After a busy Saturday market, on glorious spring day, we drove south to catch the ferry across the channel. We were heading to a Slow Food event - a dinner cooked by Ross O' Meara at the Lunawanna Hall, a little village on the south of the island.
Everything we ate was sourced on this tiny island off the coast of Tasmania. Olives, oysters, pork rillettes, wallaby terrine, possum and rabbit sausages, corned wallaby legs (so delicious!) really incredible ( I mean, really incredible) spit roasted lamb, some greens and buttery pink eyes finishing with a simple Scottish dessert called cranachan. All washed down with Bruny Island wines.
We stayed at Ross's busy farm nearby and after a luxurious breakfast, slowly meandered back to the ferry, stopping to climb the lookout at the Neck, take a quick paddle on sunny Nebraska beach and drive past Daisy Banks my dream cottage by the sea that's for sale. On the voyage back to the mainland, I dreamt of moving to this magic island one day...as I always do every time I visit.
That all looks and sounds heavenly. I can only dream of eating a dinner cooked by Ross - maybe one day!!
ReplyDeleteThat lamb! Mmmm we've been cooking lots of chicken and beef recently, I might have to source some of that lamb from the butcher in Kingston to try on the Weber. Looks like a lovely weekend, I bet Hugo and Elsa enjoyed themselves.
ReplyDeleteWow...beautiful!
ReplyDeleteA lazy half a mil....how many cakes would you need to sell to get that place?
ReplyDeleteLovely Ross & lovely Bruny Island.
ReplyDeletele sigh.
looks just perfect michelle!
wish I was there too
xx
... and now i'm dreaming of a little cottage by the sea (and eating my way around tassie) xo
ReplyDeleteOh isn't Bruny Island just wonderful? I always feel like I want to move there too after a visit! The meal sounds DIVINE and that cottage - ooh, I may just be in love ...
ReplyDeleteLooks wonderful. Love the photo with the pigs, so cute!
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ReplyDeleteOne weekend we hope to have a Bruny Island/Channel escape and catch up with southern folk, it would be nice to spend some time with Ross. Just need a baby sitter for a few hundered hungry animals.
ReplyDeleteLoved all of your photos :) Looked like a great weekend with fabulous weather and company!
ReplyDeletestunning. am more than a wee bit jealous!
ReplyDeletehaving a little giveaway. x ashley