So, our last day on Bruny was spent visiting the Bruny Island Cheese company- mainly because they produce a cheese called Tom which we had been seeing all around the Island. Turns out its an Australianisation of the French word 'Tome' which means a cheese for every day eating. All I can say is that at $65 a kilo, you'd have to be a pretty rich peasant to eat that everyday.
Bruny also boasted its own smoked fish which did not disappoint and was completely delicious. We bought a hot smoked trout and, rather bravely I think, some salted,chilli sardine paste. The trout was very much enjoyed in a potato salad later that week. The chilli sardine paste was sampled in a pasta dish just the other day and we both decided it was better off just in very small doses on a cracker.
We caught the ferry back to the mainland without incident. The weather , which had been sublimely sunny decided to rain a lot at this point, so we stopped for lunch in Kettering where the ferry docked. We had bought a Crayfish In Huonville and had meant to eat it last night, but ended up at the pub instead. So, we ate it for lunch! Yum, although i still don't think that they are worth $65 a kilo.
Across the road, in the unlikely location of the local servo was a tiny chocolate shop. I had read about it in the local newspaper - the proprietor was chocolatier driven to achieve pedantic perfection in in rendition of his wares. Apparently, he had created a fig and rhubarb chocolate ad well as one with greengages in it. Now these, I had to taste! The kids were fascinated by the metre high chocolate Easter Bunnies on display, whilst I was deeply impressed by a jigsaw puzzle, made entirely of chocolate complete with coloured picture artwork. No prizes for guessing where that missing piece went!
The aforementioned chocolates were sublime and topped off our very decadent lunch.