Fat *******'s Taswonican Tour (Part II)

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I had one of those in the U.K. bloody amazing in the snow. Would go over the Snake (A57) when it was closed to vehicles.

You could fix it with a big screwdriver, hammer, pipe wrench and Molegrips. Great car.
 
Well I'm back up an running, cracked the 3000km mark since I left home and done just over 600km yesterday with the new head and repairs done. Stopped at award winning Nant Distillery yesterday (seriously do this), and ended up on the north west coast.
Glad I done North East Coast first, nothing's even come close to being as good, and more so beach camping it for free.
 
Also Tasmanians are awesomely nice people as long as your genuine.

And their farmers have the best land views in the world. Seriously cattle and sheep farmers with their own ocean beach borders, everywhere.
 
About the only place to get a tassie beer on the nw coast is at the big bargain bottlo in the centre burnie great little bottleshop with a nice range of tassie and international beer, i prefer sisters beach shaunos over boat harbour just back up the road people living down at sisters are some of the most laid back people
 
Yeh Sisters was awesome. Boat Harbour was also sweet but. I've basically been living on Cascade Pale Ale, it goes good.
 
Got home this morning from two weeks in Tasmania.
Got some good advice from "jlm" about where to visit in Tassy in regards to beer and food related stuff.
Had an absolute ball. Wife reckons she would love to live there. Stayed with a mate in St Helens for a couple of nights who retired there about 18 months ago, moved over from Vic. Told me to tell the mainlanders that it's a ********* place because they don't want it crowded down there.
Loved the east coast, visited Iron House Brewery near Bicheno, Safety Cove just south of Port Arthur was beautiful, had a great time in Hobart, was supposed to stay there 3 nights but ended up there for 5 nights. Had a day trip to the Huon Valley.
Headed to Strahan, spending a night at the Derwent Bridge Wilderness Hotel along the way, then on to Cradle Mt for some bush walking.
Then headed to the north coast.
Had a swim at Edgcumbe Beach, beautiful white sand and blue water, had the whole beach to myself. Then on to Boat Harbour Beach for a couple of frothies while sitting on the deck outside the life saving club.
We tasted plenty of Tasmanian wines and beer, cheese, oysters, fish, honey, ice cream, scallop pies and stuff I can't remember.
Stopped in at Little Rivers Brewing Co in Scottsdale and had a chat to the brewer and grabbed a six pack of Kolcsh, bloody beautiful.
Loved Tasmania and I'm already planning the next trip.
 
Valuable thread.
We taking the kids from Cradle Mt down the east coast to finish up in Hobart for new years then a night staying on Bruny for a night. Probably about our filth visit and I've got mates who cant understand why we keep going back.
The place really gets in your blood if you slow down and pay attention. NZs south island is about the only thing that compares round this neck of the woods I reckon.
Hopefully Thrifty can supply us with a LADA.
 
billygoat said:
Got home this morning from two weeks in Tasmania.
Got some good advice from "jlm" about where to visit in Tassy in regards to beer and food related stuff.
Had an absolute ball. Wife reckons she would love to live there. Stayed with a mate in St Helens for a couple of nights who retired there about 18 months ago, moved over from Vic. Told me to tell the mainlanders that it's a ********* place because they don't want it crowded down there.
Loved the east coast, visited Iron House Brewery near Bicheno, Safety Cove just south of Port Arthur was beautiful, had a great time in Hobart, was supposed to stay there 3 nights but ended up there for 5 nights. Had a day trip to the Huon Valley.
Headed to Strahan, spending a night at the Derwent Bridge Wilderness Hotel along the way, then on to Cradle Mt for some bush walking.
Then headed to the north coast.
Had a swim at Edgcumbe Beach, beautiful white sand and blue water, had the whole beach to myself. Then on to Boat Harbour Beach for a couple of frothies while sitting on the deck outside the life saving club.
We tasted plenty of Tasmanian wines and beer, cheese, oysters, fish, honey, ice cream, scallop pies and stuff I can't remember.
Stopped in at Little Rivers Brewing Co in Scottsdale and had a chat to the brewer and grabbed a six pack of Kolcsh, bloody beautiful.
Loved Tasmania and I'm already planning the next trip.
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You should have said you were coming over. Plenty of beer and good company at my place. Shame we missed you.
 
LagerBomb said:
You should have said you were coming over. Plenty of beer and good company at my place. Shame we missed you.
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I should have shot you a PM, would have been good to catch up. Passed through Burnie on Sunday so would have been easy.
Will definitely be back so maybe next time.
 
Couple of tips for Hobart, some already mentioned:

New Sydney Hotel - Great pub with regularly rotating taps of good beer
Waratah - Another good pub with good beer
Tassie Quartermasters - Good food and some good beer
Preachers - Great pub near Salamanca with good tap selection (these guys are starting their own brewery, Last Rites, so you may see one of their beers on tap)
The Winston (North Hobart) - Good American food and great beer!
Captain Blighs Brewery in Warwick St (check with Steve on FB as to if he'll be around, very welcoming even on brew days)

Breaki - Marmalade Cafe, Environs (they serve beer, usually S&W Pacific for me), Machine Cafe are some of my favourites.

Bottleshops worth checking out for Tasmanian Beers are Shoreline Thirsty Camel, Cool Wine in Hobart CBD and The Abbey Bottleshop in Sandy Bay.
 
Wow, seriously good stuff here, you're all a bunch of helpful see you next Tuesday types!

Anyone got any ideas for a serious "Big Night" restaurant? I want a multi course degustation with wine (so I don't have to choose anything) but my first two Hobart choices have fallen through. Garagiste are closing for ever on the 21st of March, a week and a half before we get there and my other choice, Franklin is moving. I've been watching the Gourmet Farmer Afloat religiously, so I'm thinking of bringing a gas burner and a cast iron pan & dutch oven and doing it myself on a beach at twilight, although that may make SWMBO suspicious!
 
BilBrewing said:
Couple of tips for Hobart, some already mentioned:

New Sydney Hotel - Great pub with regularly rotating taps of good beer
Waratah - Another good pub with good beer
Tassie Quartermasters - Good food and some good beer
Preachers - Great pub near Salamanca with good tap selection (these guys are starting their own brewery, Last Rites, so you may see one of their beers on tap)
The Winston (North Hobart) - Good American food and great beer!
Captain Blighs Brewery in Warwick St (check with Steve on FB as to if he'll be around, very welcoming even on brew days)

Breaki - Marmalade Cafe, Environs (they serve beer, usually S&W Pacific for me), Machine Cafe are some of my favourites.

Bottleshops worth checking out for Tasmanian Beers are Shoreline Thirsty Camel, Cool Wine in Hobart CBD and The Abbey Bottleshop in Sandy Bay.
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Thanks, we are down that way on the weekend and for 2 weeks following. We are planning to eat our bodyweight in cheese and about double that in great beer. Bring on Sunday.
 
billygoat said:
I should have shot you a PM, would have been good to catch up. Passed through Burnie on Sunday so would have been easy.
Will definitely be back so maybe next time.
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I was in Burnie on Sunday!

That freight train track really brings the ocean views all together nicely :)
 
Fat ******* said:
Wow, seriously good stuff here, you're all a bunch of helpful see you next Tuesday types!

Anyone got any ideas for a serious "Big Night" restaurant? I want a multi course degustation with wine (so I don't have to choose anything) but my first two Hobart choices have fallen through. Garagiste are closing for ever on the 21st of March, a week and a half before we get there and my other choice, Franklin is moving. I've been watching the Gourmet Farmer Afloat religiously, so I'm thinking of bringing a gas burner and a cast iron pan & dutch oven and doing it myself on a beach at twilight, although that may make SWMBO suspicious!
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My wife and I went to the revolving restaurant at casino on our honeymoon about 3 years ago. Meal cost about $300 but worth every cent. It was the best dining experience of my life. Waiter we had was telepathic and food was amazing.
 
"Meal cost about $300.00 but worth every cent". Fark....
 
So, a précis of my experience do far:
Ulverstone is a hole, with no craft beer, Stanley is very pretty with Seven Sheds Kentish Ale on tap, served far too cold which did not disguise the acetaldehyde. It tasted like kit and kilo homebrew. Strahan is very pretty, with no craft beer. Two Meters Tall had more hand pumps than I've ever seen, but no take aways ( except for a rather strange stout brewed with oysters, mussels and seawater) and the New Sydney in Hobsrt is actually pretty good!

Still haven't found a decent restaurant I'm Hobart, and Salamanca Market is huge, but ****.
 

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