drinks tonight.

We arrived at St Helens in time for lunch, so had to indulge in some Scallop pies. I think it's important to compare a few from various places.These were good, but not as good as Cygnet. Afterwards we headed to the beach at Binalong Bay.It is just so pretty here with the orange lichen covered rocks and turquoise sea. Jess and I went for a long paddle along the beach. The water was a little too chilly to swim, but it was warm enough to be out in togs in the sun.

Our accommodation for the next two nights is at Bicheno. We were very happy with this choice when we saw it. The cottages were very private and very well-appointed. We were given a big basket of goodies for breakfast. Fresh sourdough bread, various condiments, muesli fruit, juice etc. It was so nice. Even better...there's a real fireplace in the lounge. We'll be making use of that for sure. The host kindly gave me some recommendations for places to dine in town. We chose an Italian restaurant and it was a great choice. The food was wonderful!

The wind has picked up and the boats that were anchored in the bay at Bicheno were bobbing about furiously. We hope the weather is good for our hike to Wineglass Bay tomorrow.