Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Port Fairy 2

Our Port Fairy visit wasn't just about the jazz and the doggies. For us it was also about catching up with dear friends and celebrating our time together with opportunities for extended conversations with some beautiful shared meals thrown in for good measure.

Judy (and Jurgen) had us all organised for a fabulous lunch on Saturday, just like in the Rosedale Beach days ........ local crayfish (lobster) off the boat that morning, locally grown Dutch Cream potatoes roasting in the oven ...........
 
... and me putting the finishing touches to the salad in this Stayz.com dream kitchen of ours!

The wines were top shelf too (of course). We started with a Clover Hill sparkling to get the ball rolling.
Such a happy lunch together - everything was just superb - an unforgettable celebration!
We even managed to put in a good effort at the Jazz Festival after this amazing lunch and wine drinking marathon, although the concentration wasn't as good as it could have been as the evening wore on.

We sadly farewelled Fiona and James early Sunday afternoon - our time with them is very precious. We made sure we toasted them later on at G&T time, with their gift of Noosa gin.
Yesterday we spent a quiet day with Judy and Jurgen enjoying some of the local delights of Port Fairy and Warrnambool. In the morning we took a long walk around Griffiths Island ......... admiring the extensive nesting burrows of the local Shearwater colony all over the island.


........ and the lighthouse (of course)...........

And then we walked on to South Beach, facing out on to the Indian Ocean.
We drove into Warrnambool in the afternoon - doing a bit of Op shopping and antique & collectibles and gourmet food shop browsing. We thought there was a lot to interest us in Warrnambool!

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